September 2000 – Page 15 – Lollipop Magazine

Cadillac Blindside – Read the Book, Saw the Movie – Review

September 1, 2000

Does “cute boy” pop-punk thing better than most, sounding like a mixture of Alkaline Trio, Dillinger Four, The Appleseed Cast, and The Stereo.

Brainstorm – Ambiguity – Review

September 1, 2000

German power metal with chugging guitars, powerful vocals, driving beats, the requisite ballad, and practically nothing to distinguish itself from the pack.

Bowling for Soup – Let’s Do it for Johnny! – Review

September 1, 2000

Perky, punky, positive, melodic, hooky, harmony-rich, and well-produced, these guys are better than scores of new young bands you’ve never heard of.

The Spitfires – “Slick Black Cat” – Review

September 1, 2000

This has been out for a while’n’sounds like pre-In Too Deep Again stuff, so it’s slightly rawer than that newer disc, which is a plus.

Boulder – Ravage and Savage – Review

September 1, 2000

Kinda like a sideways speed metal band heisting riffs from really grunty boogie rock and frying a few dual leads stolen from Thin Lizzy. Per Song.

Born Blind – One for All – Review

September 1, 2000

Taking Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, and Sick Of It All, and adding that new school guitar crunch, Born Blind is almost an exact replica of No Innocent Victim.

Spring Heel Jack – Treader – Review

September 1, 2000

Ya got yer skitt’rin beats, yer bottom-heavy bass, yer tweaks’n’pulls of keys to add a little shape, but after that, whaddaya got?

Boiler Room – Can’t Breathe – Review

September 1, 2000

Heavy God Lives Underwater mixed with that whisper-to-a-scream thing every hack-ass nü metal band is doing now. Luckily, Chris Lino has a soulful voice.

Fuck You Punx – Vol II – Review

September 1, 2000

Points for attitude, that and one live Zeke cut and one Jon Cougar Concentration Camp.

The Onyas – Three more hits from The Onyas – Review

September 1, 2000

The musak’s fast’n’loose in the well-known (to me, anyway) Junk vein. Nice cover, too.