February 2002 – Page 31 – Lollipop Magazine

Further Seems Forever – The Moon is Down – Review

February 22, 2002

Armed with a voice that captures Jonah Matranga’s melodic moments and a fetish for Shai Hulud tempos, Chris Carrabba is impressive as a songwriter and frontman.

Fooz – Review

February 22, 2002

Fooz wade deeply into the riff rock/space rock/goofus rock/acid rock early-’70s without referring to the past 25 years for dick.

Fog – Through the Eyes of Night – Review

February 22, 2002

Fog follow closely in the footsteps of Norwegian black metal pioneers like Emperor and Satyricon with a similar neoclassical-meets-grindcore approach.

Fireball Ministry – FMEP – Review

February 22, 2002

Fireball Ministry walk it and talk it, and could chew gum while doing both. They may not be the first church of rock and roll, but they’re high in the running.

Fenix*TX – Lechuza – Review

February 22, 2002

Blink-182 knock-offs that haven’t developed into much of anything on their own, not that the record-buying public seems to notice or care.

Fear Factory – Digimortal – Review

February 22, 2002

I have to give the lugheads credit: I can’t trace “that eerie baritone vocal style” black metal adopted back any further than mid-’90s Fear Factory.

Faster Pussycat – Between the Valley of the Ultra Pussy – Review

February 22, 2002

Wow, this is awful… I’m reminded of the advice that if a child is acting out, you should ignore him so as not to encourage him.

Fantômas – The Director’s Cut – Review

February 22, 2002

For all the “chaos,” they’re pretty predictable. They play soft, you know it’s gonna shift to thrash. They play loud, you know they’re gonna shift into jazz.

Fall Silent – Six years in the Desert – Review

February 22, 2002

A six-headed beast with two bass players and a few blastbeats short of powerviolence, Reno, Nevada’s Fall Silent sure is scary sounding.

Sparechange – Fifty-Thousand Moments – Review

February 22, 2002

From more of an indie rock/power pop background than a punk background, this five-song EP packs the punch of the first time you heard the Goo Goo Dolls.