January 2000 – Page 20 – Lollipop Magazine

Richmond Fontaine – Lost Son – Review

January 1, 2000

Sorta something special – literate without bein’ boring, authentic without really tryin’ too hard at it, and accessible while transcending mainstream shit.

Reach the Sky – So Far From Home – Review

January 1, 2000

Reach The Sky’s new record had me reaching for my pillow (and the off button) faster than I could be reminded of how much “old-school revival” irritates me.

Bomp! Records – An interview with Greg Shaw – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with Greg Shaw

Randy – You Can’t Keep a Good Band Down – Review

January 1, 2000

Randy is the cross between the most consistent poppy punk songwriters you’ve heard in a long, long time, and the “quirkiest” buncha funny dipshits.

You Gotta Have… Moxie – Volume 2 – Review

January 1, 2000

80-some-odd tracks from national and international acts that even flew under Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets radar but that a couple people thought worthy of preserving.

Race Car Riot – Appleseed Cast – Planes Mistaken For Stars – Split – Review

January 1, 2000

Three terrific bands, one small-yet-sweet package. Race Car Riot are great in their “sometimes poppy, sometimes weird instrumental” formula.

Ultra Swank – Review

January 1, 2000

Cacophone Records, outta Albany, NY, has assembled their Ultra Swank sampler. If trashy, degenabilly punk is something you like, maybe you’ll buy more.

MxPx – At The Show – Review

January 1, 2000

Tooth & Nail has been filling the void and cashing the checks by cobbling demo-versions together and now releasing a live documentary.

Here’s some news that made me want to spend the entire month alone in bed: Kitchen Sink, one of the primary and initial publishers of underground comics (UGs), officially sank, to coin an unfortunate pun. One of the oldest and best of the underground comics publishers is gone.

Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics – Review

January 1, 2000

Devin Townsend (re)releases his hilarious story of a fictitious Cookie-Monster-voiced death metal band and their realization that the real money is in punk.