Lollipop Magazine

Reducers SF – Crappy Clubs and Smelly Pubs – Review

February 22, 2002

Sing along if ya really care, but sometimes ya can’t help it. Singin’ along, I mean. I usually think this stuff is just plain ol’ played out…

Red Animal War – Breaking in an Angel – Review

February 22, 2002

More complex than ever, Red Animal War has incorporated elements of razor-sharp guitar swipes into their former emo selves.

Radiohead – Amnesiac – Review

February 22, 2002

OK, this is a tough one. Not because the album is difficult, which it is, but rather that Amnesiac is a re-telling of Kid A, so they haven’t broken much ground.

Radio Birdman – The Essential (1974 – 1978) – Review

February 22, 2002

These Auzzie scuzzrockers pretty much begat all the other Auzzie scuzzrockers (The Saints, Feedtime, Cosmic Psychos, etc.) and plenty of non-Auzzies, too

Avantasia – The Metal Opera – Review

February 22, 2002

Combining many of the best names in heavy metal and the full-on concept of a concept album, Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet has put together a winning project.

Atom & His Package – Redefining Music – Review

February 22, 2002

Geekier than “Weird Al” but not nearly as well-rounded, Atom & His Package is a sequencer-loving closet-romantic punk/dork.

Astroqueen – Into Submission – Review

February 22, 2002

Into… is no embarrassment, but distinctly within “the known.”

Armored Saint – Nod to the Old School – Review

February 22, 2002

Some even older than what I had, revamps of material I liked dirty (but these are cool too), and will provide even diehards with between-the-cracks stuff.

The Unseen – The Anger and the Truth – Interview

February 22, 2002

An interview with Paul Unseen

Masters Of Reality – Welcome to the Western Lodge – Review

February 22, 2002

Ace producer Chris Goss (Kyuss, QOTSA, Fatso Johnson, Stone Temple Pilots) shows his lighter, psychedelically-inflected space-folk side. It’s great.