Lollipop Magazine

The Wipers – The Herd – Review

April 1, 1996

Big riffs and spicy leads. It has a bass you can feel through the floor, and drums that, if they were human, would sport lots of tattoos on their beefy arms.

The Sleepers – The Less an Object – Review

March 1, 1996

Part MC5, part Iggy & the Stooges, part Hawkwind; The Sleepers didn’t have the three chord buzzsaw guitar of Ramones, but they were punks per Lester Bangs.

The Dandy Warhols – Little Drummer Boy – Review

February 1, 1996

Psychedelic pop’s best kept secret. Their Little Drummer Boy captures the artificial joy and naive charm that makes Christmas time so bizarrely entertaining.

Talking Rain: Spoken Word & Music from the Pacific Northwest – Review

November 1, 1995

Listening to this CD should convince you, no… should propel you to get out and experience Spoken Word. Includes filmmakers Gus Van Sant and Ken Kesey.

Cough It Up: The Hair Ball Story – Review

November 1, 1995

Hairball has put out some very good bands. This compilation has them all together on one disc. From blues to pop to rock to booze-filled Neil Diamond covers.

Torcher – The Beautiful Sounds of… – Review

October 1, 1995

With pretty female vocals and a power trio, Torcher needs a lot of power to rise to the top. Luckily, they have it, right in the guitar.

Super Deluxe – Famous – Review

October 1, 1995

At the their best, they’re like Redd Kross with many pedals – distortion or otherwise. At their worst, they’re like bad Redd Kross with said pedals.

Caveman Hughscore – Review

October 1, 1995

“Nothing matters more than mattering more than nothing. Nothing else matters.”

Richard Hell & Robert Quine – Go Now – Review

October 1, 1995

A spoken word reading of the first two chapters of Hell’s forthcoming book, is every bit as smack-soaked as Carroll’s Basketball … and Downtown Diaries,

The Dandy Warhols – Dandys Rule OK – Review

September 1, 1995

The Dandys grab pop culture by the love handles and reflect it back through a kaleidoscope.