Lollipop Magazine

Sleeping Flies – You Are Superior – Review

August 16, 2002

The Editor has told me that I can’t do ultra-short reviews, like “The Happy Mondays did this already, in 1991,” because it messes up the layout.

ShelleyDevoto – Buzzkunst – Review

August 16, 2002

Shelleydevoto slap Pet Shop Boys, late-era Eno, New Order, and Kraftwerk into a throwback synth-pop album called Buzzkunst.

Swim Team – #2 – Review

August 2, 2002

Always at the forefront of new indie/electro/alterna/etc. music, ex-Wire Colin Newman has once again compiled the best bands you’ve never heard of.

From Russia With Love – A Russian Tribute to Pigface – Review

August 2, 2002

A buncha Russian bands have tried to honor Pigface on From Russia with Love, and it’s a nice idea, and there are a few good moments.

Nine Inch Nails – And All That Could Have Been: Still – Review

July 5, 2002

Still isn’t supposed to rock your shit. It’s supposed to be introspective and revealing.

Gorillaz – G Sides – Review

June 28, 2002

G-Sides, an EP and remix album that further cements their hold in the mainstream’s consciousness.

Tub Ring – Drake Equation – Review

June 28, 2002

Tub Ring works in small doses, but tends to wear thin after a point. Intellectually interesting, technically superior, but it just doesn’t hit you in the gut.

Lance Grabmiller featuring John Bergin – Anthropology – Review

June 14, 2002

Experimental drum’n’bass for the rest of us. Hyperactive beats restrained by uncomfortable creepy keyboards and unpleasant feedback and other sqwaking.

Tommy Guerrero – Junk Collector – Review

May 31, 2002

Tommy Guerrero has seen his share of the underground. Junk Collector EP is a Sebadoh-meets-trip-hop amalgamation that belies his opening for DOA and Bad Brains.

The Freestylers – Pressure Point – Review

May 31, 2002

It’s not so Brit as said Chem Bros, it’s not as ironic as the Fatboy, and less rocked-out then Crystal Method. It fuckin’ bounces.