Lollipop Magazine

Pure – Feverish – Review

September 1, 1998

Jordy Birch’s voice is not nearly as aerobic as the instruments he splays his lazy sound across, and Pure’s lyrics do not strain toward philosophical esoterica.

Fu Manchu – The Action is Go – Interview

March 1, 1998

An interview with bassist Brad Davis

Banco de Gaia – Big Men Cry – Review

September 1, 1997

Banco de Gaia (aka Toby Marks) easily melds disparate elements in a weightless environment, creating some of the more interesting electronica available.

Banco de Gaia – Live At Glastonbury – Review

April 1, 1997

Toby Marks travels the globe picking up exotic sound samples from spiritual chants and instrumentals. He then sets them to imaginative electronic compositions.

Pure – Generation Six Pack – Review

December 1, 1996

Generation Six Pack starts off with tempestuous rocker “What It Is,” and shows that these Canucks have studied well from the Big Book of guitar heavy pop.

Jabberjaw… Pure Sweet Hell – Review

November 1, 1996

The fifteen artists featured on Pure Sweet Hell have all graced the Jabberjaw stage in the seven years since it opened, and have kindly returned the favor.

Future Loop Foundation – Time And Bass – Review

November 1, 1996

Whale songs are beautiful and mysterious, but what if whales are responding to a rhythm that humans can’t sense, and what if whales had access to samplers?

Time Shard – Hunab Ku – Review

September 1, 1996

What do you get when you sonically crossbreed Ozric Tentacles and Children of the Bong? Tailored to the dimensionally disturbed, not for the astrally challenged.

MTV Buzz Bin – Review

August 1, 1996

What MTV Buzz Bin is is a concise overview of post-Nirvana mainstream culture, stuff many of us have come to “love to hate” or hate ourselves for loving.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot – Review

June 1, 1996

The Kings and (Queen) of Dixieland are back, and this time, they’re on fire! The uptown beat is way up, and the singing is laid down low and neat.