Lollipop Magazine

This Bright Apocalypse – Motion and Rest – Review

February 9, 2004

I definitely agree with the Faraquet comparions these guys have been getting, but This Bright Apocalypse could use some of their heroes’ vocal conviction.

Andrew W.K. – The Wolf – Review

February 9, 2004

Guitars soar the sky like Top Gun fighter jets, choirs “Oh” majestically, and the beats pound away like ’80s rock, rain splashing off the snare drum’n’shit.

Obituary – Slowly We Rot – Cause of Death – Review

February 9, 2004

The first two albums (reissued here on one disc) still sound as goose bump-inducing and eeriely haunting as the day they first massacred death metal fans.

New Mexican Disaster Squad – Review

February 9, 2004

It’s a relief to hear a band that’s obviously true to their roots of ’80s-style hardcore try to interject their own twist to that style, but it just doesn’t quite work for me.

Ichabod – Let The Bad Times Roll – Review

February 9, 2004

Producer Reverend Steve Austin (of Today Is The Day fame) was involved in helping the Ichabod boys draw up plans for their massive noise machine.

Dirty Halo – Review

February 9, 2004

Dirty Halo is a Top 40 alt-pop knock-off that sounds akin to The Partridge Family meets Elliot Smith.

Monstrosity – Rise to Power – Review

February 9, 2004

The strain is starting to show as their brand of flawlessly-played Floridian death metal grind and groove through 11 tracks that barely vary from one another.

Ad Frank – In Girl Trouble – Review

February 9, 2004

Upbeat and poppy, like Austin Powers or ’70s David Bowie. Four out of the 13 songs are hummable enough that I find myself singing along before the song’s end.

Grails – The Burden of Hope – Review

February 9, 2004

Mournfully beautiful music that’d fit with Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” John Cale’s “The Academy in Peril,” Kronos Quartet’s take on Phillip Glass’ “Company.”

Living Colour – CollideØscope – Review

February 9, 2004

As much as I wanted CollideØscope to be the texturous monster that the band’s first three albums were, I simply can’t deny its weak nature.