Nik Rainey – Page 10 – Lollipop Magazine

Keith Moon – Two Sides of the Moon – Review

November 1, 1997

The Geritol-swiggers at King Biscuit has (re-)issued a reminder of Keith’s drunken-imp eminence by remastering his only solo LP, 1975’s Two Sides of the Moon.

Grandpaboy – Review

November 1, 1997

Now that Westerberg is older, clean and sober, and not nearly so anguished, he’s settled comfortably into the role of amiable pop-craftsman.

Portishead – Interview

November 1, 1997

An interview with Adrian Utley

Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape – Interview

November 1, 1997

An interview with bassist Nate Mendel

Blur – with Dandy Warhols at the Orpheum – Review

November 1, 1997

After over an hour of this wank, I saw me moment at last. They got t’ that fuckin’ “Woo-hoo!” song, the one they couldn’ even come up wi’ a proper title for.

Dandy Warhols – with Blur at the Orpheum – Review

November 1, 1997

That shite don’t mix well wi’ drone-pop, y’know what I mean? That’s another o’ those terms I learnt. Just them two is all.

The PeeChees – The Drags / The PeeChees split – Radio Disappears – Review

October 1, 1997

The PeeChees take the Drags’ “Well Worth Talkin’ About,” infect it with Germs, and bawl through the initial rushblush of infection with bratty delirium.

The Drags – The Drags / The PeeChees split – Radio Disappears – Review

October 1, 1997

The Drags pound through the PeeChees’ “Slick’s Living It Up (at the Bottom of the Sea)” like a bunch of basement tapeworms.

Steel Miners – “Let’s Roll” / “What Can You Do” – Review

October 1, 1997

As uppity and snotty as the great garage gobs of daze gone bye, the Steel Miners knock through a pair of monoxide-damaged rockers.

Sicko – “Three Tea” – Review

October 1, 1997

A world-view of picnics, petulance, and talking dogs with a slightly tougher sound, the way a six-year-old would imagine pop-punk to sound.