March 2002 – Page 12 – Lollipop Magazine

Crashpalace – Review

March 8, 2002

Filter/God Lives Underwater in the production, something fuzzy and vaguely futuristic, and that may be what saves CrashPalace.

Fu Manchu – California Crossing – Review

March 8, 2002

Fu Manchu has settled into their sound and concentrated on writing good songs. This has led to complaints of “everything sounds the same.”

Tomahawk – Review

March 8, 2002

A beautifully-sculpted hard rock record rooted in the expansive non-arena ’70s/early-’80s rock, encompassing hard “new wave” era gunch.

Finntroll – Jaktens Tid – Review

March 8, 2002

With the Lord of the Rings the new rage, it probably only makes sense that this umpa-umpa-woo-woo! silliness strikes now.

Tilt – Been Where? Did What? – Review

March 8, 2002

A collection of early demos, out-takes, and rarities, has finally put to rest the question of if “Weave and Unravel” was a brilliant fluke.

Therapy? – Shameless – Review

March 1, 2002

These guys started as an analogy to middle-American noise rock a decade ago and have since moved to the center of the hard rock road.

The Orange Alabaster Mushroom – Space and Time: A Compendium Of – Review

March 1, 2002

For those of you obsessed with Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd and the Nuggets boxes on Rhino, boy have I got something for you.

Roadsaw – Rawk N’ Roll – Review

March 1, 2002

It rocks out mid-tempo’s enough to get a groove going and maintains a “rockist” enough profile to play with Fu Manchu or Monster Magnet.

The Witch Hazel Sound – This World, Then the Fireworks – Review

March 1, 2002

Orchestral in its sweep, this brings to mind the lush, string-driven pop of Burt Bacharach and ’70s AM pop songs like Todd Rundgren’s “Hello It’s Me.”

Mortiis – The Smell of Rain – Review

March 1, 2002

Oh dear Mortiis, what hath thou wrought? Where are your Dungeons & Dragons soundtracks of yore? Why dost thou seek the path of Metropolis Records music?