Lollipop Magazine

Outrageous Cherry – Out There in the Dark – Review

January 1, 2000

Sounds a lot like Sell-Out era Who, ‘specially when they dump in the very John Entwistle-esque trumpet and piped in keys.

Oneida – Annihilation to Traitors – Review

January 1, 2000

A choir here, a trumpet there, a guest guitarist in the middle, they make the wise choice of welding together a kind of identity that side-steps genre hopping.

Old Funeral – The Older One – Review

January 1, 2000

Old Funeral was Abbath of Immortal and Varg Vikernes of Burzum. Older Ones is a compilation of Old Funeral’s demos and tracks that were never released.

Nocturnal Rites – The Sacred Talisman – Review

January 1, 2000

Poppy, melodic, uplifting metal with pristine rhythms and major-key solos spiraling and performing death-defying mid-air stunts always puts a smile on my face.

Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile – Review

January 1, 2000

The Fragile is one long, often mundane slog through butt-ugly versions of Trent’s four or five edgy, psychotic trademark maneuvers.

Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile – Review

January 1, 2000

If Mr. Reznor had released a 10 song CD with the best songs from these sessions, I would be singing its praise. The diamonds are buried pretty deep in shit.

Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile – Review

January 1, 2000

Trent’s back to find his guitar sounds co-opted, his beats carjacked, and his lyrics… well, he got to keep something. Only thing is, they got it all wrong.

Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile – Review

January 1, 2000

I have no problem with the whisper-to-a-scream thing, but it won’t work if you don’t have Nirvana’s tunes or Black Sabbath’s riffs, and The Fragile has neither.

Nightstick – Death to Music – Review

January 1, 2000

Nightstick construct a wall of noisy hate with huge chunks of distorted guitar and not much else. This is nowhere near as hedonistic as Electric Wizard, though.

The Flaming Sideburns – It’s Time to Testify… Brothers and Sisters! – Review

January 1, 2000

I’m glad they’ve got rock bands up in Finland like The Flaming Sideburns, but is it really necessary to flood this side of the North Sea with ’em?