April 2000 – Page 15 – Lollipop Magazine

Training for Utopia – Throwing a Wrench in the American Music Machine – Review

April 1, 2000

You can claim that this is the counterpart to Coalesce and Today Is The Day all you want, but you’re wrong. Noisecore with no inspiration.

Punkass Generosity – Review

April 1, 2000

A 46-track, double disc of punk of which all proceeds go to various charities worldwide, all for a measly $7.

Tiamat – Skeleton Skeletron – Review

April 1, 2000

Tiamat’s grown from a growl’n’roar death metal band into a mature, yet chillingly malevolent band that skates Goth metal, doom metal, and ambient artsiness.

Thursday – Waiting – Review

April 1, 2000

Thursday has reinstated my faith in heavy emocore. Longing vocals, occasional anguished screams, violins, nicely distorted guitars that’re warm.

Holy Dio: A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio – Review

April 1, 2000

It doesn’t suck ass cuz it doesn’t focus on only one time period of RJD, a man who’s sauntered through two great bands and had a great (early) solo career.

Throttlefinger – Review

April 1, 2000

Tough guy Nine Pound Hammer redux, y’know, drunken swagger cockpunkrock with spaghetti western soundbites to punctuate Throttlefinger’s self-image as outlaws.

The Weakerthans – Fallow – Review

April 1, 2000

The Weakerthans play contemporary rock with the same introspection that made early John Cougar and Bruce Springsteen symbols of the working class.

Heavy Metal FAKK2 – Review

April 1, 2000

74 minute slab of either industrial, nü metal, rapcore, electrometal, or some variation therein. A few pleasant surprises, a lot of barrel-scrapers.

The Stooges – 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions – Review

April 1, 2000

Take after take after take of each song is spent fine-tuning, honing each song into the flawless, feral shape it took on the album proper.

The Spills – The Heartdrops – Review

April 1, 2000

The Spills possibly intended to even homage Thunders’ old band, but screwed up somewhere and covered a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song instead.