April, 2005 | Lollipop Magazine

More Machine Than Man – Binary Sex – Review

April 18, 2005

Celebrations of B&D relationships, sci-fi imagery, the fetish scene, tech-sensualists, and post-alternative rage. One of the best in the industrial dance genre.

Mock Orange – Mind Is Not Brain – Review

April 18, 2005

Guided by the ghosts of Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, and Jeremy Enigk, songs streamline the convergence of technical prowess and quirky pop sensibilities.

Mnemic – The Audio Injected Soul – Review

April 18, 2005

Progressive Swedish thrash (although they’re from Denmark), with industrial elements pushing it into the realm of artsy high-concept futuro-metal.

Misery Signals – Of Malice and the Magnum Heart – Review

April 18, 2005

From the ashes of 7 Angels 7 Plagues. Their six-song debut EP (produced by Devin Townsend) is a voluptuous and harmonious drive of thrashing intensity.

Lucia – From the Land of Volcanoes – Review

April 18, 2005

Lucia, the siren, vixen, and chanteuse, is best known as the kick-ass gal on stage with the KMFDM guys. She was also the singer in cybernetic rock group Drill.

Lock and Key – Pull Up the Floorboards – Review

April 18, 2005

Lock And Key invites you to pump your fist within seconds. But the guitars slow down after half a minute and Ryan Shanahan’s angst-ridden vocals take over.

Le Tigre – This Island – Review

April 18, 2005

Kathleen Hanna’s seething siren howl blaring over Johanna Fateman’s chunky, fuzzed guitar and JD Samson’s writhing and cranking beats is perfection to my ears.

Les Hell on Heels – Review

April 18, 2005

Take mid-quick tempoed garage rocker as a template, and get a two-guitar four-piece to sneer their way through slangy all-gal snot bombs.

Lene Marlin – Another Day – Review

April 18, 2005

A catchy yet lingering acoustic-based pop gem as heartfelt as anything by Dido or Norah Jones. Not an album you listen to, it’s an album you experience.

Keane – Hopes and Fears – Review

April 18, 2005

Gigantic melodies that could topple mountains, belted out by a vocalist who reminds the masses what good songs are capable of in the right hands.