Sheril Stanford – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Magnapop – Rubbing Doesn’t Help – Review

May 1, 1996

13 edgy pop tunes filled with driving bass, crunchy, raspy guitars, and jittery lyrics. Luminous lead vocals skim over the top of everything else.

Love In Reverse – I Was Dog – Review

May 1, 1996

This band harkens back to the days of art rock with big, sweeping sonic landscapes a trademark

Stabbing Westward – Wither Blister Burn and Peel – Review

April 1, 1996

While Hall delivers his lyrics with the stripped, restrained intensity of an awakening volcano, the lyrics are sometimes stunningly pedestrian.

Grimace – Beefcake – Review

March 1, 1996

“Tony, this band nonsense has got to stop. You can’t keep playing this loud, fast, crazy stuff. You’re going to go deaf.”

Gigantaur – Review

March 1, 1996

Relentlessly, unapologetically poppy, delivered complete with ringing guitar riffs and sweet vocal harmonies. But there’s something dark lurking underneath.

Capsize 7 – Mephisto – Interview

March 1, 1996

An interview with Geoff Abell, Joe Taylor, Mike Jackson, and Chris Toms

Butterflies – Bored Room – Review

March 1, 1996

Tight, crunchy and to the point, the ‘flies manage to find the perfect balance between dissonance and melody.

Semisonic – Great Divide – Review

March 1, 1996

Pure pop with slightly retro dynamics and chord progressions. Production gives Great Divide a sound that is not just full and lush, but almost lavish.

Pretty Mary Sunshine – Bird Medicine – Review

March 1, 1996

Lost and not caring, I wander aimlessly through endless hallways, drifting, slow and spacey. A softly swirling, iridescent mist envelops me.

13 Engines – Conquistador – Review

March 1, 1996

These engines are driven by the skillful sticks of drummer Grant Ethier, and they’re kept purring by the They Might Be Giants-like vocals of John Critchly.