Lollipop Magazine

DJ? Acucrack – Sorted – Review

June 1, 2001

A fresh-ish industrial sound, beyond the Cleopatra/Metropolis vein, not-quite Prodigy, not-quite C-Tec mix, something to appeal to the new-bombed dance punks.

Flux Information Sciences – Private/Public – Review

June 1, 2001

Like a mixture of DNA, Mars, Swans (Filth-era), Pere Ubu and Soul Coughing, they tastefully blow your head off while making you gibber like a fool.

BS2000 – Simply Mortified – Review

June 1, 2001

Ad Rock and some other dude fuckin’ around on a drum machine/sampler and a Casio. If you accept the kitsch and try not to be so cynical, it’s pretty fun.

Bill Rieflin – Chris Connelly – Largo – Review

June 1, 2001

Ministry and Revolting Cocks guys, but instead of guitars, you get cello. Instead of bass, you get piano. Instead of drums, you get a metronome. And crooning.

Banabila – VoizNoiz: Urban Sound Scapes – Review

June 1, 2001

“Found” vocal samples from around Rotterdam and Yemen, tweaked and inserted into a blend of trip-hop and ambient music. Very pretty, and very human.

Einsturzende Neubauten – Silence is Sexy – Interview

September 1, 2000

An interview with noise scientist N.U. Unruh

Spring Heel Jack – Treader – Review

September 1, 2000

Ya got yer skitt’rin beats, yer bottom-heavy bass, yer tweaks’n’pulls of keys to add a little shape, but after that, whaddaya got?

Rozz Williams – Live in Berlin – Review

September 1, 2000

Rozz Williams started doing this depressed pompous dark rock schtick back in high school. Apparently, the fact that he’s now dead hasn’t slowed him down much.

Land of the Loops – Puttering About A Small Land – Review

September 1, 2000

What we got here is a kid sitting in his folks’ basement, tooling about with samplers & sequencers, creating soundtrack music for Pez and Valium.

The Damage Manual – One – Review

June 1, 2000

Martin Atkins is the Greg Ginn of the early 21st century, i.e. appearing on just about every release on his Invisible label. One difference: He doesn’t suck.