Lollipop Magazine

DMBQ – The Essential Sounds From the Far East – Review

May 30, 2005

Tense, taunt, expansive, and explosive, making for a safe home for any “talent” they may have. This four-piece have it.

Applied Communications – Uhhh Sort Of – Review

May 26, 2005

Awful band name, awful band. Cheesy electro indie pop shit, like Atom & His Package, without his humor or sense of melody, which leaves you with jack shit.

33HZ – Review

May 26, 2005

Wow, I forgot dance music could be this bad. Do people really listen to this stuff?

Goon Moon – I Got A Brand New Egg Layin Machine – Review

May 26, 2005

Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson, Zach Hill of Hella, and Chris Goss of Masters of Reality. You’d expect more than a indie rock Iron Butterfly droppings.

Gomez – Out West Live At The Fillmore – Review

May 26, 2005

Double live record by this Virgin Records Brit band. I vaguely recall not hating this band, but from this live CD, I can’t remember why not. Mainstream rock.

God Or Julie – What Doesn’t Kill You – Review

May 26, 2005

Indie pop worthy of Vagrant Records, and they’re blessed with a fine singer who can sweep into falsetto without sounding like a fag or a 12 year old.

Geography – Life In Binary – Review

May 26, 2005

A strange mix of math rock, noisy indie rock, and screamo, with immediate, upfront production. Really hit and miss. Some songs really excite, some blow chunks.

Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree – Review

May 26, 2005

They’re on the Warped Tour and they’re on a major now. You’re either cheering because now you can find their CD at the mall, or you’re sneering “yeah, figures.”

Emily Grogan – IO – Review

May 26, 2005

Great vocals, terrible lyrics (10 of the first 15 lines are cliches that cause me to shiver), and the merest of hints of style.

Embraze – Katharsis – Review

May 26, 2005

Singer’s got a big dorky-sounding Gothic voice for the plodding songs, and the thrashers sounds like 100 other bands. Not much to work with here.