September, 2002 | Lollipop Magazine

Badly Drawn Boy – About A Boy – Review

September 20, 2002

Although he is wildly overrated, Badly Drawn Boy shows his knack for film scoring/accompaniment with the soundtrack to About a Boy.

The Casket Lottery – Survival Is for Cowards – Review

September 20, 2002

Intricate, angularly melodic LOUD rock ala Shiner, Someday I, Jawbox, etc. Strings are bent and drums are smashed; musical fists are thrown and poetry is read.

Track Star – Lion Destroyed the Whole World – Review

September 20, 2002

Just when I thought the last few Guided By Voices albums were boring… Track Star is about as unspectacular as indie pop comes.

The Sabians – Beauty for Ashes – Review

September 20, 2002

After seven years at a Monastery in Alaska, ex-Sleep guitarist Justin Marler reunited with ex-Sleep drummer Matt Hakius and returns to the music world.

The Ritchie Whites – Snitches Get Stitches – Review

September 20, 2002

With Snitches Get Stitches, The Ritchie Whites get stuck in second gear and completely neglect to rock. It’s not that they’re awful, just wholly unremarkable.

Scott Garth – Review

September 20, 2002

My Records owner Joey Cape (Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut) brings us Scott Garth, the kind of real deal singer/songwriter that Elliot Smith only wishes he could be.

RC5 – American Rock ‘N’ Roll – Review

September 20, 2002

Hey, who misses Tight Bro’s From Way Back When? This sits its drunk ass right between that and, oh, say The Candy Snatchers fast rocker punk.

Radio 4 – Gotham! – Review

September 20, 2002

Like they have something to say, and it doesn’t matter what the words are, cuz the snotty’n’pissed inflection tells ya all you need to know.

The Kills – Black Rooster – Review

September 20, 2002

Four songs, real no-bullshit actual songs with simple drums, harmonica and guitar. A Beefheart cover for all you old school indie hipsters.

The High Violets – 44 Down – Review

September 20, 2002

Tripped out, spaced up, wide open and rising pearlescent on clouds coming out the top of your cranium – this is the psychedelic sound of The High Violets.