June 2001 – Page 10 – Lollipop Magazine

Soilwork – A Predator’s Portrait – Review

June 3, 2001

They take the Gothenburg sound and kick up the technicality level, add some keyboard swells, and obviously know the right influences to wear on their sleeves.

Smalltown Hero – Things to Do in Connecticut When You’re Dead – Review

June 3, 2001

Both bands have been holding down the DIY fort in CT and deserve our respect, even if their music hasn’t progressed past “average local opening band.”

Sloth – The Voice of God – Review

June 3, 2001

This record is purely heavy rock born of the molten tar pits that heaved the very early Blue Cheer and the wicked burned-over thud of Zeppelin live in ’69.

Silver Scooter – Good Bye – Review

June 3, 2001

At first deceptive with their formulaic jangly-guitar-fronted indie pop image, the listener slowly registers the power behind their hypnotic melodies.

Silver Scooter – The Blue Law – Review

June 3, 2001

At first deceptive with their formulaic jangly-guitar-fronted indie pop image, the listener slowly registers the power behind their hypnotic melodies.

Sea of Green – Time to Fly – Review

June 3, 2001

Time to Fly really lacks in the tune department. Nothing much has changed in the way they play or put songs together, but none of them stick to the brain.

Rufus Wainwright – Poses – Review

June 3, 2001

All the child-prodigy, gay man opera-made-pop spiel aside, how do you analyze someone as musically vibrant and flamboyant as Rufus Wainwright?

Rocket From the Crypt – Group Sounds – Review

June 3, 2001

No bullshit rock’n’roll, only with more grandiose concepts than the New Bomb Turks, the Neckbones, or Scared of Chaka.

Roachpowder – Atomic Church – Review

June 3, 2001

Those in love with Viejo Diablo will probably not like the druggy feeling of Atomic Church.

Rhapsody – Dawn of Victory – Review

June 3, 2001

I must be a frilly-shirted fruitcake cuz I love this record! As songs like “Holy Thunderforce” roar and beat their chests, soloists like Yngwie run for cover.