Lollipop Magazine

Reel Big Fish & Bowling For Soup Tour – News

March 17, 2019

Ska-punk and pop-punk worlds collide on the Reel Big Fish and Bowling For Soup co-headline tour. With openers Nerf Herder (6/19–6/29) and MEST (7/21–8/3).

Nerf Herder – My E.P. – Review

October 28, 2002

Nerf Herder are one of those bands who peaked early. It’s the problem with being naturals. They do what they do, and some of it works and some of it flops.

Nerf Herder – American Cheese – Review

October 28, 2002

The songs on American Cheese nail it, like the now classic “Sorry” and “Van Halen” from the debut.

Happy Meals – Vol. 3: Songs to Run Away From – Review

August 2, 2002

Leaning significantly more toward delicate indie rock and alt-country, there’s less of the sugar(lip)smacking punkpop Santa Barbara became famous for.

Honest Don’s Dirty Dishes – Review

April 19, 2002

If you think punkpop has driven every worthwhile idea into the ground, there are songs here so catchy and peppy you can’t help but dance around like a fool.

Nerf Herder – How to Meet Girls – Review

June 1, 2000

While the novelty of this novelty act has kinda worn off and How to Meet Girls is often just more of the same, it sometimes stumbles across pure genius.

Short Music for Short People – Review

September 1, 1999

101 bands each contributing a 30 second song. This is a who’s who of punk, from all over the world, spanning decades of punk in its many forms.

BASEketball – Review

April 1, 1999

Those South Park guys have hip taste, ya gotta give ’em that. If you don’t think they’re funny and cool, the problem is you, not them.

Metal Rüles – Review

November 1, 1998

Mëtal Rüles has the good graces to cover some not-so-obvious songs of the ’80s, and has a variety of punk, swing, and rockabilly bands cover them.

Happy Meals 2 – Review

November 1, 1998

This perfect marriage of punkpop and powerpop lasts 50 minutes, the exact amount of time I’ve been lamenting to my therapist cuz a comp like this didn’t exist.