Lollipop Magazine

16 – Today Is The Day – Zodiac Dreaming – Review

June 14, 2002

Tearing open this split album are San Fran’s 16 who grind and groove their way like a latter-day Prong (during their Force Fed era days) or Unsane.

Janah – World That Surrounds You – Review

June 14, 2002

Comparisons to U2 are obvious because of the tone of his voice, as are references to Peter Gabriel and Enya, cuz who else can you namedrop who people’ll know?

Jad Fair – Teenage Fanclub – Words of Wisdom and Hope – Review

June 14, 2002

Half Japanese frontman’n’seminal indie rock legend/geek meets up with Scot shoegazers who were famous for, like, five minutes back in the early 1990s.

Lance Grabmiller featuring John Bergin – Anthropology – Review

June 14, 2002

Experimental drum’n’bass for the rest of us. Hyperactive beats restrained by uncomfortable creepy keyboards and unpleasant feedback and other sqwaking.

The Maggots – This Condition Is Incurable – Review

June 14, 2002

A trio of Gyropeons punchdrunk on old timey Amerigarage unknowns formin’ foreign syllables and three chords into shakedown cold sweaters.

The Glasspack – Powderkeg – Review

June 14, 2002

Rock and roll bands sing about drugs. The Glasspack sing about drugs. The Glasspack says “Fuck the system.”

The Dishes – 1-2 – Review

June 14, 2002

Really good garage rock in the Sympathy For The Record Industry tradition. Kinda pushy-bratty at times, but never shrill or whiny.

Chore – The Coastaline Fire – Review

June 14, 2002

Fudge Tunnel’s Alex Newport produces. Things are explosive, Chore matching the noise terrorist jag for zig with some of the freshest hard rock heard in years.

The Catheters – Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days – Review

June 14, 2002

Guy at the label said it sounded like Mudhoney circa 1989, but the attack is too clean and furious, the guitars aren’t as fuzzy, and the songs are too catchy.

The Atomic Bitchwax – Spit Blood – Review

June 14, 2002

Seems like a vault emptier. Considering the guitar player, Ed Mundell who also tools for Monster Magnet, has been noted as leaving, maybe it is.