Lollipop Magazine

The Winter Pageant – Waning/Waxing – Review

February 23, 2005

Quiet, textured indie rock. Glockenspiels and long, delicate falsetto notes drip like summer rain. Compared them to The Autumns, Eaves, and Stills.

The Meteors – These Evil Things – Review

February 23, 2005

Classic psychobilly band, 30 albums in and still only semi-decent and poorly recorded. Reverend Horton Heat throwaways, with 25% of the songwriting flair.

The Letters Organize – Dead Rhythm Machine – Review

February 23, 2005

Decent jerky, yelpy, chaotic rock band with screaming and thick bass production. A few very catchy choruses slathered in yelp so no one thinks they’re pussies.

The Falcon – God Don’t Make No Trash – Up Your Ass With a Broken Glass – Review

February 23, 2005

Five songs, 12 minutes, and it takes a while to get used to the vocals. Members of: The Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio, Broadways, Rise Against, and Slapstick.

The Electric Bible – Chapter 1 – Review

February 23, 2005

Like Large Number, a side project for Ann Shelton of Add N to (X). Anyone into the new wave of electro indie pop electro clash butt munch should listen up.

The Deadbeats – Long Hard Nights – Review

February 23, 2005

If more people knew about Swedish bands like The Deadbeats, American rock radio might not suck so bad. True rock’n’roll like the Hellacopters.

Sunshine – Moonshower and Razorblades – Review

February 23, 2005

From the Czech Republic, loves new wave (Flock of Seagulls, Gene Loves Jezebel). Smacks of “You Spin Me Right Round, Baby” or whatever by Dead or Alive.

Spitalfield – Stop Doing Bad Things – Review

February 23, 2005

Heartfelt, new style “punk,” tours with Fall Out Boy and Straylight Run. From Chicago, so they’re a little smarter than yer average jerk-off, but not by much.

Snow Machine – Review

February 23, 2005

Touching, simple, piano and guitar-based songs. Some of the piano reminds of Bruce Hornsby. Katharine sounds nice, buy her a flower so she’ll smile.

Snitches Get Stitches – I Liked You Better When You Were A Corpse – Review

February 23, 2005

Like many great bands, they’re post this, and post that, chaotic and messy and indescribable. Keyboards and clanking noise and catchiness. Real alternative.