Lollipop Magazine

Federico Aubele – Granhotelbuenosaires – Review

August 30, 2004

Latino rhythms, instrumentation, atmosphere, and occasional prose backed by Thievery Corporation beats.

Edguy – Hellfire Club – Review

August 30, 2004

Those nutty dudes in Edguy have gotten me hooked. There’s an unabashed sense of fun and a joy for music in their latest, and I can’t help but love it!

Disincarnate – Dreams of the Carrion Kind – Review

August 30, 2004

Disincarnate was formed by guitarist James Murphy in ’92 after he spent the previous few years making a name for himself with Death, Obituary, and Cancer.

Denison Witmer & The River Bends – …And Flows into the Sea – Review

August 30, 2004

Denison Witmer hasn’t turned Christian rock, nor has The River Bends as his backing band automatically altered his tender songs. A slightly rockier album.

David Cross – It’s Not Funny – Review

August 30, 2004

On his second live stand-up disc (which he initially [jokingly] wanted to name “The New Fiona Apple CD”), Cross spews venom in all directions.

Dark Tranquillity – Exposures: In Retrospect and Denial – Review

August 30, 2004

Only the very old and the very new from one of Swedish progressive death’s top acts. The second CD is the live show from the DVD in CD form.

Carcass – Choice Cuts – Review

August 30, 2004

From grind/gorecore forefathers to melodic death’s finest, they never repeated themselves, nor put out a bad record. A 21-song best-of from one of metal’s best.

Black Label Society – Hangover Music Vol. 6 – Review

August 30, 2004

Metal-damaged Southern rock loaded with guitar heroics and a few acoustic and/or piano-driven ballad tracks to add variety and give the listener a breather.

Beauty Pill – The Unsustainable Lifestyle – Review

August 30, 2004

Beauty Pill have created a sublime journey into poisoned food, stuck-up bands, and girl geniuses through the use of metaphor and unpredictable song structures.

Bad Religion – Suffer – Review

August 30, 2004

Suffer laid down the quintessential “pop punk” formula forging a new SoCal sound that would shape punk for the next 15 years.