Lollipop Magazine

Campfire Girls – Review

December 10, 2003

Chicks love damaged goods, and apparently, so does Interscope. So the drug-recovered dudes got a second chance.

The Prids – Love Zero – Review

December 10, 2003

After performing for nearly five years, The Prids have released a full-length album, Love Zero. A sleek 29 minutes and 42 seconds of pure Goth rock bliss.

Smut Peddlers – Ten Inch – Review

December 10, 2003

None of these eight songs are rocket science, but all of them rock.

Vaz – Dying to Meet You – Review

December 10, 2003

it’s not impossible, but certainly unusual for a two-piece band to generate such depth of tone and weirdness. But these two guys are from the great Hammerhead.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Take Them On, On Your Own – Review

December 10, 2003

While they don’t sound like The Strokes or The White Stripes or just about anybody else out there making noise, they bring the same gritty, dirty rocker ethos.

Travis – 12 Memories – Review

December 10, 2003

In an effort to shed their “puppy dog softies” image, Travis have turned “political” on 12 Memories.

Paula Kelley – The Trouble With Success or How You Fit into the World – Review

December 10, 2003

With Burt Bacharach arrangements, hearts and flowers lyrics, and baby-girl voice, Paula Kelley is an alt-pop siren calling out to shaggy-haired college boys.

Last Days Of April – Ascend to the Stars – Interview

December 10, 2003

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Karl Larsson

Nineteen Forty-Five – I Saw A Bright Light – Review

December 10, 2003

“Where is My Mind?” expanded into an album, replete with male/female singing/shouting, dirty early-’90s guitar distortion, and slacker beats.

Helicopter Helicopter – Wild Dogs with X-Ray Eyes – Review

December 10, 2003

The hook-centric and brightly-voiced musical choices lend a positive spin to themes as loneliness, insomnia, alienation, unrequited love, and depression.