Chris Adams | Lollipop Magazine

Lou Reed – Perfect Night Live In London – Review

November 1, 1998

Lou settles for an intimate, stripped-down, semi-acoustic approach on most of the songs, which works well with his atonal sing-speak.

The Jesus & Mary Chain – Munki – Interview

November 1, 1998

An interview with Jim Reid

Gomez – Bring it On – Review

November 1, 1998

A big, stoned, Sunday afternoon of an album which inserts an eggbeater into the brains of the blues, cranks the handle, and serves it with a side of ‘shrooms.

Marc Almond – Stories of Johnny & Mother Fist – Review

September 1, 1998

An orgy of perversion, luxuriating in decadence, wine spilled on stained silk bedsheets, camping it up, turning every tear into a tsunami of overblown emotion.

The Morlocks – Uglier Than You’ll Ever Be – Review

September 1, 1998

I know a lotta these garage bands pride themselves on their lo/no-fi “wyld and primitive” recording, and I can dig that, but this one just sounds like garbage.

This Mortal Boils – Fiction

September 1, 1998

Nothing like coming across as a purple-haired, snot-nosed, bratty punk at the tender age of thirty. What do you like, ya big sourpuss? And that’s the thing…

Serum – Dirty Girl Scout – Review

September 1, 1998

A great debut LP from a band who, if they play their hand well, could be the next Garbage.

Reverberation – Blue Stereo Music – Review

September 1, 1998

Possibly the most shameless ripoff act I’ve ever heard, Reverberation are merely a grade-B Spiritualized with French accents.

Family of God – We Are the World – Interview

September 1, 1998

An interview with Adam Peters

Blood on the Tracks of My Tears on My Pillow – Fiction

October 1, 1997

It feels as if the universe took a deep, final breath, shuddered, and collapsed, leaving nothing but an infinite black hole in the center of your being.