Lollipop Magazine

Apollo Four Forty – Electro Glide in Blue – Review

March 1, 1998

I’m sure a good number of you have heard the Van Halen-inspired “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dub” by Apollo Four Forty. The album it’s off is Electro Glide in Blue.

Trip to the Andes – Review

March 1, 1998

I don’t hear a single “Inca” thing. Okay, there are a few flutes. Sounds pretty good if you’re stoned, or coming down, or just don’t feel like moving much.

Renegade Continuum – Review

March 1, 1998

As is the case with drum’n’bass, it can get confusing if you’re looking for the backbeat. But if you can follow the action, it’s pretty damn incredible.

Chemical Brothers – at the Roxy with Death In Vegas – Review, live

March 1, 1998

Why does a band that has become internationally famous for breakbeats and “Loops of Fury” revert to the metronomic bass drum sound that drove so many away?

Olive – Extra Virgin – Review

November 1, 1997

Too pop to be trip, too R’n’B to be Poe, too slick to be Björk, not massive enough to be an attack. It really doesn’t add up to much. Elevator electro?

Moby – at The Big Top Festival – Review

November 1, 1997

Funny how “Electronica” has so many trappings of rock. After three songs, Moby stripped off his shirt, wiped his face with it, and threw it into the audience.

Loop Guru – at The Big Top Festival – Review

November 1, 1997

The samples are flying, the sticks are flying, the whole crowd is flying. Their new disc, Loop Bites Dog (Mammoth) is amazing, but this is fuckin’ INCREDIBLE.

Headrillaz – at The Big Top Festival – Review

November 1, 1997

With guitar, bass, drumset, vocals and keyboards, the energy poured off the stage with a gorgeous rapper spewing out words and rhythms like it was nothing.

Emperion – at The Big Top Festival – Review

November 1, 1997

Not bad, but after all the manic energy we had seen emanating from both stages, the two mixer boys twiddling knobs didn’t really cut it.

Eat Static – at The Big Top Festival – Review

November 1, 1997

Eat Static tried to charge us all up again, sounding almost industrial-dance. The beats were hitting hard, the need to dance once again strong.