Lollipop Magazine

Return of the Read Menace – Review

September 1, 1999

Honest Don’s teams up with AK Press for this 25-track, 75 minute CD of punk, rock (emo, indie, and singer/songwriter), and good, free-thinking sentiments.

Fat Music Vol. 4: Life in the Fat Lane – Review

September 1, 1999

45 minutes of pure Fatness. Unreleased tracks, Fat standards, and a new signee make this one that the kids’re gonna clamor for.

Music to Kill For – Review

April 1, 1999

Punkabilly, punkpop, ska, and power pop make up the history of Side One Dummy. Music to Kill For, their ninth release, is a retrospective.

No Use For a Name – Making Friends – Review

March 1, 1998

Guest vocals by MM BossTone Dicky Barett, Dance Hall Crasher Karina Denike, and Me First’s Spike, Making Friends is a non-stop feel-good punk party platter.

Physical Fatness: Fat Music Vol. III – Review

March 1, 1998

These 18 songs contain exclusive tracks, teasers from ’98 releases, and all your Fat favorites. All for $4!

Show and Tell – A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs – Review

June 1, 1997

A nostalgia joyride, strapped in A Clockwork Orange-style. The tape’s running at double-time. And the sound quality is decent at best. 35 songs is too many.

Before You Were Punk – Review

June 1, 1997

Before You Were Punk coulda been another collection of the same hotshot punk bands covering silly songs from a decade many wish we could deny we were a part of.

Keep The Beat – Review

April 1, 1997

Rare and unreleased tracks by bands of interest that aren’t rare or unreleased because they’re inferior. Their style just isn’t the primary focus of the band.

No Use For A Name – Leche Con Carne – Review

March 1, 1995

Tony Sly has a voice that’s hard to dislike and the multi-harmonied choruses are sweet without losing the edge that keeps them punk.