Nik Rainey – Page 29 – Lollipop Magazine

The Nines – “Gonna Get A Ring” / “My Soul For You” – Review

February 1, 1996

Ex-Voodoo Dolls swinging in a garage, abandoned by the Standells decades ago, punching out short, sharp shocks of chunk-rock. Brevity is a virtue.

The Marshes – Review

February 1, 1996

Steven Wardlaw’s strafe-stringin’ is a virtual encyclopedia of fifteen years of punks from ’81-vintage L.A. blooze to the odd Hüsker Dü electrical storm.

Spacemen 3 – Sound of Confusion – Review

February 1, 1996

Sound of Confusion, their ’86 debut, is first-embryonic Detroit-via-Rugby fuzz-drones that light up the firmament with incandescent bursts of beauteous fury.

Bush League All Stars – Old Numbers – Review

February 1, 1996

This is rock. Basic, unadorned, tobacco-chewing, cow-tipping, meat-and-potatoes Midwestern roots-rock.

Bosley – My Heroines – Review

February 1, 1996

Swift, pop punk – that means hoarse vocals, football hooligan harmonies and a serious case of the caffeine jitters.

Negativfan – #11, #12, #13 – Review

February 1, 1996

NegativBob (Robert Nelson) is a Negativland convert, and NegativFan is his Xerox pulpit. It’s typewritten, with nonexistent layout, but this is the place to go.

Self – Subliminal Plastic Motives – Review

December 1, 1995

All 12 songs meld big ’90s guitarrorism, organic samples, and an obsessive-compulsive attention to detail with bright harmonies and indelible choruses.

Poe – Hello – Review

December 1, 1995

Hello is well-manicured, accessible femme eclectica that tries on styles like Salvation Army fatigues, overlaid with unlocked-diary imagery alternately potent.

Sturm und Twang! A Private Collection of German Underground Pop – Review

November 1, 1995

I wish compiler Christoph Gurk had included English translations of the lyrics – some of these guys sound like they have something to say. A great collection.

Shatterproof – Slip It Under The Door – Review

November 1, 1995

Grab Shatterproof’s debut album. Its poppy psych-mope wrist-perforatin’ plaint that actually works for a change.