July 2003 – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

The First Crush Compilation – Review

July 23, 2003

Reissue of the highly-influential ’97 comp with impossible-to-find tracks (that aren’t very good) by Jimmy Eat World, Mineral, At The Drive-In, and Pop Unknown.

Summer Solution 2002 – Review

July 23, 2003

Summer Solution 2002 gives me hope that New England still produces great bands and isn’t all hyped-up bullshit garage rock/emo acts who dress the part.

Smoking Popes Tribute – Review

July 23, 2003

Smoking Popes hailed from Chicago, wrote smart, delicately melodic powerpop, made deceptively simply “punky” chords sound sweet, and this is their tribute.

Moonlight Corporation – V1.0 – Review

July 23, 2003

A 17-track compilation, the perfect primer for anyone interested in sampling the wonderful ear-candy the Goth/darkwave/EBM/industrial scene has to offer.

Lookout! Freakout – Episode 3 – Review

July 23, 2003

Last time our heroes were beset by bland “rock” on one hand, and bland “pop” on the other, but this time the real phantom menace is a combination of the two.

Guerrilla Jukebox – Vol. 1 – Review

July 23, 2003

I’ve got damn near every album sampled here, which I suppose speaks highly of Tee Pee’s output cuz I’m a pretty picky motherfucker.

Go-Kart vs. The Corporate Giant – 3 – Review

July 23, 2003

Really good poppy-style punk, and fantastic beer-swilling hardcore ranging from ’77-style to squatter-political to fast-ass rock’n’roll to general sociopathic.

Don’t F**k With Us – Review

July 23, 2003

Mix (old school) Slayer with (very old school) Ministry & play it through a crappy stereo system, so everything (drums, vocals, sequences) is distorted.

Ten Year Rant – The Editor’s 10 Year Anniversary Rant – Column

July 23, 2003

It’s taken for granted that I’m kind of a jerk. If you don’t like it, you can go work for another mag, if you can find one that hasn’t gone outta business yet.

Death Is Just The Beginning – Vol. 7 – Review

July 23, 2003

Split (kinda) into power metal on disc one and extreme on disc two, tracked alphabetically per disc, there’s so much to open yer eyes, if yer at all into metal.