Lollipop Magazine

Grand Magus – Review

June 14, 2002

Grand Magus use the bluesy rockin’ tools handed down to’m and do a fine job working quick riff blazes like their contemporaries, Sheavy and Orange Goblin.

Mary Lorson & Saint Low – Tricks for Dawn – Review

June 14, 2002

If Ben Folds were suddenly possessed by the voice of Suzanne Vega, he might become the nymph-jazz-voiced Mary Lorson.

High Tide – Precious Cargo – Review

June 14, 2002

High Tide had a couple recs out in the beginning of the dirty urban hippies vs. progressive rock fan schism. A time when Hawkwind booted Lemmy…

Human Fortress – Lord of Earth and Heavens Heir – Review

June 14, 2002

A collection of dated keyboard tones, unbridled storyteller’s pomp, and most importantly, exotic vocal melodies and underlying musical accompaniment thereof.

Aerosmith – Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology – Review

June 14, 2002

Two discs and 34 tracks of corporate swagger confront those who visit this Super Bowl of songs

Ephel Dualth – RePhormula – Review

June 14, 2002

This Italian duo overuse Isahn and company’s symphonic style and the thin production and mediocre drum machine don’t help. A re-release of Ephel Duath’s debut.

Lost Sounds – Black Wave – Review

June 14, 2002

Synth-rock without some big freakin’ pretension of art. Kinda like, I dunno, Servatron, like mebbe if Devo had been as cool as everyone assumes them to be.

Today Is The Day – 16 – Zodiac Dreaming – Review

June 14, 2002

The maniacs of Today Is The Day offer up two songs that will just barely quench the thirst.

Libertine – American Heartbreak – You Can’t Kill Rock N’ Roll – Review

June 14, 2002

Libertine plays slower than American Heartbreak, so mebbe they’re more sensitive, or wussy or somethin’ and sometimes they remind me of a John Hughes movie.

Elbow – Asleep In the Back – Review

June 14, 2002

Not as good as the hype, but here’s no denying Elbow’s balance of heroin grooves, disembodied vocals, and haunting melodies create an intriguing misery.