Lollipop Magazine

Attrition – Étude – Review

September 1, 1997

This album sound human, as if they were in a sitting room, with a few spectators, creating a music that is both dark and haunting as well as organic and fresh.

Lycia – at the Rat – Review

July 1, 1997

Vast waves of eerie sound. It was minor, moody, and slow, rather sensual. I began to daydream vividly, picturing a forest, two lovers, a cold spring morning.

Lycia – Cold – Interview

June 1, 1997

An interview with Mike Van Portfleet

Industrial Nation – #14 – Review

June 1, 1997

Arguably the definitive industrial ‘zine, Industrial Nation can fill you in on any questions you may have about all things dark and electric.

Liquor Lecture – Absinthe – Column

May 1, 1997

Wormwood is a toxin, but the amount in Absinthe is negligible. You’d be blind drunk before getting close to the amount of Wormwood needed to do any damage.

The Goth Scene In Boston – Column

May 1, 1997

Each has personality, be it the festival quality of Man Ray, the “in a living room with 200 friends” feel of Ceremony, or the NYC ambience of Hexx.

Vidna Obmana/ Steve Roach – Cavern of Sirens – Review

May 1, 1997

Music for the threshhold between night and day. That brief moment when the sky is unsure about its character, spinning hues of purple and red and pink.

Trial of the Bow – Rite of Passage – Review

May 1, 1997

Trial of the Bow uses middle eastern instruments and percussion, lots of reverb, and a minimalistic style of playing that allows for lots of space.

Steve Roach/ Vidna Obmana – Cavern of Sirens – Review

May 1, 1997

Music for the threshhold between night and day. That brief moment when the sky is unsure about its character, spinning hues of purple and red and pink.

EXP – Review

May 1, 1997

Discordant melodies over rhythms that trip over themselves, a clarinet blowing strange figures over clashing sounds, like a carnival in Hell.