Lollipop Magazine

The A-Sides – Hello, Hello – Review

March 16, 2005

Liking ’60 pop isn’t enough for me. Beatles and Beach Boys ruled, we know, but who are YOU and what do YOU have to contribute?

Teenage Bottlerocket – Total – Review

March 16, 2005

One of the singers used to front Lillingtons. No posing, just punkpop, like the mid-’90s stuff that I liked, before it went emo.

Society 1 – The Sound That Ends Creation – Review

March 16, 2005

Society 1 is terrible, shallow, and not shocking. They wouldn’t even make a good W.A.S.P. tribute band.

Slumber – Fallout – Review

March 16, 2005

Doom, with no apologies for atmospheric keyboards, angelic counterpoint to the monster bellow, and piano and acoustic guitar tinkering amidst droning guitar.

Since the Day – El Mesajero No Es Importante – Review

March 16, 2005

No info on the band. Screaming and clean singing metal, German label.

Self Against City – Take It How You Want It – Review

March 16, 2005

Indie pop with bright vocals from a guy who sounds 12? Yup, it’s another new Drive-Thru band.

Pale Divine – Eternity Revealed – Review

March 16, 2005

Decent stoner rock. Good riffs, kinda don’t remember much after the song is done, but I’m spoiled. Good opening band for killer bands, perhaps.

Observe & Control – Utopia – Review

March 16, 2005

Despite the indie rock cover, this is a fine EBM band from Israel, released by Regenerator’s label. Hard dance, distorted vocals, glorious anthemic synth pop.

Mudville – The Glory of Man is not in Vogue – Review

March 16, 2005

Like something you’d hear in a David Lynch film. Dark and sensual, with some smoky cabaret style and slithering, quiet jazz. Too much trendy electronics.

Motormark – Chrome Tape – Review

March 16, 2005

A male and female duo, Scottish, with jaunty guitars, snappy beats, and light distortion on vocals by both. The bio calls his “harrowing” vocals. That’s good.