Lollipop Magazine

Recoil – Unsound Methods – Review

September 1, 1998

The second domestic release by former Depeche Mode man, Alan Wilder, puts anything his former band did to red-faced shame.

Drill Team – Hope and Dream Explosion – Review

September 1, 1998

‘Twas pulled from the garbage, Consumed by a partridge; Its eggs hatched the band called “Drill Team.”

The Replacements – All For Nothing/Nothing For All – Review

April 1, 1998

That they were an erratic, drunken bunch of stumblebums that occasionally happened upon a great song or two.

Primal Scream – Vanishing Point – Review

September 1, 1997

Bobby Gillespie spent much of the past three years not only reassessing, but reconstructing and redefining what he, his band, and rock ‘n’ roll are all about.

Echo and the Bunnymen – Evergreen – Interview

September 1, 1997

An interview with Ian McCulloch

Regurgitator – Tu-Plang – Review

June 1, 1997

There’s no consistency between the tunes, and although each one is performed competently, there’s no sense of unity.

Dinosaur Jr. – Hand It Over – Review

May 1, 1997

Hand It Over is vintage Dino Jr. – Sonic Youth-like noise rock, married to Neil Young-esque whomping, feedback-drenched melodies and lyrics of tragedy ‘n’ loss.

BT – Ima – Interview

February 1, 1997

An interview with Brian Transeau

Love in Reverse – I Was Here – Review

September 1, 1996

If Psycho were remade and set in Mayberry, this is what you’d get. Or maybe if David Lynch made music instead of film, he’d make I Was Here.

J. Mascis – Martin and Me – Review

June 1, 1996

Call it Dinosaur Defuzzed. I feel kinda bad for ol’ J, having to watch former band mates rake in the kudos while Proto-slacker Number One is left in the lurch.