Lollipop Magazine

Jason Falkner – Can You Still Feel – Review

June 1, 1999

Can You Still Feel? is a 40-minute walk in the Garden of Eden where everything is serenely simple yet filled with inexhaustible possibilities.

Staind – Disfunction – Interview

June 1, 1999

An interview with singer Adam Lewis

Metallica – Garage Inc. – Review

April 1, 1999

Eleven new covers, ranging from non-events to the divinely sublime. Bob Seger’s “Turn The Page” is the single, and it’s the worst pick of the lot.

The Sugarcubes – The Great Crossover Potential – Review

January 1, 1999

You know we were getting desperate for leper messiahs when we started looking for them in Reykjavik.

Better Than Ezra – How Does Your Garden Grow – Review

January 1, 1999

The record refuses to linger, spinning from psychotrope to meditative musical montage, from brilliant electric brain impulses to blue-purple aural tears.

Vast – Visual Audio Sensory Theater – Review

September 1, 1998

Rather than labeling John Crosby’s music as Gothic, it’s probably wiser to group him in with the grim mood market best exemplified by Tool.

Alana Davis – Blame It On Me – Review

September 1, 1998

Sweet and slow as maple liqueur dripped over ice, Alana Davis’ voice eases down into the fine space between slow jazz and folk rock.

X – Beyond and Back: The X Anthology – Review

April 1, 1998

With Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, Elektra pay homage to the most important combo to bop mythically outta L.A. since the Doors.

The Pixies – Death to the Pixies – Review

April 1, 1998

Hearing the wall-eyed melangé of surf riffs, pop sniffles, end-of-the-world shrieks, and the cracked harmonies of Black Francis and Kim Deal is always a treat.

Metallica – Re-load – Review

March 1, 1998

Metallica’s lack of adrenaline is primarily due to their songwriting strategy of submerging power ballads beneath their traditional guitar chugging techniques.