Lollipop Magazine

Bill Foreman – Seventeen Miles Past Indio – Review

July 13, 2003

A dreamy, heartbroken, introspective album full of twangy tenor and jangly guitars, frank, wide-mouthed stuff like Tom Waits, Dylan, and Billy Bragg melded.

Ben Folds – Live – Review

July 13, 2003

Perfect vocal pitch, extra energetic piano arpeggios, brilliant ad lib, and an Elton John cover. The classics are here, including material from the ‘Five era.

Armstrong – Dick, the Lion-Hearted – Review

July 13, 2003

Harnessing punk anger and funneling it through a power pop structure, Armstrong have discovered a formula sought after yet not reached by Sponge and Everclear.

Anchor Set – Review

July 13, 2003

Early on, Boston-based Anchor Set had me interested in their brand of metal/punk rock music, but by the mid-point of their album, the band lost me entirely.

Cult of Luna – The Beyond – Interview

July 13, 2003

An interview with guitarist Johannes Persson

Grave – Back from the Grave – Interview

July 2, 2003

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Ola Lindgren

Scissorfight – Potential New Agent for Unconventional Warfare – Review

July 2, 2003

Mixing nü metal breakdown stomp and Southern-fried dirt rock kick-ass, Scissorfight are for both knuckledragging groove-metalers and shaggy stoner/hard rockers.

Satanic Slaughter – Banished to the Underworld – Review

July 2, 2003

Snarling production, fast-paced drumming, and a mix of flutter-picked black shred and “catchy” thrash riffs make Satanic Slaughter a feast of metal mayhem.

Raised Fist – Dedication – Review

July 2, 2003

Dedication is a walloping dose of hardcore heaviness, much tighter and in sync than any of the band’s previous releases.

Premonitions of War – The True Face of Panic – Review

July 2, 2003

Seven songs in just over 18 minutes, there’s no time to jazz up with melodies or anything cute and fancy; they serve up dirty metal, grindcore, and noisecore.