Lollipop Magazine

Marduk – La Grande Danse Macabre – Review

February 22, 2002

Marduk aren’t Satyricon or Mayhem and don’t aspire to be pioneers in the field, but that’s what I love about ’em, they’re AC/DC for true lovers of Lucifer.

Manic Hispanic – The Recline of Mexican Civilization – Review

February 22, 2002

This time out, along with the punk classics adapted to Mex culture, there’re a couple tips of the bandanna to the new breed.

Mad Daddys – The Age of Asparagus – Review

February 22, 2002

Four weird-lookin’ guys from Jersey who traffic in Lux’n’Ivy’s good ideas without embarassin’ themselves, which is a hard trick to pull off.

Knoxville Girls – In a Paper Suit – Review

February 22, 2002

Knoxville Girls are kind of a supergroup, tho’ only if yer familiar with The Chrome Cranks, The Gun Club, Pussy Galore, and Boss Hog.

Judas Priest – British Steel – Review

February 22, 2002

I recall the instant plug-me-in magic of British Steel, and the inevitable ascendance of the band (like watching Metallica blow up with Masters of Puppets).

Joan Of Arc – How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More? – Review

February 22, 2002

Eight “songs” pulled from The Gap sessions. As with the album, you either think Joan Of Arc had become a complete mess by their end, or pure abstract geniuses.

Solefald – Pills Against the Ageless Ills – Review

February 22, 2002

Three varied albums for this creatively exploded Norwegian duo. An album less phreaked than Neonism, slicker, classier, more majestically modern black.

The Mad Capsule Markets – OSC – DIS – Interview

February 22, 2002

An interview with Takeshi Ueda

King Brothers – Review

February 22, 2002

First thing ya notice is this record’s really loud, like louder than everything in the CD changer, loud like their buddies’n’countrymen Guitar Wolf is loud.

The Wontons – Hex Appeal – Review

February 22, 2002

Novelty-tinged garage punk, mebbe long on the novelty’n’exploitation of singer/guitarist Dean Hsieh’s Asian heritage, but it’s his band…