Lollipop Magazine

eROTic – Never Sleep Again – Review

May 12, 2005

Industrial metal from Colorado. The pounding best the atmospheric stuff. Cover of Lita Ford’s duet with Ozzy, “Close My Eyes Forever” would rule with more umph.

Electra Kill – The Death of Venus 292 – Review

May 12, 2005

Cyber chaos from suburbanites who really wanna be bad. Getting to industrial by way of Marilyn Manson is like wanting to be a rock band cuz ya like Creed.

Disengage – Application for an Afterlife – Review

May 12, 2005

From Cleveland, third release (last one on Man’s Ruin), not too hardcore roar, not too stoner drone, strong, dry vocals, and a nice, thick, bassy groove.

Bang! Bang! – Electric Sex – Review

May 12, 2005

Trendy, jerky female-fronted new wave punk. Like Missing Persons after a bunch of Rockstar energy drinks. Five-song EP of sexy, kitchy stuff.

Allhelluja – Inferno Music – Review

May 12, 2005

Hatesphere singer belts out metal-tinged stoner rock for a side project with Scarlet Records’ guy on drums. Dirty but dry, not metalcore, not Swedish thrash.

Assemblage 23 – Storm – Interview

May 9, 2005

An interview with composer/vocalist Tom Shear

The Thieves – The White Line – Review

May 9, 2005

“You Get it Easy” is a catchy tune based on Bowie’s “Heroes,” which is a good one to lift when using “new wavy” rock vocals and a stripped-down nu-garage push.

The Hellacopters – Cream of the Crap! – Review

May 9, 2005

Aimed mainly at hardcore fans and completists. Volume 2 contains a disproportionate number of covers, which have always been the band’s Achilles heel.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Tepid Peppermint Wonderland – Review

May 9, 2005

An ideal starting point for a newcomer. I always like a song or two from each new TBJM album, but never enough to warrant actually keeping it.

SuperHeavyGoatAss – Southern Gun Culture – Review

May 9, 2005

Both bands favor the lethargic tempos and rafter-rumbling frequencies of the hard rock that folks like to call “stoner rock.” Southern rock is a huge influence.