Lollipop Magazine

Opeth – Damnation – Review

July 23, 2003

Friends have tried to convince me of sinister undertones, and sure, I hear some, but I mainly hear folky hippie sap rock. Full on Simon & Garfunkle’n’shit.

Snowdogs – Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies – Review

July 23, 2003

Influences from Soul Asylum to Aerosmith, but if those bands tried to integrate soul-ska, joke rap, or sea chanteys, they’d come across as grade-A assholes.

Snog – Beyond The Valley of the Proles – Review

July 23, 2003

“The Master,” a definite standout, is a little ditty about Satan and sounds like it’s backed by The Bad Seeds (Murder Ballads-era) with a lot more whip to it.

Intro5pect – Review

July 23, 2003

Political punk rock with samples, breakbeats, frantic paces, and both live and synthesized guitars. Lots of whoa-whoa’s, but also plenty of Chemical Brothers.

Hot Rod Circuit – Been There Smoked That – Review

July 23, 2003

From their earliest recordings as Antidote to a faster, harder, guitar-driven HRC, but with the same melodies.

Gallery of Mites – Bugs on The Bluefish – Review

July 23, 2003

Monster Magnet drummer Jon Kleiman and original lead singer Tim Cronin put together a loose collective for their collective garage-band obsession.

Favorite Atomic Hero – Who Will Save You Now? – Review

July 23, 2003

The catchy, radio-friendly sound is borderline modern rock, except for the high usage of Moogs and keyboards.

Fabulous Disaster – Panty Raid! – Review

July 23, 2003

The line “candy and decay” from “My Addiction” defines the good-time punk of Panty Raid! Though fierce, they remain feminine without resorting to cutesy.

Erlend Øye – Unrest – Review

July 23, 2003

Leading one of the best folksy electronica groups (Kings of Convenience) – giving Röyksopp their best vocal numbers – don’t mean that techno doesn’t still suck.

Eleventeen – In The Air – Review

July 23, 2003

Sounding remarkably like Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows, the scorned romantic vocalist of Eleventeen confesses atop a Matchbox 20 sound.