Lollipop Magazine

The Black Sea – Review

July 13, 2003

Two ex-members of Frodus and Joe Lally from Fugazi = a mercurial debut EP from The Black Sea. The strengths of all the aforementioned bands are here.

The BellRays – Raw Collection – Review

July 13, 2003

An odds ‘n’ sods collection from perhaps the very best band currently doing the raw, hopped-up punk-suckling garage thing.

Reverend Glasseye And His Wooden Legs – Black River Falls – Review

July 13, 2003

The ambience brings to mind a drunken escapade in a turn-of-the-century Irish saloon with organ, violin, horns, clarinet, dobro, and steel guitar.

Rainer Maria – Ears Ring – Review

July 13, 2003

A quick three-song preview of full-length Long Knives Drawn. Decidedly more “rockin’,” Rainer Maria has all but ditched the introspective tones.

Pele – Enemies – Review

July 13, 2003

Pele have given up their free-form jazz/math indie jams for a “rockier” sound. Still upbeat and youthful, but no longer patiently stacking layers of secrets.

Spitalfield – The Cloak & Dagger Club – Review

July 13, 2003

Comparable to Thursday, or a harder Saves the Day, Spitalfield uses soft drums with fluctuating guitar strums that tease your ears, and then pound them.

Immersed In Blood – Killing Season – Review

July 13, 2003

Along with fellow Swedes Aeon, Immersed In Blood bring the Mortician-style fuckitall that’s often missing in the death metal world these days.

Dolour – Suburbiac – Review

July 13, 2003

If Jason Falkner was a 20-year-old kid obsessed with ’60s pop, but couldn’t resist playing into the whole emo aesthetics, he’d be Dolour (aka Shane Tutmarc).

Corporation 187 – Perfection In Pain – Review

July 13, 2003

Stuck in that netherzone amidst Carnal Forge, Dew-Scented, and Darkane, Corporation 187 do nothing wrong, but neither do they offer dynamic personalities.

Bird Gets The Smile – Review

July 13, 2003

Dueling vocal harmonies over dissonant arpeggios and noisy distortion make for a ying yang effect of poppy/sinewy combo that’s tasty to this mouth.