Joshua Brown – Page 9 – Lollipop Magazine

Hammerbrain – Hammerbrain / Sewage split – Review

November 1, 1996

Hammerbrain’s track “Cheap,” recorded live at CBGB’s, combines appropriate amounts of rawness and melody, like Naked Raygun meets N.O.T.A.

Good Riddance – Ignite / Good Riddance split – Review

November 1, 1996

Good Riddance are reminiscent of Born Against, since they play heavy, abrasive, and fast hardcore with the empathy and melancholy of peace punk.

Future Loop Foundation – Time And Bass – Review

November 1, 1996

Whale songs are beautiful and mysterious, but what if whales are responding to a rhythm that humans can’t sense, and what if whales had access to samplers?

Freaky Chakra vs. Single Cell Orchestra – Review

November 1, 1996

Daum Bentley, aka Freaky Chakra, and Miguel Angelo Fierro, aka Single Cell Orchestra, are two of San Francisco’s hottest techno acts.

Emmanuel Top – Asteroid – Review

November 1, 1996

Emmanuel Top’s genuinely frightening techno builds tension like a Hitchcock film; slowly and intricately.

Couch – This Lifes EP – Review

November 1, 1996

Throwaway indie pop with elements of post punk and post hardcore. Like an adolescent diary (or ‘zine) entry that rambles pointlessly about a humdrum life.

Boris the Sprinkler – Sonic Dolls / Boris the Sprinkler split – Review

November 1, 1996

Boris The Sprinkler play some of the most spirited bubblegum ‘n’ caffene fare you’ll likely to hear in this day and age, like earlie Dickies.

Wisdom’s Maw: CIA + LSD = The Acid Novel – Review

November 1, 1996

No stone is left unturned, escorting us from acid parties with Cary Grant, JFK, and Marilyn Monroe, to behind the scenes of the assassination of the President.

Make ‘Em Mokum Crazy – Review

October 1, 1996

Gabba’s dark side, documented by Mokum’s Battlegrounds, has given way to the brighter sound of popcore, which plays like a colorful, freakish carnival sideshow.

Hopelessly Devoted to You – Review

October 1, 1996

Yet another collection of pop punksters influenced by Bad Religion and Descendents. Far too many bands sound like this, but some of the songs aren’t half bad.