Lollipop Magazine

Pelican – Review

November 12, 2003

Heavy, heavily groove-laden, dramatic, opium-dosed honey flows down instrumental trudge/dooms haunch and you lap it up. So do I.

On Trial – Blinded By The Sun – Review

November 12, 2003

All kinds of hard rock/psych splatter-flower-howl from the Nixon era, gargled through the requisite Dee-troit Amboy Dukes/Frost/Stoogeness head waggle.

El Nada – Electric Frankenstein Meets El Nada – Review

November 12, 2003

Muscled punk garage/classic rocker punk from Electric Frankenstein, including a take on El Nada’s “502 Blues,” whilst El Nada chomp on one of EF’s best tunes.

Electric Frankenstein – Electric Frankenstein Meets El Nada – Review

November 12, 2003

Muscled punk garage/classic rocker punk from Electric Frankenstein, including a take on El Nada’s “502 Blues.”

The Party of Helicopters – Please Believe It – Review

November 12, 2003

They’ve got Shudder To Think’s dramatic vocals, Botch/Minus The Bear’s guitar downpours, and stoner rock riffing bombast. Simply astounding.

Murder Weapon – Nervous Wreck – Review

November 12, 2003

Virginia hardcore act Murder Weapon let loose an array of ’80s NYHC numbers that’ll surely rally the moshpit elite.

The Mars Volta – De-loused in the Comatorium – Review

November 12, 2003

Simple words and descriptions don’t even come close to capturing the shapeshifting, mind-bending, soul-purging madness these six men put human ears through.

The Life And Times – The Flat End of the Earth – Review

November 12, 2003

Even at a mere six songs, The Flat End of the Earth proves that The Life And Times are not Shiner Part Two.

Dixie Witch – One Bird Two Stones – Review

November 12, 2003

The words “truth and soul” were not first paired as a description of a rock band, but you could do worse when summing up what makes Dixie Witch great.

Cardia – Review

November 12, 2003

Fronted by ex-Rival Schools’ Ian Love and featuring ex-members of Shudder To Think, The Verve Pipe, etc., the professionalism and maturity here is air-tight.