Lollipop Magazine

Ween – The Mollusk – Review

December 1, 1997

The songs are smooth to the point of cheesy. Then slowly light dawned over Marble Head: this is Ween’s ’80s tribute record.

Crescent – Electronic Sound Constructions – Review

December 1, 1997

Straddling space-dub and new music, Electronic Sound Constructions is very composed, but still intuitive.

The WKCR Noise Festival – Interview

November 1, 1997

An interview with Organizers Matt Moses and Susie Jae

Arab on Radar – Queen Hygiene II – Review

September 1, 1997

There’s no melody or harmony here, and singing along would be a difficult feat. This is not funny or a joke. It is totally raw, driving, piercing.

Henri – Lotuseaters – Review

September 1, 1997

When a bunch of session players decide to form a band, What Does that Mean?

50 Bucks – Gone – Review

September 1, 1997

The 25 songs on $50’s debut are beautiful one-idea songs, like early Sebadoh. Simple melodies swell in and around simple rhythms.

The Laurels – with Arab on Radar at Jacque’s Cabaret – Review

July 1, 1997

Their bassist was singing through some kind of echo box. Some songs reminded me of rockabilly. I didn’t know what that girl meant when she called them pop.

Arab on Radar – with The Laurels at Jacque’s Cabaret – Review

July 1, 1997

He wasn’t singing so much as whining in a nasal voice, and having an epileptic fit. “Kind of like Emo Phillips on crack, don’t you think?” the bartender said.

Disque 9 – Des Incurables – Review

July 1, 1997

So you wake up one beautiful sunny morning and say to yourself “Well, I didn’t really have any plans today, so why not eat those last two hits of acid.”