Jon Sarre – Page 26 – Lollipop Magazine

The Pink Fairies – Do It! – Review

September 1, 1999

Wrongheaded but righthearted politics aside, with their space excursions, gritty proto-punk aesthetics, and loud guitars, the Pink Fairies flat out rocked.

The Nitwitz – Dark Side of the Spoon – Review

September 1, 1999

These Dutch punk vet nobodies usedta be BGK before they were the Nitwitz and before they were BGK they were the Nitwitz.

The Mount McKinleys – Stacked Up (and Get It!) – Review

September 1, 1999

These Pittsburgh garage shockers do noisy drowning man imitations to make even grumpy old Billy Childish crack a smirk cuz he knows he stole it all, too.

The Loons – Love’s Dead Leaves – Review

September 1, 1999

Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives flew in and recorded ’60s psychedelic revivalists The Loons, then went back to Sweden and added instrumental overdubs.

The King – Gravelands – Review

September 1, 1999

A postman from Belfast who covers a buncha songs made famous by dead people, but, to make it interesting, sings ’em exactly as Elvis woulda…

The Hellacopters – Grande Rock – Review

September 1, 1999

Grande Rock’s got all that good stuff, as well as “Kick Out the Jams” near-misses (“Action De Grace”) and a rhythm section to keep the sucker movin’.

Cobra Verde – Nightlife – Interview

September 1, 1999

An interview with John Petkovic

The Fumes – Pure Bad Luck – Review

September 1, 1999

Short’n’sweet and then move on 1-2-3-4 to the next one in a buzzsaw guitar blur runnin’ thru the veins of Zeke/Electric Frankenstein/Migraines etc etc.

The Freeze – One False Move – Review

September 1, 1999

Too familiar in that déjà vu sense to be new, but too world-weary to be from this seminal Boston Hardcore icons’ early ’80s heyday. But this is pretty great!

The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin – Review

September 1, 1999

An album that sounds like Jad Fair covering the Carpenters set to disco thump and roller rink strings. Yet another example of why music sucks right now.