Lollipop Magazine

King Missile III – Royal Lunch – Review

February 7, 2005

Too many tracks ramble in aimless, “Aren’t I cute and pissed?” pseudo-poetry with cuckoo noises and blips and squiggly noise acting as accompaniment.

Bill Laswell – Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission – Review

February 7, 2005

Laswell always gets first-rate players, and he’s always layering things into his dubs, giving you the opportunity to keep listening further.

Bars – Introducing – Review

February 7, 2005

Here’s a band that’s firmly entrenched in the hardcore ethos of scream and blast away, but is happy to mix in a healthy portion of ’70s arena rock riff-o-mania.

Badly Drawn Boy – One Plus One Is One – Review

February 7, 2005

Damon Gough once again turns tender low-fi folk songs into quirky masterpieces.

Ambulance Ltd. – LP – Review

February 7, 2005

The four songs taken from the EP are the album’s lynchpins, the braces without which the album would crash to the ground in pieces.

Greenhaven – Review

February 7, 2005

Full-on kickass tapping into the rocker yee-haw! mystique between Thin Lizzy, dirt metal Motörheadism’s, and early Dee-troit MC5/Nugent chug-grunt.

Grave – Fiendish Regression – Review

February 7, 2005

Since the inventive brutality of Hating Life failed to catch on, Grave have been all too eager to return to their phee-phi-pho-phum primitivity.

Gluecifer – Automatic Thrill – Review

February 7, 2005

Familiar, big beat, bluesy power riff sound with throaty vocals, slick production, and competent songs. Too much of it sounds like outtakes from Dr. Feelgood.

GBH – Cruel and Unusual – Review

February 7, 2005

You may already have most of this stuff in your collection, but if you’ve missed a few releases here and there, this is the best thing to add to your library.

Diamanda Galas – La Serpenta Canta – Review

February 7, 2005

A collection of live dates with her and a piano (and an occasional delay pedal), and she’s doing tunes by John Lee Hooker, Hank Williams, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and Ornette Coleman.