January 2000 – Page 14 – Lollipop Magazine

The Dragons – Rock Like Fuck – Review

January 1, 2000

Rockin’ like fuck doesn’t always haveta be a sloppy ledge dance into a gutter of an affair. Hell, the Dragons aren’t even above pulling off a friggin’ ballad!

The Country Teasers – Destroy All Human Life – Interview

January 1, 2000

A summarized interview with singer Ben Waller

The Desert Sessions – Vol. V/VI – Review

January 1, 2000

Josh Homme (Kyuss/QOTSA) gathers friends to lay down some grooves, come up with some ditties, and engage in various fuckery that gets recorded and plapped out.

The Dares – Review

January 1, 2000

Like a group of cupcake-eaters racing for the slide, these four shout it out. But with musicianship this good, their childvoices project them into cultdom.

The Criminals – Burning Flesh and Broken Fingers – Review

January 1, 2000

The Criminals have that simple ’80s punk thing going on, and while it ain’t nothing new, they’re good at what they do.

The Bulemics – Old Enough to Know Better – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with Gerry Atric, Gabe Bulemic, Craig Merrit, Wes Texas, and Hell “Jay” Sancho

The Chemical Brothers – Surrender – Review

January 1, 2000

They claim to’ve “transcended” Big Beat, the style they helped invent: Layered funk and rock beats, tweaked noise howls, and an overwhelming bass sound.

The Blood Drained Cows – Review

January 1, 2000

With The Blood Drained Cows, Mr. Greg Turner picks up where the Samoans last and most garagy record, STP Not LSD, left off.

Natas – Cuidad de Brahman – Review

January 1, 2000

There’s an aura of Pink Floydian haze over this, a pensive kinda pained stroll that’s David Gilmour’s interpretation of blues.

Splashdown – Redshift – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with Melissa Kaplan, Adam Buhler, and Kasson Crooker