December 2004 – Page 6 – Lollipop Magazine

The Stranglers – Norfolk Coast – Interview

December 13, 2004

An interview with bassist Jean Jacques Burnel

Blow Up Daisy – Stungun Sweetheart – Review

December 13, 2004

Mid-tempo’d hard rock that keeps the bottom moving and layers vocal melodies against well-arranged tunes. An affinity with bands typified as stoner rock.

Blondie – Live by Request – Review

December 13, 2004

One wonders what their songs of yesterday will sound like coming from the Blondie of today. To that end, it’s an interesting listen.

Over It – Timing Is Everything – Review

December 6, 2004

Over It comes off as fun, but not brainless. The album plays with a head-bopping intensity that translates into a definite party soundtrack.

Bad Wizard – #1 Tonight – Interview

December 6, 2004

An interview with singer Curtis Brown

Rural Electric – Review

December 6, 2004

Calling itself fuzz-folk, Rural Electric uses megaphone-style distortion and minor-key harmonies to evoke a wistful place where we lean up against our memories.

Nikola Sarcevic – Lock-Sport-Krock – Review

December 6, 2004

Millencolin guitarist/vocalist Nikola Sarcevic has gone acoustic for his solo debut. Irresistible melodies stripped of fast tempos and flashy guitar licks.

Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 – Review

December 6, 2004

Expanding upon the first five-song installment, Part 2 sees Napalm Death again tackling old hardcore, thrash, and death favorites, both unknown and familiar.

Red Animal War – Polizida – Review

December 6, 2004

Instead of tricky time signatures and complex guitar lines, the band focuses on translating pain – as in “old Black blues singer type pain.”

Peccatum – Lost in Reverie – Review

December 6, 2004

Three records into a surreal career that has them quietly becoming the greatest, most fearless, most exploratory avant garde hard-ish act in the drowning pool.