Lollipop Magazine

Thulsa Doom – The Seats are Soft but the Helmet is Way Too Tight – Review

March 22, 2002

A natural, plug-in-the-amp-and-go! recording replicates the live thing. Pretty close to The Mushroom River Band, Hangnail, Spiritual Beggars, or Sally.

Lovage – Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By – Review

March 22, 2002

Dan the Automator has popped out of the woodwork again. Lounge-y hip hop beats with a too-slick feel, low-riding basses and shiny ’70s funk rhythm sections.

Thulsa Doom- The Seats are Soft but the Helmet is Way Too Tight – Review

March 22, 2002

I played a few tracks but it wasn’t very good. Oh Kyuss, what has thy wrought? And why put a bad hardcore shouter in front of a band playing stoner rock?

Solarized – Driven – Review

March 22, 2002

A bit less wah-ridden, with more power chord mid-range punch than their previous slice, Neanderthal Speedway. “More nuts in the fudge,” as my mom used to say.

River City Rebels – Playing to Live, Living to Play – Review

March 22, 2002

Ye olde punk’n’roll, as much pub rock ’76 as Clash ’76. I’d like to say “honest, unpretentious working class rock and roll,” but really .what does that mean?

Nerves – World of Gold – Review

March 22, 2002

The vocals get on my Nerves in a way I can’t really put my finger on, but this power trio’s otherwise pretty solid.

Morsel – Para Siempre – Review

March 22, 2002

A tasty melange of apres Sonic Youth, post-rock, Midwestern art drill which has absorbed the potential for shifting nervous rikky-ticky rhythm.

Racebannon – In the Grips of the Light – Review

March 22, 2002

Yowling balls-on-fire spasmatic hard rock vs. punk noise gibbering. “Punk” like the early Butthole Surfers were punk, shambling, blown apart and glued together.

Rabies Caste – Let the Soul Out and Cut the Vein – Review

March 22, 2002

Rabies Caste is the first modern metal band from Israel to get an international deal with a “big” label like Earache and this trio deserve it.

The Casualties – Die Hards – Review

March 22, 2002

The Casualties are a complete punk package that exploits every conceivable mannerism the movement ever created.