October 2003 – Page 6 – Lollipop Magazine

Ambulance LTD – Review

October 22, 2003

Pretty and sensitive enough to appeal to the snobby clerk at the indie shop, but with psychedelic touches to catch the attention of your drug-addled buddies.

The Ziggens – Review

October 22, 2003

When The Ziggens aren’t trying to be All goofy, they occasionally give something sweet (“See You Now”) or a thoughtful perspective (“Not So Much”).

The Suicide Machines – A Match and Some Gasoline – Review

October 22, 2003

They now sound a little bit less like themselves, and a whole lot more like Rage Against The Machine mixed with 311 and even at times, (GASP!) Linkin Park.

Down By Law – Windward Tide and Wayward Sails – Review

October 19, 2003

Be honest, you only break out your ALL records when you don’t have Descendents available. And if ALL is absent, you’ll pop in Down By Law.

Homunculus – Words – Review

October 19, 2003

Smart and inventive rock, Steely Dan meets Ben Folds with glimmers of everyone from Barenaked Ladies to REM.

Icon, Divas, and Hoes – Fiction

October 15, 2003

As a highly-compensated taker of the national pulse, I decided to let rip a page out of the New York Times playbook, it being an icon of news journalism, and retained the services of an unkempt, boorish, flatulent but capable and unpaid intern.

Garbage Pail – Band Names that Suck – Column

October 15, 2003

Pick a band name to ensure your band rocks. Suck: Any other band’s song title. Rock: The (any name) Experience.

Juliya Chenetsky – FUSE TV’s Uranium – Interview

October 15, 2003

An Interview with Juliya Chenetsky

Thrice – The Artist in the Ambulance – Interview

October 15, 2003

An interview with guitarist Teppei Teranishi

Nourith – Review

October 15, 2003

Nourith’s second album is primarily in French ,with one song in English, “Purple Dream,” and one song in Hebrew, “Ten Od Yom.” Sweet, beautiful, dreamy stuff.