Lollipop Magazine

Corkskrew – Mircromania – Review

September 27, 2004

From Malta comes Corkskrew and their debut electro-pop release. Siren Diane Micallef’s vocals are poignant and filled with wonderfully imaginative subtext.

Clutch – Blast Tyrant – Review

September 27, 2004

Spacey BBQ sauce reality and cagey wisdom burst forth from these guys in buckets; in both words and musical delivery.

Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn – Review

September 27, 2004

Despite its tiresome themes of mutilation and zombification, this lives up to the band’s legacy by combining vicious technicality with bang-worthy stomps.

The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends – Interview

September 27, 2004

An interview with leader Neil Hannon

Folly – Insanity Later – Review

September 20, 2004

The Police, The Clash, and Sublime have tasted of the Two-Tone fruit, so why not a thrash band? Because they throw it in as thoughtlessly as a movie sample.

X-ecutioners – Revolutions – Review

September 20, 2004

At first listen, Revolutions is great party music grooves and beats that won’t quit. Continue to x-plore their sonic landscape, and be prepared to be schooled.

Winds – The Imaginary Direction of Time – Review

September 20, 2004

A mellower, more laid-back cousin to Borknagar and Vintersorg’s journeys through folk, classical music, and prog rock.

Scatter The Ashes – Devout/Modern Hymn – Review

September 20, 2004

Described as Cave In with dreamy Cure echoes. There’s something to that, but strip off the crunchy Converge riffing and you’re staring at a jazz record.

Robots In Disguise – Review

September 20, 2004

A female, electro duet: Nothing more and nothing less. They sing through megaphones, dance like playful maniacs, and distribute D.I.Y. art.

Refused – Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent – Review

September 20, 2004

In under three minutes, “Rather be Dead” took metalcore to its zenith, and rendered it obsolete. Seriously, where do you go after such a revelatory statement?