July, 2004 | Lollipop Magazine

Matthew West – Happy – Interview

July 26, 2004

An interview with Matthew West

Clutch – Blast Tyrant – Interview

July 26, 2004

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Neil Fallon

Speedealer – Burned Alive – Review

July 12, 2004

Recording quality is great, the impression of an intimate setting is certainly there, but with the full rock’n’roll presence any Speedealer fan would expect.

Speedealer – Bleed – Review

July 12, 2004

Shit-hot “live-in-one-take” disc from one of the world’s foremost flamethrower aggropunk-rock units. Primal early rock and roll, punk dynamism, and metal chomp.

Snapcase – Bright Flashes – Review

July 12, 2004

When a band releases a hodge-podge of new tracks, remixes, and covers, they’re trying to stay in the spotlight. That said, Snapcase always delivers the goods.

Remembering Never – Women And Children Die First – Review

July 12, 2004

Great album title. Florida’s Remembering Never hit us up big-time with a rollercoaster ride of emotions, brutal breakdowns, and heavy-set vocals.

Regenerator – Regenerated X – Review

July 12, 2004

This, the U.S. version, offers 15 definitive remixes of their most classic tracks from a career that has spanned seven albums and over a decade of performances.

Raunchy – Confusion Bay – Review

July 12, 2004

The compressed “future metal” of Fear Factory mixed with the more singable parts of Strapping Young Lad (more accurately, Devin’s solo stuff). Pretty cool.

Rasputina – Frustration Plantation – Review

July 12, 2004

As all Rasputina albums should be: Reeking of mold and moss, terrible, rusting metal tools and the fascination of limb loss.

Quintaine Americana – Dark Thirty – Review

July 12, 2004

Dark Thirty starts off strong, but gets bogged down after a while in sludgy mid-tempo yowl. Production is as thick as steak, and just as juicy with blood.