Lollipop Magazine

Prolapse – Backsaturday – Review

May 1, 1996

what happens when you leave a stack of vintage Krautrock, Nurse With Wound, and Savage Republic platters lying out in the sun until they melt together into one warped, delicious wax circle.

Eugene Chadbourne & Jimmy Carl Black – Pachuco Cadaver – Review

May 1, 1996

Beefheartian purists may blanch at the liberties Eug ‘n’ Jim have taken – Chad taking known tunes and wringing ’em out ’til they’re scarcely recognizable.

Chisel – 8 AM All Day – Review

May 1, 1996

Ted Leo’s voice plays around in the upper registers that Pete Shelley can’t quite manage these days. The fluid rhythm section cracks like Eton rifles.

Big Lick – Review

May 1, 1996

It may be standard-issue horns-‘n’-whistles-‘n’-baseball-caps white-boy ska, but Big Lick goes through their paces as well as any.

A Few of my Favorite Things – One of the Two Best Double Albums… – Column

April 1, 1996

Game Theory – Lolita Nation – Scott Miller (now of The Loud Family) remains both one of pop music’s finest confectioners and one of its least appreciated.

A Few of my Favorite Things – Best Opening Couplet to Any Song Ever at Press Time – Column

April 1, 1996

Oh, the snot has caked against my pants… It has turned into crystal…

Ruby Falls – What She Does – Review

April 1, 1996

A tough, artsy clang, kinda like if the Olympia grrrl mafia traded their Runaways records for the collected works of Ut and Live Skull.

Peechees – Do The Math – Review

April 1, 1996

The hard-fast-but-not-too-fast pogo rings with the dragstrip simplicity of an emission-sputterin’ rock jalopy. The singer has his Darby Crash mewl down cold.

Orgy of the Dead (Soundtrack) – Review

April 1, 1996

Orgy of the Dead, written by Ed Wood, based on his novel. Thanks to Shimmy-Disc’s Kramer, we now have a soundtrack album to commemorate this work of high art.

Virgo Snakes – Review

April 1, 1996

When Bob and Bob scream about being “Sad” over a rank six-string squawk, I believe ’em, but can’t help smiling anyway.