Lollipop Magazine

Greyscale – Discord For the Dead Kid – Review

March 16, 2005

From Long Island, moved to Reno to get away from scene bands. System of a Down is a reference: Weird and choppy metal with vocals ya don’t expect in metal.

Funeral Diner – The Underdark – Review

March 16, 2005

Part miserable screamo rampage, part dark, howling stumble with blackout lapses. Kinda cool, if you can get past the one note the guy likes to scream.

Dash Rip Rock – Recyclone – Review

March 16, 2005

A best-of collection of a 20-year vet of Southern party rock/rockabilly. Get this CD, sell the portion of yer collection this replaces on eBay, and buy a keg.

Civet – Massacre – Review

March 16, 2005

Four-piece girl punk band, sounds like early Distillers, before Brody started writing like rock like Hole. Young, hot, raw, and play trashy, honest stuff.

Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground – Review

March 16, 2005

With a voice this smooth, it’s no surprise he goes Vegas crooner, but he’s still got the rock, and guitarist Steve Stevens still has the chops.

Bazerk – I Heard Ya’ll Like Violence – The Rage Album – Review

March 16, 2005

The problem is, I think he’s serious… Indiana-born Zookeyne (Zoo, for short) likes Fishbone, rap, and metal, and this is what happens if no one stops you.

Andrew James – Review

March 16, 2005

Solo recording of a guy in a Boston pop band I’ve never heard of. Three songs, all quite pleasant, and he’s got a voice like Erasure and Depeche Mode.

Anders Parker – The Wounded Astronaut – Review

March 16, 2005

Six-song EP from a dude in Varnaline and Space Needle. Six fuzzed-up, spaced-out tracks that were recorded at the same time as 2004’s Tell It to the Dust.

Against All Authority – Common Rider – Split – Review

March 16, 2005

Split by two well-respected bands. Against All Authority has been around since the early ’90s, and unity punk and ska never did much for me, and it ages badly.

Yellow #5 – Demon Crossing – Review

March 16, 2005

Drummer is Brant Bjork of Kyuss, Fu Manchu, and more. Singer/bassist has done work with Earthling?, Mondo Generator, Mark Lanegan, Twilight Singers, and QOTSA.