Lollipop Magazine

Boris The Sprinkler – Gay! – Review

June 1, 2001

If you like inane humor, cheese, Ramones-style punk, and run-on sentences, seek out a looney band called Boris the Sprinkler.

Fireside – Hello Kids – Review

June 1, 2001

We should be ashamed of ourselves for not embracing this Swedish quartet. No other act has been able to carry on Quicksand’s post-hardcore as effortlessly.

Boris – AbsolutEgo – Review

June 1, 2001

AbsolutEgo is very, very thick, often sounding like a loop of a from a five-story cement factory cracking from its moorings and falling over.

Filthy Thieving Bastards – Our Fathers Sent Us- Review

June 1, 2001

Lead singer and lead guitarist of Swingin’ Utters scale back on the punk, up the Irish folk aspect, and throw ’em back for nine mostly acoustic drinkin’ songs.

Blueline Medic – A Working Title in Green – Review

June 1, 2001

From the Land Down Under, Blueline Medic absorb Mineral’s arpeggios and Don Henley’s “Last Days of Summer” and turn them into pulsing melodies.

Blind Dog – The Last Adventures of Captain Dog – Review

June 1, 2001

Hard and heavy first offering from a combo who sits between the orthodox post-Kyuss reality of groove-riding molten metal and regenerated kickass rock.

Diesel Boy – Rode Hard and Put Away Wet – Review

June 1, 2001

Short, fast, funny, breaking down more than an old Econoline, making you reach for the lyric sheets faster than your pants when the bathroom door opens.

Black Box Recorder – The Facts of Life – Review

June 1, 2001

Gentle, moody and powdery vocals over a plush tapestry of guitars, light synth and snare, weave a thick warp of easily listenable music with sardonic lyrics.

Fifteen – Survivor – Review

June 1, 2001

Survivor is what everybody loves and expects from Jeff Ott and co.: More Gilman St. pop-punk set to Everyman’s Tales of Life on the Streets.

Fairweather – If They Move… Kill Them – Review

June 1, 2001

The production is gigantic, the singer knows when to step off to give the songs a calculated feel, and the arrangements are well-timed.