July 2003 – Page 11 – Lollipop Magazine

Happy Tree Friends Volume #1: First Blood – Review

July 23, 2003

Irritatingly cute, animated critters get chopped, garotted, disemboweled, and otherwise splattered in the just under two minute shorts on display here.

Turbonegro – Scandinavian Leather – Review

July 13, 2003

An unabashed attempt to make Apocalypse Dudes II. There are 13 songs, and not a stinker in the bunch. So why does this feel like a letdown?

Turbonegro – Ass Cobra – Review

July 13, 2003

Songs titles like “The Midnight NAMBLA,” “I Got Erection,” and “Denim Demon” may set off joke-band alarms, but it’s obvious the band is serious about its music.

Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes – Review

July 13, 2003

Every one of these 13 tracks is a winner. There’s nothing bad to be said about this album. The only bad thing to be said is about you if you don’t own it.

Tori Amos – Scarlet’s Walk – Review

July 13, 2003

Patchy at times, magnificent at others, a sonic novel about broken lives/shattered dreams/disillusionment/history. Any one of us could be the characters.

The Warlocks – Phoenix Album – Review

July 13, 2003

This full-length and its four-track companion (also entitled Phoenix) are wonderful pieces of psychedelic perfection: Loud, brutal, drug-crazed, and expansive.

Rondellus – Sabbatum – Review

July 13, 2003

Estonians who play 14th century music on authentic instruments reinterpret Black Sabbath songs with radical arrangements and Latin translations of the lyrics.

The Halogens – The Resolution EP – Review

July 13, 2003

More radio-friendly post-punkers discovering shoegazer, trip-hop, and Third Eye Blind. Bop-able, to attract females, but predictable from start to finish.

The Dubnicks – Rejection Builds Character – Review

July 13, 2003

Back at it again with more Descendents/Weezer power pop about how Phil (guitarist/vocalist) can’t get any play. Ever. Sound familiar?

The Defaced – Karma In Black – Review

July 13, 2003

Combining Swedish violence (features Soilwork and Darkane folk) with the white hot and heavy bits from Amercian nü metal bands like Machine Head and Slipknot.