Lollipop Magazine

The Stryder – Jungle City Twitch – Review

November 15, 2002

Even with a change of singers, the Long Island quartet somehow manage to sound tighter, more complex, less cliché, and more clever than 99% of their peers.

Vader – Revelations – Review

November 15, 2002

The brutality and machine gun pummeling are still around, but everything sounds less convincing and cohesive.

Remembering Never – She Looks So Good In Red – Review

November 15, 2002

Strong melodic grooves meshed within a real aggressive hardcore/metallic frame. Think Poison The Well or From Autumn To Ashes with a bit more edge to it.

The Mushroom River Band – Simsalabim – Review

November 15, 2002

Tempos are as fast you can get without being “extreme,” there are Tipton/Downing guitar duels, and Spice (ex-Spiritual Beggars) screams as much as he sings.

Pop Unknown – The August Division – Review

November 15, 2002

Pop Unknown continue to get better with each release. The August Division, the band’s first full-length since leaving Deep Elm, is by far their finest hour.

Pale Divine – Thunder Perfect Mind – Review

November 15, 2002

This is a classic doom record that’s stacks up as a “sounds” version of one of those guitar hero things Shrapnel puts out.

The Get Up Kids – On a Wire – Review

November 15, 2002

Not riff-oriented emo, but vocal-centered “song”-craft that brings to mind later Chamberlain. A step in the right direction (after eight friggin’ years).

Justin Sane – Life, Love, And The Pursuit of Justice – Review

November 15, 2002

Anti-Flag singer Justin Sane has listened to his fair share of Billy Bragg and decided to try his hand at folk, just a semi-distorted guitar and his voice.

Noise Ratchet – Till We Have Faces – Review

November 15, 2002

A couple songs on Noise Ratchet’s debut full-length are so nice, I forget the singer is just throwing his voice in the general direction of the high notes.

Millions of Dead Cops – Now More Than Ever – Review

November 15, 2002

Millions Of Dead Cops, or MDC, are an important punk band, and this 31-song retrospective collects faves from most of their records over the last 20+ years.