June 2001 – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

Meg Lee Chin – Junkies and Snakes – Review

June 3, 2001

Junkies and Snakes has this industrial/rock feel, lotsa noisy, angry sounds, and Meg can shriek rather chillingly as well as whisper seductively.

Manic Street Preachers – Know Your Enemy – Review

June 3, 2001

Know Your Enemy is a mixture of the band’s early crunch and later pop, a balance that’s sure to please any fan.

Mammoth Volume – A Single Book of Songs By – Review

June 3, 2001

Loose, kinda screwy, but still songful and melodic in a non-pop-rock without having to hit you over the head with the obvious “here’s the hook” thing.

Macabre – Dahmer – Review

June 3, 2001

So brutal, but also so funny… Sometimes the distortion’s so heavy and the pace so breakneck, you forget that music this unrelenting can have a lighter side.

Luckie Strike – Future is Turning – Review

June 3, 2001

With powerful female vocals and a tendency to throw a dash of ska guitar upstroke into the peppy punk mix, it’s no wonder majors are sniffing around this band.

Lovelight Shine – Makes Out – Review

June 3, 2001

3/4ths of Jejune are back in a cock rock band. Maybe years in an emo band with a girl was too much?

Love History – Anasazi – Review

June 3, 2001

A complex and mind-warping debut that combines the intricacy of Rush, the keyboards of Deep Purple, clean and harsh vocals, and the power of My Dying Bride.

Lords of Acid – Farstucker – Review

June 3, 2001

It’s hard to be profound when you’re sweating, but these beats are done to death, the “risky” topics are softcore, and a bored dominatrix isn’t sexy.

Living Sacrifice – The Hammering Process – Review

June 3, 2001

Living Sacrifice was the first Christian death metal band I ever heard. They’ve survived by adapting much the same way others have: by going “groove-oriented.”

Less Than Jake – Greased – Review

June 3, 2001

Eight songs from Grease blazed through with no passion or personality. Eight songs you can barely sit through. Eight songs you’ll never want to hear again.