June 2001 – Page 8 – Lollipop Magazine

The Hope Conspiracy – Coldblue – Review

June 3, 2001

Featuring three ex-members of Harvest, The Hope Conspiracy treads familiar metalcore territory but manages to throw in nice riffing syncopations.

The Hellacopters – The Flaming Sideburns – White Trash Soul – Review

June 3, 2001

Sounding much less hard rock/metal than Payin’ the Dues, the ‘Copters cover two Smokey Robinson tunes, and The Flaming Sideburns’ “Ungrounded Confusion.”

The Forsaken – Manifest of Hate – Review

June 3, 2001

The Forsaken play Swe-Death that’s based primarily in Dissection’s single-string-grind theory. Lots of blastbeats, lots of shredded notes.

The Flaming Sideburns – The Hellacopters – White Trash Soul- Review

June 3, 2001

With lots of duck-walkin’, waist-twistin’, and electric piano-bangin’, White Trash Soul is a six-shooter of shakin’ you oughtta track down.

The Donnas – Turn 21 – Review

June 3, 2001

While I’m more of a fan of The Donnas early, sloppy, punky stuff, there’s a lot to like about The Donnas as they grow up.

The Damage Manual – Review

June 3, 2001

Take the four most innovative musicians of the post-punk wasteland of the mid-’80s, and use their body of work as a launching point. You get The Damage Manual.

The Beatings – With an X: The First Two – Review

June 3, 2001

The Beatings belong in the same club, even if some of their “tone” has a tang that puts ’em closer to the freak-slutpunk contingent, as does the Gun Club cover.

The Action Time – Versus the World – Review

June 3, 2001

Part fuzzed-out Mod psychedelia, part reverb-drench psycho rock/r&b, The Action Time are many things, and not a one of them predictable.

Texas Terri and The Stiff Ones- Eat Shit +1 – Review

June 3, 2001

This is what I thought the Runaways were gonna be like: Sleazy-toned dirty-ass rock’n’roll glam rubbed raw in all the right places.

Teen Machine – After School Special – Review

June 3, 2001

Teen Machine cover “Yummy Yummy Yummy” and ABBA’s “Does Your Mother Know?” and paraphrases Cheap Trick (among others) just to let ya know they know.