Lollipop Magazine

High Fidelity – Review

June 1, 2000

Much in the vein of Douglas Coupland’s collection of slacker stories, the point is to examine the life of the subject, and how he reacts to the day-to-day.

Enon – Believo! – Review

April 1, 2000

Enon is comprised of John Schmersal from Braniac and the two drummers from Skeleton Key. A good combination.

Stroke – First in Last out – Review

April 1, 2000

A mix of Seal, Peter Gabriel, and NIN (the slow stuff). Of course, anyone who wants to copy NIN sounds like Gravity Kills, Stabbing Westward, or Prick.

David Bowie – Hours – Review

April 1, 2000

Simply put, the first six songs on “Hours…” just aren’t that good, especially when you listen to how it’s done these days.

Beck – Midnight Vultures – Review

April 1, 2000

Beck, always one to throw a change-up, slips into the cracks and becomes glorified in the public’s eye as the pop-culture-cuisenart-cum-disco-soul-jester.

Beastie Boys – Anthology: The Sounds of Science – Review

April 1, 2000

Before this, I’d already gone to Musicmaker.com and customized my own two-CD set of Beastie Boys stuff. The labels played it too safe, but they always do.

Apollo Four Forty – Gettin’ High on Your Own Supply – Review

April 1, 2000

Rather than putting electronica into rock, these guys put rock into their electronica. Two great tastes that…? Well, maybe.

Dread Kennedys: In Dub We Trust – Review

April 1, 2000

Industrial-ish bands cover DK tunes. Be warned: None of the covers are punk, dub, or reggae. Like DK, the production quality is as thin as a tequila shit.

The Baby Namboos – Ancoats2zambia – Review

April 1, 2000

Demented trip hop, dark, gravelly vocals, an accented woman’s voice, ominous chanting, heavy bass. This could be Tricky’s cousin. Wait! It is Tricky’s cousin!

Primal Scream – Xtrmntr – Review

April 1, 2000

Between My Bloody Valentine records, he was adding 1000 tracks of distortion and guitar to this one. Sloppy & messy, just the way I like it.