Joshua Brown – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Suburban Voice 017 – Review

November 1, 1996

The best thing about Jon Cougar Concentration Camp is their name, since they play nondescript pop punk.

Source Lab – 2 – Review

November 1, 1996

“Hunt One Connection” introduces Hawkwind stylings to bread-and-butter trip hop acid fluctuations and exotic vocal samples arranged in hip hop fashion.

Zeke – Chiva Knieval – Review

November 1, 1996

Good punk rock guitar screech, scum rock vocals with melody, elements of AC/DC and New Bomb Turks. Fast, energetic, to-the-point, cool.

Vic Firecracker Trio – Orbit / Vic Firecracker Trio split – Review

November 1, 1996

ic Firecracker Trio just sound like shit, on this recording at least. For some reason it makes me think of a garbled Sunny Day Real Estate.

Curdled – Review

November 1, 1996

The death-obsessed taxi driver from Pulp Fiction who grilled Bruce Willis about how it feels to kill a man, actress Angela Jones, was drafted for that role.

Trunk Foundation – Young Cherry Tree – Review

November 1, 1996

Vomit-inducing shy-boy vocals, the tinkly twang of slow verses that predictably give way to half-heartedly heavy, uncatchy choruses.

Toenut – Danger! Humans Approach” – Review

November 1, 1996

Honey-dipped female vocals set to strange timings and daintily awkward instrumentation can be a very good thing as long as it doesn’t feel forced.

The Ray-Ons – 2 Too Many – Review

November 1, 1996

Sped up garage, Cramps-style. It might be good, it might be bad. I can’t tell ’cause the sound quality’s so poor.

The Maggots – “Staff” / “Uptight” – Review

November 1, 1996

Yet another pop punk record. They go for that crisp mid-’80s sound, with alcohol-drenched melody that steers clear of the trendy ’90s stuff.

The Grumpies – Like Any Other Day – Review

November 1, 1996

Imagine if members of the Queers had two brothers and a sister who formed a band in grade school. Harmless but speedy, juvenile, lo-fidelity punk rock.