Lollipop Magazine

Capsize 7 – with Pie, Karate, Blonde Redhead at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

Loud, fast, hard, but with enough melody to keep your attention, and just enough style to set them apart from every other loud, fast, hard band out there.

Karate – with Capsize 7, Pie, Blonde Redhead at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

There were spacey interludes mixed in with the noise. Sometimes Karate seemed like a punked-up Pink Floyd, with big guitar notes crashing into the distortion.

Pie – with Capsize 7, Karate, Blonde Redhead at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

They did an excellent job with the tension/release thing – NOISE, NOISE, NOISE, melody, NOISE, melody. It worked.

Blonde Redhead – with Capsize 7, Pie, Karate at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

Blonde Redhead completed an excellent night of distortion, discord, and weird tuning.

More Than You Can Chew – Review

July 1, 1995

Most of the bands stay true to indie/powerpop/punk pop “guidelines,” and those that don’t are cool enough that you don’t really care anyway.

Somewhere Between Heaven & Xanax – Review

May 1, 1995

There’s gold on this compilation, and it is hoped, by this reviewer, that at least a few of these bands (especially Incinerator) release full-length offerings.

Pie – Superhorse – Review

May 1, 1995

Noisy and totally wacked, these guys are great! They cram more screaming feedback and punky guitar slop into the record grooves than you’d think possible.