Lollipop Magazine

The Sign Offs – Review

June 28, 2002

Every so often, a young’n’snotty band comes along that knows the roots of punk rock but doesn’t make a big deal about it. They just blow everyone off the stage.

Joey Ramone – Don’t Worry About Me – Review

June 28, 2002

These songs were written and recorded with Daniel Rey after the Ramones broke up in ’96 and mostly completed before Joey’s tragic death in April, 2001.

Liars Academy – No News Is Good News – Review

June 28, 2002

While the artier half of Cross My Heart went on to create oblique sulkiness in Dead Red Sea, the poppier half push the hookier moments into a full-blown band.

The Reverend Horton Heat – Lucky 7 – Review

June 28, 2002

Link Wray with a realization of The Cramps’ realization of ’60s punk and a modicum of pop-cultural awareness, plus a nice dollup of a freakin’ sense of humor.

Dwarves – How to Win Friends and Influence People – Review

June 28, 2002

New recordings of faves. 17 songs race by in a rather dangerous 27 minutes. Closes with the gonzo spoken noir thing “Surfing the Intercourse Barn.”

The Hives – Barely Legal – Review

June 28, 2002

The Hives got this nasty pickled cod shake appeal so high-octane ya’d swear their pores ooze nitro as they run through the fourteen tracks here.

Burnt By The Sun – Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution – Review

June 28, 2002

Could this really be the same band that created a clumsy, directionless EP a year ago? Or did Botch and Mastodon fuse together without telling anyone?

The Anniversary – Your Majesty – Review

June 28, 2002

Dreamy and kinda dark, male/female voices hugging each other fondly, rolling keyboards and layered vocals and mood as thick and sweet as bong smoke.

Blind Guardian – A Night at the Opera – Review

June 28, 2002

Not as heavy or dark as the Nightfall… album, A Night At The Opera is conversely more metallically joyous, spiraling and well, heavenly.

Strife – Angermeans – Review

June 28, 2002

The new disc is a bit of a letdown. Far from explosive and groundbreaking like their earlier releases, Angermeans is good Strife, not great Strife.