Lollipop Magazine

Royal Trux – Veterans of Disorder – Review

April 1, 2000

Like Thank You, Royal Trux’s latest makes mucho use-o of guitar-heavy stone-out-on-this grooves, perfect for a new crew of hi-school misfits to never hear.

Red Giant – Ultra-Magnetic Glowing Sound – Review

April 1, 2000

Ultra Glowing Magnetic Sound, finds the band working their “space punk” into a more cohesive, wilder, catchier zoom through matter vs. antimatter.

Braid – Movie Music Vol. 1 – Review

April 1, 2000

Movie Music Vol. One and Movie Music Vol. Two are “wrap-ups” or “discographies,” tracing Braid’s career with rarities, out-of-print, and unreleased material.

Braid – Lucky to Be Alive – Review

April 1, 2000

Emitting energy from every note, syllable, and beat, Lucky to be Alive succeeds by showing that Braid is not one of those “new material only” live bands.

Reid Paley – Revival – Review

April 1, 2000

This guy’s a one-trick Tom Waits throwin’ up leering gin-joint hard drinkin’ thru hard luck trashcan epics delivered in a Hollywood dumb heavy voice.

Boy Sets Fire – Coalesce – Review

April 1, 2000

Boy Sets Fire can’t even cover material correctly. Sounding weak and devoid of the essence that the originals held, their two Coalesce covers are laughable.

Bourbon Jones and the Smokes – Tama Del Rey – Review

April 1, 2000

This Portland, OR power trio is a better live band than you’d deduct from this disc. Bio claims aside, they don’t sound much like Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Botch – We Are the Romans – Review

April 1, 2000

Noisecore doesn’t get any better than this. Not even Deadguy/Kiss It Goodbye stuff. Botch makes spazzing-out on record feel like a live show in your stereo.

Boss Hog – White Out – Review

April 1, 2000

This album’s separate tracks don’t so much defy description as negate it: Everything’s sooooo funky, radio-ready, machine-like, interchangeable.

Bloody and the Vaynes – Review

April 1, 2000

Collaborator of GG Allin, opening spot on Mr. Murder Junkie’s spoken word tour, girls!, avid collector of serial killer art, and a rock’n’roll curiosity.