Lollipop Magazine

The Medveds – Your Drinking Ruined Christmas – Review

February 1, 1997

Mid-tempo punk rock with three guys sharing the mic. Decent pogo drinking tunes that remind me of a tighter early Queers (pre-Love Songs For the Retarded).

The Gits – Kings and Queens – Review

February 1, 1997

Before they were the underground superstars of early ’90s Seattle, they were Ohio’s answer to the Avengers known as the Snivelling Little Rat Faced Gits.

BT – Ima – Interview

February 1, 1997

An interview with Brian Transeau

Guide To the Boston Area’s Used Record Stores – Part II: Cambridge – Column

February 1, 1997

If you are operating on a limited budget and an insatiable musical appetite, there’s no reason to pay inflated retail prices.

The Crucifucks – I.D. Eye – Review

February 1, 1997

the years have not been kind to Doc Dart, lead singer of Michigan’s Crucifucks, who were Midwestern soul-cousins to San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys.

The Candy Snatchers – Live on a Five – Volume 2 – Review

February 1, 1997

A five-inch record from one of today’s punk bands who fondly remember the late ’70s/early ’80s. They could have been on stage in one of those ’80s movie sets.

Tenderloin – Supersuckers / Tenderloin split – “Mother Mary” / “Leave This Town” – Review

February 1, 1997

Tenderloin’s “Leave This Town” is crankin’ Southern rock-style punk with harmonicas that aren’t meant as a gimmick. George Thorogood, beware!

Swirlies – Iris / Swirlies split – Vents Of The Ocean Floor – Review

February 1, 1997

At their best, the Swirlies are a nice collage of extreme slack-i-tude, at their worst, completely pointless. Every song is a little of both.

Supersuckers – Supersuckers / Tenderloin split – “Mother Mary” / “Leave This Town” – Review

February 1, 1997

Supersuckers sound like, well, the Supersuckers. I think they were sober when they recorded this one.

Suicide King – “She’s Dead” / “Sick Sick” – Review

February 1, 1997

Their veins-protruding-from-the-forehead, eyeball-popping punk is rivaled only by the Dwarves in their ability to channel and pervert MC5 intensity.