Rich Rodichok | Lollipop Magazine

Soul Coughing – with Firewater at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1997

The heavy funk and upright bass got the crowd moving and sweating, while Mark’s keyboards threw everyone into a frenzied state.

Firewater – with Soul Coughing at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1997

Tod A immediately launched into “Bourbon and Division,” a dark cha cha (no, really) which pulsed and throbbed under the hands of this wedding band gone bad.

The Wrens – at The Middle East – Review

May 1, 1996

The Wrens packed the upstairs stage at midnight on a Sunday and the crowd was still there when I left. The live show had an edge like a broken knife blade.

Chevy Heston – Destroy – Interview

March 1, 1996

An interview with Chevy Heston and Chic Curtis

One of Us – with Fade, Fracture, You Shriek at the Middle East Cafe – Review

February 1, 1996

Howling at the glistening orb of life, reveling in Dionysian abandon, his clothes started falling off his body, revealing a glistening chest, tight and hard.

Pansy Division – at the Rat – Review

December 1, 1995

They ran through most of their new album, Pile Up, and a lot of my earlier faves, such as “Rock ‘N’ Roll Queer Bar,” “Cocksucker Club,” and “James Bondage.”

Neurosis – at Mama Kin – Review

November 1, 1995

Warzone percussion and lower-register instrumentation. Synth-squeal noise and over-stressed vocal chords. Iconographic images projected onstage.

La Gritona – with Bloodletter, Neurosis at Mama Kin – Review

November 1, 1995

La Gritona are one of Boston’s few good bands, easily levitating over the usual indie swill and three-chord power-pop pablum. Too bad this was their last show.

The Vandals – with Strung Out at The Rat – Review

October 1, 1995

Their cover of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” was an obvious bonus, as was the constant ragging on the stinky shithead in the front row.

Eskimo – at The Rat – Review

October 1, 1995

Believe me, it was a party. The funk brought us close, the lyrics made us grin, the twisted lines made us jump up and down with glee.