Lollipop Magazine

Zen Guerrilla – Shadows on the Sun – Interview

February 8, 2002

An interview with vocalist Marcus Durant

Sense Field – Tonight and Forever – Review

February 8, 2002

The punches are stronger, the melodies are sung with more conviction, and the production sounds a hundred times livelier than Under the Radar.

Agnostic Front – Dead Yuppies – Review

February 8, 2002

The music hasn’t really changed that much: Fast, pissed off hardcore by tough guys who aren’t interested in trying anything fancy.

The Dismemberment Plan – Change – Review

February 8, 2002

Weird little melodies floating on top of slanted beats, trying to mimic an art school Dave Matthews vocal tone on top of pseudo-drum’n’bass patterns.

Moonspell – Darkness and Hope – Review

February 8, 2002

Maintaining power with a fixture of progression, Moonspell’s latest effort is highly emotive and wrought with minor-key melody and deft mood swings.

All – Live + One – Review

February 8, 2002

22 songs in 50 minutes on this first CD just doesn’t cover it… The “Plus One” is a second CD of the Descendents live.

Beachwood Sparks – Once We Were Trees – Review

February 8, 2002

Beachwood Sparks makes intimate music that is made to be experienced in a small, warm environment like a church or your room.

The Strokes – Is This It – Review

February 8, 2002

The Strokes are neither complete wastes of music nor saviors of rock. They are just a band who are very good at reproducing some of their favorite artists.

The Black Crowes – Lions – Review

February 8, 2002

Lions is the sixth (and apparently last) Black Crowes full-length and the second since the departure of lead guitar whiz Marc Ford.

Mad For The Racket – The Racketeers – Review

February 8, 2002

Wayne Kramer of MC5, The Damned’s Brian James, with a little help from The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, and Blondie’s Clem Burke.