April 2001 – Page 16 – Lollipop Magazine

Abdullah – Review

April 1, 2001

A corollary to some of the grits’n’grease doom bands from the DC area, although the recording is a bit tentative and it’s less “Southern” and more psychedelic.

Pele – The Nudes – Review

April 1, 2001

A crosswalk between jazz, intellectually exercised (and often purposely withheld) melody, and improvised conversation amongst rock instruments.

Peccatum – Amor Fati – Review

April 1, 2001

Self-indulgent, non-linear, impossible to grasp, shapeshifting, and more of an expressionistic exercise than any kind of shared trip with the listener.

Abby Travis – Cutthroat Standards & Black Pop – Review

April 1, 2001

Razors, KMFDM, oiled guns, deranged ringmasters, Burt Bacharach. Which of these doesn’t belong? Trick question – they all belong, if you’re Abby Travis.

Peach – Giving Birth to a Stone – Review

April 1, 2001

There’s no need for this unless you want to collect every unworthy scrap of sonic poop Tool’s Justin Chancellor hasn’t yet been able to track down and destroy.

7 Seconds – Scream Real Loud – Review

April 1, 2001

This is the legendary band looking back on nearly two decades of work, pulling out 26 songs of non-stop anthemic hardass punk.

Paris, Texas – Brazilliant! – Review

April 1, 2001

Their full-length was a nice experiment in blending jazz, indie pop, and Dischord flailings, but this EP is where Paris, Texas succeeds.

Overkill – Bloodletting – Review

April 1, 2001

No commercial attempts, no Gothic or classical undertones, just the thunderous bass crunch of D.D. Verni and the snarl of Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth.

3rd Root – A Sign of Things to Come – Review

April 1, 2001

3rd Root sing about being “saved” in quiet whispers (sometimes bursting into screams) driven by Latin percussive undertones, not unlike P.O.D. or Sepultura.

Operatica – “O”: Volume 1 – Review

April 1, 2001

Sounds like Star Trek warble or classical, there’s nice ’80s-style retro kitch and drum’n’bass jauntiness with all sorts of “Ave Maria”-isms and the like.