Nik Rainey – Page 18 – Lollipop Magazine

Furry Things – Hedfones – Review

May 1, 1997

Furry Things were a subtribe known to shed their coats frequently. They moved early from the Land of the Lo-Fi, peregrinated to the shores of Shoegaze.

Flying Saucer Attack – Sally Free and Easy – Review

May 1, 1997

A countryman’s ballad, “Sally Free and Easy,” which they coated with distortion and waves of mournful feedback.

Dead Family – We Are A Dead Family – Review

May 1, 1997

Dead Morrison’s corpse in the singer’s voice. The writer doesn’t have much choice. C’mon along, the piece is nearly done. Have I referenced yet Waiting for the Sun?

Cranes – Population Four – Review

May 1, 1997

A poppier, more tasteful blend of 2 AM melancholera, all late-eighties acousticism, non-threatening, spacious arrangements, with Alison Shaw’s airy trills.

Juneau – Space is Hot – Review

April 1, 1997

Though they bear a resemblance to Spacemen 3, Juneau achieve a close approximation of their effects with more straightforward rock instrumental imperatives.

Beck – Stereopathic – Review

April 1, 1997

Like Origin of Species, a haphazard genealogy littered with low-fi fossils of noise-folk, folk-noise, softcore punk, slide-rule guitar, gut-busting silliness.

Lost Highway Soundtrack – Review

April 1, 1997

David Lynch enlisted the services of Trent Reznor to compile its soundtrack, in much the same way Rezzie put together the collage for Natural Born Killers.

Squirrel Bait – Squirrel Bait/Skag Heaven – Review

April 1, 1997

Searcy sounds less crazed, the guitars and drums are more orderly, the song lengths more typical, the lyrics spelled out carefully on the inner sleeve.

Pat Boone – In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy – Review

April 1, 1997

Forty years later, Pat Boone has resurfaced with a project so absurd that it can’t be ignored. That’s right, friends, Pat Boone has gone metal.

Laibach – Jesus Christ Superstars – Review

February 1, 1997