Lollipop Magazine

SNFU – at The Middle East – Review

February 1, 1997

So there I stood, uninvolved, as I watched SNFU go through the motions of retching up a sorry-Johnny-one-note performance. I don’t like them in a club either.

Ditch Witch – Stavation Box – Review

December 1, 1996

There’s a place where the generations still come together on July fourth just to see who can decorate the best goddamned bicycle and teach the most about sin.

Bodyjar – Rimshot – Review

December 1, 1996

A quality metal/punk rock sound, emitting shock waves of dual harmonic lead guitars reminiscent of old Iron Maiden.

New Radiant Storm King – Hurricane Necklace – Interview

December 1, 1996

An interview with the Peyton Pinkerton, Matt Hunter, and Garrett Fontes

Face to Face – with Suicide Machines at The Paradise – Review

December 1, 1996

They interspersed new and old songs evenly. Much sweat, lovely harmonies, and powerful guitar-driven melodies capable of swooning even your dead grandmother.

Suicide Machines – with Face to Face at The Paradise – Review

December 1, 1996

For a good time, catch a Suicide Machines show ASAP. For a better time, wait a few years. They poured out a high energy rock show, five seconds at a time.

The Adults – Action Street – Review

November 1, 1996

A very tense, edgy brand of surf-swing-punk that often sounds like a vinyl record winding up a rubber band mechanism that gradually slows to a stop.

Godplow – Soft Formal Static – Review

November 1, 1996

The melodies are addictive, flashy guitar solos are replaced by phase-shifting stretchy chords that provide an overall thick and powerfully atmospheric sound.

Face to Face – Review

November 1, 1996

Each song begins similarly, ends similarly, and pumps up and head over the top, only to come steaming down in a whirl of harsh, irrational minstrelsy.

Chixdiggit – Review

November 1, 1996

Chixdiggit released a single on British Columbia’s Lance Rock label called “The Best Hung Carrot In The Fridge” before signing on with Sub Pop.