Lollipop Magazine

Joan Of Arc – So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness – Review

July 23, 2003

As much as I adore Tim Kinsellas’ brilliant wordplay (and articulate political stance), this Joan Of Arc album only leaves me yearning for an Owls follow-up.

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant – Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter – Review

July 23, 2003

Recorded in clean and natural sound, there’s no reason the next time you win the lottery you shouldn’t fund these guys, Acid Ape, Volume, and Dead Meadow.

Rise Against – Revolutions Per Minute – Review

July 23, 2003

Rise Against has once again piqued my interest in this genre, or maybe I’ll just play this record and consider it to be the only punk rock album in existence.

Righteous Boy – I Sing Because of You – Review

July 23, 2003

The Cardigans’ bassist has assembled a gentle disc that plays like a journal over old Parisian jazz. The sound waxes mystical, sentimental, sweet, wounded.

The Angels of Light – Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home – Review

July 23, 2003

In abandoning the Swans moniker, Gira approaches his style in a fresh way, repetition not morphing into tedium, his attitude brighter (Well, not as depressed.)

Prong – 100% Live – Review

July 23, 2003

The new line-up’s attempt to once and for all slap the public in the face and receive the long-overdue credit for trailblazing the industrial/metal genre.

The Adventures of Jet – Muscle – Review

July 23, 2003

Featured on this year’s SXSW tour, Dallas natives AOJ have been praised all around, and Muscle is an example of their wacky but successful pop sound.

Steve Caballero – Bandology Vol. 1 – Review

July 23, 2003

Four tracks each from Steve Caballero’s four bands, stretching seamlessly from the early ’80s to the mid-’90s.

Standstill – Memories Collector – Review

July 23, 2003

Explosive post-hardcore laced with lapses of tranquillity, Standstill present song after song of unpredictability, harnessed into Fugazi-worthy seizures.

Owen – No Good for No One Now – Review

July 23, 2003

Multi-instrumentalist/songwriter supreme Mike Kinsella is back with his second Owen disc, again writing, peforming, recording, and producing everything himself.