Lollipop Magazine

GBH – Ha Ha – Review

January 17, 2003

GBH, although obviously better musicians and with better production, still keep true to what they have always done, bad ass hardcore/punk.

Deride – First Round Knockout – Review

January 17, 2003

Spraken ze kick ass? Deride straddle the metalized dirt rock of Speedealer, Zeke, Lambs, Suplecs, etc., and where ’80s riff-core laps up grind ‘n’ roll.

Ten Grand – The List – Review

January 17, 2003

There’s Gang of Four DNA somewhere. Geek-on-fire vocals, stinging dog-bite guitar, nervous drums, and bass – good stuff.

Starflyer 59 – Can’t Stop Eating EP – Review

January 17, 2003

Even with only five songs, Starflyer 59 can take you on a transcendental (Californian) pop trip like no other. They’ve perfected their Pet Sounds-like power.

Rancid Vat – The Cheesesteak Years – Review

January 17, 2003

An excellent sampling of their best live and studio tunes recorded in Philly, a period where they went more for a punk rock style than their Oregon noise days.

Penumbra – The Last Bewitchment – Review

January 17, 2003

Always hard for me to determine just how good a band like this is cuz I’m such a sucker for the blackened male vocals and operetic female vocals.

The Aesthetics – Off – Review

January 11, 2003

Sounds like a drunk paranoid trying to play Chrome covers strained through Fat Possum Records and recorded on a Radio Shack cassette recorder.

Beth Orton – Daybreaker – Review

January 10, 2003

Downtempo rhythms and deep bass paint the background while Orton’s folksy guitar and vocals moan melodies like the first ray of light breaking on the horizon.

Mudhoney – Since We’ve Become Translucent – Review

January 10, 2003

Sounds like nothing else Mudhoney has ever done, something apparent with the first droning notes of eight-minute-plus opener “Baby, Can You Dig the Light.”

The Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer – Review

January 10, 2003

Son of Evil Reindeer sees the 27-headed monster paying more attention to vocal hooks, cutting back the “lo-fi” gibberish, and coming up with far superior songs.