Lollipop Magazine

Urban Dance Squad – Artantica – Review

June 1, 2000

They beat Rage Against The Machine to the rock’n’hip hop punch and were more funky. “Deeper Shade of Soul” was the genre’s finest, except for Paul’s Boutique.

Shelter – When 20 Summers Pass – Review

June 1, 2000

Youth of Today’s raw positivity blended with Ray Cappo and Porcell’s infamous “untitled EP” project, catchy fast hardcore at its unfurnished heart.

U.D.O. – Holy – Review

June 1, 2000

Anyone who dug Accept will probably dig this, seeing as the parameters haven’t changed. It’s a bit slower and more measured in its approach.

Sheavy – Celestial Hi-Fi – Review

June 1, 2000

The singer sounds exactly like Ozzy. It doesn’t kinda sound like Ozzy, it could be him. And, frankly, it’s kind of annoying.

Transport League – Satanic Panic – Review

June 1, 2000

Now courting new Metallica, heavy Clutch, hints of hardcore, retro-punk re: Hellacopters, all anchored by cool shouty vocals and a sense of metal groove.

Rick Blaze and The Ballbusters – Manhattan Babylon – Review

June 1, 2000

Rick and his band do a pretty good job of achieving a Heartbreakers-like serious rock’n’roll aesthetic, power chordage by the numbers (listen to LAMF sometime).

Trans Am – You Can Always Get What You Want – Review

June 1, 2000

Not only does this instrumental trio know how to create deafening screeches and Voltron keyboard sounds, they know how, and more importantly when, to use them.

Shadows Fall – Of One Blood – Review

June 1, 2000

American death metal’s muscles trained by European melodies, played with attitude. Like many other half-assed heavy music singers, he should stick to screaming.

T-Model Ford – She Ain’t None of Your’n – Review

June 1, 2000

T-Model Ford, perhaps the hardest-workin’ septuagenarian in show biz, has released his third record in as many years.

Reggie and The Full Effect – Promotional Copy – Review

June 1, 2000

A joke side project that uses everything from gangster samples, “witty/dorky” culture, and inlay, to an Eddie and the Cruisers-esque storyline as its backbone.