Lollipop Magazine

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.

Fu Manchu – California Crossing – Interview

March 29, 2002

An interview with singer Scott Hill

Fu Manchu – California Crossing – Review

March 8, 2002

Fu Manchu has settled into their sound and concentrated on writing good songs. This has led to complaints of “everything sounds the same.”

James Mathus – National Antiseptic – Review

February 22, 2002

This guy formed the Squirrel Nut Zippers with his wife in the ’90s. I never knew he had blues guitar roots, but here they are.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Bedlam Ballroom – Review

June 3, 2001

The scene which propelled them to stardom (the Big Band Revival) has faded, but they have taken their core sound and jazzed it up a little.

Frankie Machine – One – Review

September 1, 2000

While some might find the modernization of Cheap Trick’s style nothing special, to find a band that keeps it interesting, song after song, that’s something.

Fu Manchu – King of the Road – Review

April 1, 2000

Well-constructed, well-arranged rock songs driven by huge, fuzzed-out, ridiculously downtuned guitar riffs and a pummeling rhythm section. And cowbell.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Perennial Favorites – Review

January 1, 1999

There are comparable tracks to Hot (a calypso-ish tune, some foot stompers, some ballads), and a pseudo-mid European folk tune, but mostly – it’s Dixieland.

Music from the X-Games vol. 3 – Review

November 1, 1998

From punk to ska to electronica to heavy music, including crossovers within each, X-Games 3 strikes all the right chords and presses all the right buttons.

Jocelyn Montgomery – Lux Vivens – Review

November 1, 1998

Imagine Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) taking over Julee Cruise’s stuff in Twin Peaks, removing most of the pop elements, and singing in Latin