Jamie Kiffel – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

The Beta Band – Review

January 1, 2000

This is the digital and human noise interface at its best, daring tomorrow’s sounds to try harder and be more than just music to gum against.

Morella’s Forest- From Dayton with Love – Review

January 1, 2000

This forest is fuzzy with pop circuit noise and a dreamy techie nymph dancing in pink metallic sneakers. Sydney Rentz’ voice is sweet and echoey.

Ted Leo (?), Rx / Pharmacists

January 1, 2000

Sometimes there’s rhythm; other times feedback fuzz, chatter, and galactic landing noise grinds against itself like someone’s playing with the radio dial.

Sri – Gravity Reminds Me – Review

January 1, 2000

These are Sri’s introspective, Smiths-like odes that open broad and harmonic, starry chords. Sri also plays simple guitar rock.

Squeeze – Domino – Review

January 1, 2000

Squeeze can do better. Banal references to Kurt Cobain and The Simpsons leave lots of room for more words to fill the stumbling musical space.

Soulwax – Much Against Everyone’s Advice – Review

January 1, 2000

Stephen’s almost Zevon-esque attention to the words and the feelings evokes more than a pop song should, rubbing up the high emotion of good folk rock.

Macha – Review

January 1, 2000

Somewhere between continents, floating above the ocean, the music of several countries mingles in a sometimes rhythmic, sometimes muddy mix.

Self – Breakfast with Girls – Review

January 1, 2000

Matt Mahaffey has built powerful, sexy pop that digitizes hooks that stop you short and jerk you back at all the right places, pushing hard and driving it in.

Y2K – God is an Error Message – Column

January 1, 2000

Y2K has come to save us! There is a God, we realize! For the computer is NOT all-knowing, seeing, and indestructible. It’s foiled by a clock! And as the electronic gods shiver down, whacked in their surprising weak spots like a digital Achilles toppled.

The Hammertoes – Review

January 1, 2000

Hammertoes’ “Minnie the Moocher” sound will take you to that special mid-West lounge along with a few mentions of devils, dice and vodka.