Lollipop Magazine

Liquor Lecture – Column

March 1, 1998

We’ve covered what to drink, how to drink it, what to do when you’ve drunk too much. But what to wear?

Swoon 23 – The Legendary Ether Pony – Review

March 1, 1998

Drone, distortion, candy coated female vocals, throaty male vocals, swirling shoegazing syrupy goodness.

Savage Aural Hotbed – Pressure of Silence – Review

March 1, 1998

Like Neubauten, like Crash Worship, like ¡Tchkung!, Savage Aural Hotbed loves drums. Lots of ’em. But unlike said bands, SAH are not political, nor even savage.

KMFDM – Symbols – Review

March 1, 1998

These guys do KMFDM better than anybody.

TV Terror – Review

March 1, 1998

36 industrial bands covering TV theme songs! The best thing about these tracks is that they’re usually only as long as the original themes.

Wumpscut – Embryodead – Review

March 1, 1998

Minor key string lines leading into thumping sequences and the ubiquitous distorted voice. Nice symphonic elements, it works better than most.

Swamp Terrorists – Five in Japan – Review

March 1, 1998

Swamp Terrorists have a good intro on Five in Japan, dark and menacing, but it simply moves into an industrial/metal hybrid that does no justice to either.

Seven Trees – Embracing the Unknown – Review

March 1, 1998

Doesn’t stand out as anything particularly new, but they don’t really suck, either. Sort of a Leæther Strip sound, dark, disturbing, you know.

Pigface – A New High in Low – Review

March 1, 1998

Pigface. Martin Atkins and friends have once again blown my mind with A New High In Low, a bold exposition in sound and texture. An absolutely necessary disc.

Pig – Wrecked – Review

March 1, 1998

A solid mix of beats and guitars, Watts edges his way into the territory held by Reznor five years ago. Not that that’s a bad thing.