Joshua Brown – Page 22 – Lollipop Magazine

Swingin’ Utters – The Streets of San Francisco – Review

March 1, 1996

Swingin’ Utters are not a watered-down version of anything, and they’re not over or under-produced. They sound exactly the same as the bands in the late ’70s.

Celestial Season – Solar Lovers – Review

March 1, 1996

The vocals range from the wounded beast lament of Paradise Lost to the sultry moan on Celtic Frost’s Into The Pandemonium. Two violinists add a touch of class.

Stranglehold – Crash & Burn – Review

March 1, 1996

Stranglehold were an important band with a place in early Boston hardcore history alongside Gang Green and the F.U.’s, who somehow got lost in the shuffle.

Boris The Sprinkler – Saucer To Saturn – Review

March 1, 1996

The rhyme schemes and chord progressions are insultingly simplistic in the same fashion that makes Bazooka Joe comics such compelling reading.

Blanks 77 – Speed 5″ – Review

March 1, 1996

Blanks 77 play in a style similar to older Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and add to the pogo-ability of the traditional form. Another worthy, overlooked band.

Ruby – Salt Peter – Review

March 1, 1996

Lesley Rankine’s back-of-the-throat purr/growl reminds one of Björk; while her swaying high-pitch feels like Portishead.

N.O.T.A. – “Hell Hole” – Review

March 1, 1996

They haven’t forgotten what made them one of the all-time greats of the genre, but judging from this release, they’re incapable of reproducing it.

New Bomb Turks – Pissing Out The Poison… – Review

March 1, 1996

New Bomb Turks are everything they’re cracked up to be. Pissing Out The Poison compiles singles, many of which are hard to find, demos, and unreleased tracks.

Misfits – Collection II – Review

March 1, 1996

Compiled are Beware tracks like “Attitude” and “Last Caress,” rare gems like “Rat Fink” and “Return of the Fly,” and some Earth A.D. and Walk Among Us songs.

Shake Well – Fiction

February 1, 1996

On a deserted sidewalk in mid-afternoon he had come across the twist-off top to a plastic bottle. Red lettering on bright yellow read “Shake Well.”