Lollipop Magazine

Tori Amos – A Collection: Tales of a Librarian – Review

March 8, 2004

A gathering of Tori Amos’ best works, plus an accompanying DVD, four new tracks, and a gorgeous booklet: How can you go wrong?

Throttlerod – Hell and High Water – Review

March 8, 2004

Hell and High Water coheres better than its predecessor, helped by the record’s impeccable production, everything sounding huge and beautiful and crushing.

Rue – Review

March 8, 2004

Guys from Hate Theory, Fistula, Sofa King Killer, and The Mighty Pillow Humpers have coagulated into this distillation of hard grunt.

Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism – Interview

March 8, 2004

An interview with guitarist/backup vocalist Chris Walla

On The Speakers – Review

March 8, 2004

Not as radio-friendly as Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday, nor as lo-fi as I Become Small and Go, On The Speakers falls between the two extremes.

Mark Lanegan Band – Here Comes That Weird Chill – Review

March 8, 2004

In addition to the synthesized percussion, you get chunky, jaggedly-distorted guitar, clanging, lurching percussion, and even some distortion on the vocals.

Manowar – The Dawn of Battle – Review

March 8, 2004

A gap-bridging affair reaching back to last year’s Warriors of the World and forward to Fire & Blood, an upcoming performance DVD with a trailer here.

The Hidden Hand – Divine Propoganda – Review

March 8, 2004

Blues rock mutated into proto-metal via burned-over psychedelia, the bad acid wah-wah pedal just post ’68, packed tight, giving you your bong-load’s worth.

Jonny Greenwood – Bodysong – Review

March 8, 2004

Over the years, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has expanded his “ead guitarist role into a gaggle of duties, from radio static dude to theremin guy to xylophonist.

Spirit Caravan – The Last Embrace – Review

March 8, 2004

A two-disc odds’n’sods compilation existing mostly to make available the tracks from the two out-of-print full-length albums, Jug Fulla Sun and Elusive Truth.