Lollipop Magazine

Demons and Wizards – Review

April 1, 2000

The collaboration between Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer and Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kursch. Quality, serious-minded power metal riffs and creatively fresh harmonies.

Stroke – First in Last out – Review

April 1, 2000

A mix of Seal, Peter Gabriel, and NIN (the slow stuff). Of course, anyone who wants to copy NIN sounds like Gravity Kills, Stabbing Westward, or Prick.

Deep Reduction – Review

April 1, 2000

Deep Reduction is a generally disappointing foray thru various rock’n’blues pieces that go nowhere everyone’s been before.

Stavesacre – Speakeasy – Review

April 1, 2000

It’s crunchy like Quicksand, poppy enough to give commercial radio a wake-up call, and possesses production that beckons for loudness.

Staring Back – Many Will Play – Review

April 1, 2000

A nice variation of styles, but most of the album’s moments still don’t rise above your standard “technical pop punk with Dokken-sounding guitars” bunch.

David Bowie – Hours – Review

April 1, 2000

Simply put, the first six songs on “Hours…” just aren’t that good, especially when you listen to how it’s done these days.

Darlington – Huntingtons – Review

April 1, 2000

Darlington still whip out the sarcasm and the cheese dip, name-drop the cool bands left and right, and write a “let’s hook up” song to Donna A.

Starflyer 59 – Everybody Makes Mistakes – Review

April 1, 2000

Starflyer 59 punctures the listener’s emotional defense shield with yearning vocals, slithering melodies, and face-in-hands tragedy that’s all too beautiful.

Someday I – Look Up and Live – Review

April 1, 2000

A mixture of Chicago indie-rock with the best of Shades Apart and other original pop-punk bands. They bend tempos, use odd melodies, and spit out juicy riffs.

Darkseed – Diving into Darkness – Review

April 1, 2000

Darkseed write like the second-stringers they are, stabbing and shooting at what is a miserable metal quagmire and coming up covered in delete bin swamp mud.