August, 2002 | Lollipop Magazine

Flowing Tears – Serpentine – Review

August 16, 2002

Following The Gathering and Lacuna Coil, To/Die/For and Entwine, and other Gothic metal bands, Flowing Tears swirl and twirl on the smoke-filled dancefloor.

Earthride – Taming of the Demon – Review

August 16, 2002

Earthride are an altogether more bludgeoning, less diverse beast than might be expected from a band fronted by a Spirit Caravan alumnus.

WWF Forceable Entry – Review

August 2, 2002

Boring. Maybe this is for trudging through the mall, looking cool and checking your cap, the paces slow enough so your pants won’t fall down around your ankles.

Trance Stimuli – Version 2.0 – Review

August 2, 2002

Trance Stimuli Version 2.0, mixed by DJ Eddie Mix, shows the complexity of trance. It also shows how often genres cross paths these days.

The Pledge of Alliance Tour – Review

August 2, 2002

Three of the bigger, “brighter” stars in the nü metal scrapheap, as well as also-rans their labels are trying to hype to the hilt to fool the foolable.

Swim Team – #2 – Review

August 2, 2002

Always at the forefront of new indie/electro/alterna/etc. music, ex-Wire Colin Newman has once again compiled the best bands you’ve never heard of.

Speed Limit 140 BPM+: The New Era – Review

August 2, 2002

If you’re looking for some innovative techno that pushes the limits and takes you to another plane of existence, look elsewhere.

Punkzilla – Review

August 2, 2002

Nitro saddles the punk genres pretty effortlessly on Punkzilla.

Punch Drunk – III – Review

August 2, 2002

A grouchy reviewer might grumble that TKO’s latest sampler is mostly filler, but an astute music historian would point out it’s merely carrying on the legacy.

Lookout! Freakout – Episode 2 – Review

August 2, 2002

Lookout Records is now a shadow of its former self, while I’m listening to Enslaved and getting closer and closer to giving up on “pop-punk” altogether.