Lollipop Magazine

Mission of Burma – Vs. – Review

October 1, 1997

The only full-length LP recorded during Mission of Burma’s existence, vs. (1982), is the fullest flowering of their harshly lush attack on record.

Mission of Burma – Signals Calls and Marches – Review

October 1, 1997

Conley only has one solo songwriting credit on the record, but “That’s When I Reach For My Revolver” was an instant classic, a masterful anthem of desperation.

Mission of Burma – The Horrible Truth About Burma – Review

October 1, 1997

When Miller contracted tinnitus, Burma was forced to call it quits after one last tour, captured for posterity on 1985’s The Horrible Truth About Burma.

Galaxie 500 – Copenhagen – Review

July 1, 1997

A live record of Boston’s favorite inertia quartet, Galaxie 500, from a recording made by Danish National Radio in the misty days of 1990.

Throwing Muses – Limbo – Review

November 1, 1996

Throwing Muses has a deep well from which to draw, and the most recent result is Limbo, an assemblage of darkly intense and sometimes hypnotic pieces.

Lydia Lunch – Exene Cervenka – Rude Hieroglyphics – Review

February 1, 1996

This one-liner/fragment approach broaches all the right subjects: Women’s rights (good), government (bad), modern society (sucks). Once in a while, it clicks.

Exene Cervenka – Lydia Lunch – Rude Hieroglyphics – Review

February 1, 1996

This one-liner/fragment approach broaches all the right subjects: Women’s rights (good), government (bad), modern society (sucks). Once in a while, it clicks.