Lollipop Magazine

Marvel Kind – Mini – Review

November 1, 1998

The new EP from Marvel Kind, an amalgam as curious as any I’ve chanced upon in recent months, again and again shoves many questions to the fore.

Skyward – Review

November 1, 1998

A startlingly diverse supporting cast helps Skyward bring his vision to fruition, from members of his former bands to drop-ins.

Loud Family – Days for Days – Interview

November 1, 1998

An interview with Scott Miller

Sonic Youth – A Thousand Leaves – Review

November 1, 1998

“Sonic Youth,” I intoned. “The edifice upon which much of the significant musical graffiti of the last two decades has been sprayed.”

Pulp – This Is Hardcore – Review

November 1, 1998

They’re poppy without being derivative, literate without being pretentious, Jarvis Cocker has that sexy-nerd thing happening like no British musician in years.

The Jesus & Mary Chain – Munki – Review

November 1, 1998

They’ve studied all the greasy, decadent underground rock moves and present them as if doing a doctoral thesis on them.

The Discontinued Adventures of N. Rainey – One: This Side of Paradox – Column

November 1, 1998

As you surely know, it’s hard to feign insouciance when you’re knotted up like the product of a heat-crazed pretzel vendor with balloon-folder delusions.

Pere Ubu – Pennsylvania – Review

September 1, 1998

An excursion as hypnotic and tangibly surreal as a cross-country drive through the endless interstates of darkest America.

Marc Almond & Foetus – Slut – Review

September 1, 1998

As it turns out, Big Jim Thirlwell’s knack for the grandiose dovetails quite well with Marc’s gutter operatics.

Liquor Giants – Every Other Day at a Time – Review

September 1, 1998

There’s nary a note on the Liquor Giants’ Every Other Day at a Time that doesn’t trigger a sense memory of hoisting one of my parents’ old LPs.