Nik Rainey – Page 11 – Lollipop Magazine

Satisfact – Review

October 1, 1997

Their self-titled sophomore effort integrates their influences into a far more individualistic robo-goulash than their debut.

Plexi – Cheer Up – Review

October 1, 1997

It’s sonic sensationalism writ large, full-blown fakery as lush, powerful, melodramatic and meaningless as their platform-shod stomping grounds of Los Angeles.

Pavement – Shady Lane – Review

October 1, 1997

This EP, which features reworked versions of two tracks from their new rec, Brighten the Corners, and three new numbers, has some pretty engaging moments.

Mission of Burma – Vs. – Review

October 1, 1997

The only full-length LP recorded during Mission of Burma’s existence, vs. (1982), is the fullest flowering of their harshly lush attack on record.

Mission of Burma – Signals Calls and Marches – Review

October 1, 1997

Conley only has one solo songwriting credit on the record, but “That’s When I Reach For My Revolver” was an instant classic, a masterful anthem of desperation.

Mission of Burma – The Horrible Truth About Burma – Review

October 1, 1997

When Miller contracted tinnitus, Burma was forced to call it quits after one last tour, captured for posterity on 1985’s The Horrible Truth About Burma.

Lake of Dracula – Review

October 1, 1997

This is what the new Lake of Dracula record brings to mind every time I listen to it. I’m not exactly sure why.

We Will Fall : The Iggy Pop Tribute – Review

October 1, 1997

You should know how great most of these songs are by now, as simple and unimprovable as old blues tunes and therefore pretty hard to fuck up.

Random – Review

October 1, 1997

A two-CD, 26-artist tribute to the Original Replicant just in time for the new millennium he monotoned about in “We Are Glass.” His songs hold up.

Japanese Torture Comedy Hour – Japanese Torture Comedy Hour / Autoerotichrist split – Review

October 1, 1997

Replace your stylus with a dental drill and put on a Nurse With Wound drone-disc and you’ll get a similar effect.