Nik Rainey – Page 19 – Lollipop Magazine

The World Still Won’t Listen – A Tribute to the Smiths – Review

February 1, 1997

Morrissey and Marr, as verbose, jocose and morose as any, reinterpreted by a gang of meat-munching, instrument-trashing, machismo-heavy hardcore bands.

Lies – Review

February 1, 1997

Offbeat fiction, political commentary, and fake ads for redneck vampire flicks – Lies is sure to replace U.S. News and World Report as my source for news.

Big’N – Discipline Through Sound – Review

February 1, 1997

Turns out that the vocals on Big’N’s version of “TNT” (from Skin Graft’s AC/DC trib, Sides 1-4) were not an exaggeration – that’s the way Akins really sings.

Z – Music For Pets – Interview

February 1, 1997

An interview with Dweezil Zappa

The Flying Luttenbachers – Revenge – Review

February 1, 1997

Bands from the Contortions through Saccharine Trust had their own individual takes on jazz/punk spazz junk, but the ‘bachers really take it to the bridge

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – Review

February 1, 1997

The indie firm of Pavitt and Poneman makes the most of its licensing deal with Capitol and resurrects 3 precious pieces of the ever-elusive California dream.

The Apples in Stereo – Science Faire – Review

February 1, 1997

The Apples’ juicy fruit is not forbidding, grown from the fertile seeds of pop and ripened with just the right amount of tart psych-fi additives and coloring.

Pebbles – Vol. 3 – The Acid Gallery – Review

December 1, 1996

22 examples of inspired nonsense that only overprivileged kids with Vox organs, wah-wah pedals, and a complete collection of Seeds records can spit out.

Just Say Noel – Review

December 1, 1996

Nothing terribly holly or jolly here, which is good ’cause misery, depression and weirdness are the kinda things that should be spread out throughout the year.

Chrome – Chrome Box – Review

December 1, 1996

Chrome combined the motion of the rock backbeat with an otherworldly array of treatments and effects to make a noise that bridged psychedelia and industrial.