February 2005 – Page 7 – Lollipop Magazine

Hypersolid – Inertia – Review

February 21, 2005

Providence, RI quintet Hypersolid, on this debut five-track EP, fuse the histrionics of latter-day Queensrÿche with something a bit more contemporary.

Mix Master Mike – Bangzilla – Review

February 21, 2005

His skills are unquestionable, his palette broad and always used intelligently, and his imagination gold-worthy.

Guttermouth – Eat Your Face – Review

February 21, 2005

Eat Your Face is a return to form. Precisely where Surf Punks and Suicidal Tendencies left off, with ridiculous jabs at everyone and everything.

The Libertines – The Libertines – Review

February 21, 2005

Squatters who can’t write songs, can’t play the shitty songs they write, can’t get their lives together, and who are applauded for being a bunch of losers.

The Code – Rhetoric of Reason – Review

February 21, 2005

The sound is reminiscent of Rancid and The Suicide Machines but, to be brutally honest, The Code is quite a bit better than either and poised to be huge.

The Briefs – Sex Objects – Review

February 21, 2005

Where Hit After Hit was a solid masterpiece, Sex Objects contains some throwaway material.

Sick Of It All – Outtakes for the Outcast – Review

February 21, 2005

Collects the beloved hardcore giant’s rarest efforts, from covers to b-sides to live ditties. Sick Of It All’s anthems advocate unity, compassion, and optimism.

Vaux – Plague Music – Review

February 21, 2005

The metal edge is chamfered by dramatic soaring Goth rock progressions and honed with Sabbath crunch. Spacey electronic squeaks put a modern stamp on the piece.

C.aarmé – Review

February 21, 2005

Fuzzed-out, bass-driven, obscene Birthday Party versions of the Batman theme. Like Wire and Gang of Four, they can be skillfully brutal and remain intelligent.

Brandon Wiard – Painting a Burning Building – Review

February 21, 2005

Take a handful of power chords, slightly countrified; add a half-spoken male vocal, and mix with a dash of slightly drunken, slightly horny revelations.