Lollipop Magazine

Eric Matthews – The Lateness of the Hour – Review

December 1, 1997

An uncloseted romanticist who packs more mature pop sensibility into a single measure than an entire posse of fretboard-throttlers could manage in a lifetime.

Congo Norvell – Abnormals Anonymous – Review

December 1, 1997

Abnormals Anonymous goes a long way towards making the musical dime-store paperback they kept promising to write, digging deeper into the noir atmosphere.

Duran Duran – Medazzaland – Interview

December 1, 1997

An interview with Nick Rhodes

Vex – Review

November 1, 1997

With other underground flick-rags either glossed up or MIA, Vex is a keen reminder of how rewarding deviant cinephilia can be.

Everybody Wants Some! – A Tribute to Van Halen – Review

November 1, 1997

The latest in an endless series of artist-homage collections, this one based on geography (all the featured bands are Boston-based).

Turn On – Review

November 1, 1997

A light-hearted side project from Stereolab supervisor Tim Gane and auxiliary ‘lab assistant Sean O’Hagan (formerly of Microdisney).

The High Llamas – Hawaii – Review

November 1, 1997

77 minutes of tastelessly tasteful arrangements for synth, strings, woodwinds, banjo (again), bongos, and gently-weeping George Harrisonian guitar.

The Cramps – Big Beat From Badsville – Review

November 1, 1997

A prime piece of rancid cheese like “She Said” or “Goo Goo Muck” sends the creepy-crawlies up your spine leaving something disgusting in your unmentionables.

The Bevis Frond – Son of Walter – Review

November 1, 1997

Spaced-out music with its feet on the ground, phabulous phreaky soundz that you don’t need to have your eyeballs bouncing off the Hubble to appreciate,

Stereolab – Dots and Loops – Review

November 1, 1997

Stereolab has become universally admired for their astounding expertise in creating the most forward-looking pop universe known to mankind.