Lollipop Magazine

Beat Generator 1 – Review

September 1, 1996

While Beat Generator may get lost in the current swarm of CDs showcasing DJs, it still deserves a positive review.

Ultra Bidé – New Kingdom / Ultra Bidé split – Review

September 1, 1996

Ultra Bidé are one of the few guitar-based bands around who access the frequency of electronic trance music, and yet can still be called “rock.”

Tripface – This Foundation – Review

September 1, 1996

Serious and morosely political metal/rap is a limited category, and most bands who try it, like Tripface, can’t pull it off.

Time Shard – Hunab Ku – Review

September 1, 1996

What do you get when you sonically crossbreed Ozric Tentacles and Children of the Bong? Tailored to the dimensionally disturbed, not for the astrally challenged.

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – I Hope it Lands – Review

September 1, 1996

One moment its Butthole Surfers circa …Another Man’s Sac, at another, it’s the soundtrack for an episode of CHiPs translated at high speed.

The Raincoats – Looking in the Shadows – Review

September 1, 1996

Fanatics and followers of grrrl grrroups like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile need to know that their sound and style was mothered by England’s The Raincoats.

The Queers – Bubblegum Dreams – Review

September 1, 1996

Releases like Bubblegum Dreams that have earned the Queers the privilege of recording an inordinate number of Beach Boys cover tunes.

The Gain – The Gain / Scared of Chaka split – Review

September 1, 1996

The Gain are a real Los Angeles punk band, with more in common with Dangerhouse bands circa ’79-’81 (Weirdos, Deadbeats, etc.) than most current L.A. bands.

The Fondled – Hey Hey We’re – Review

September 1, 1996

They sing and play their instruments with the carefree attitude of little children who know they can’t play with precision and couldn’t care less.

The Exploited – Punk’s Not Dead – Review

September 1, 1996

The live show gives clues as to why punk rock has yet to expire. Six bonus tracks added to the original live album, five of which were recorded in the studio.