Lollipop Magazine

HateSphere – Bloodred Hatred – Review

September 24, 2003

Thick and not steely and screechy, a sort of halfway handshake extended to high-fidelity American death metal. That’s one big-ass drum sound…

Culper Ring – 355 – Review

September 24, 2003

Kinda like Black Tape For A Blue Girl meets Coil. But wimpier. No song names, no drums, just guitar, violin, vox & sounds. Pretentious as all hell.

Copeland – Beneath Medicine Tree – Review

September 24, 2003

Driven by intense piano rock, fuzzy guitars, and dreamy vocals, Beneath Medicine Tree is definitely a pretty album for when you want to listen to sad music.

Grafton – Blind Horse Campaign – Review

September 24, 2003

Buckshot rock jerked through Nirvana’s rotting corpse. MEN, men who fix their own cars, go to work on four hours sleep, and play gigs for beer money.

Charger – Confessions of a Man – Review

September 24, 2003

Everything good about metal riffing, straight up “lean into it” drumming, angry howl/screamo/growls, (battery) acid-laced guitar, and doom-stomp.

Brick Bath – Rebuilt – Review

September 24, 2003

If any band is deserving of the 100% American metal buzz currently swirling around Brand New Sin, God Forbid, and Shadows Fall, it’s California’s Brick Bath.

Alta May – Dark Days – Review

September 24, 2003

Three-piece no-bullshit guitar heave with clean varied vocals ‘n’ an aggressive mid-tempo attack that avoids marketing tags like “punk” or “metal.”

The Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir – “This Is Our Punk-Rock,” Thee Rusted Satellites Gather & Sing – Review

September 24, 2003

Silver Mt. Zion is a Godspeed You! Black Emperor side project. If you’re familiar with that band’s output (you really should be), you know what to expect.

There Were Wires – Review

September 11, 2003

With a nod to cult faves Deadguy and the posse of peers, There Were Wires dive headfirst into an assortment of anarchistic numbers of built-up aggression.

Lullacry – Crucify My Heart – Review

September 11, 2003

Like ’80s Heart (melodic hard-on rock, dripping with female harmonies and bold, powerful melodies belted-out) with modern production and sizzling guitarwork.