June 2005 – Page 15 – Lollipop Magazine

Cracktorch – Tonight the City – Review

June 13, 2005

Based on the name, I was expecting a dense, noisy, aggressively inaccessible cataclysm. Instead what I got is a pleasantly accessible attempt at radio rock.

Coroner’s Corner: The Ring Two – Column

June 13, 2005

I kept on waiting for something monumental to happen in The Ring Two, and it never did. But it explained why the spirit of the little girl was pissed off.

Complicated Shirt – Strigine – Review

June 13, 2005

Splattery-ass punk garage hewed from hard rock/acid garage rootage. Tunes get whirled around, riifs/leads dissolve into each other, and the songs stick.

Combichrist – Everybody Hates You – Review

June 13, 2005

Everybody Hates You is a 13-track crash-course, fueled by Jack Daniels, in debauchery, serial killers, abuse, backstabbing, snake girls, and much more.

Children of Bodom – Trashed, Lost and Strung Out – Review

June 13, 2005

This is what an EP should be: Short, sweet, and incredibly kick-ass. The new songs on this EP showcase a maturation of their evolving melodic death metal.

Catch 22 – Live – Review

June 13, 2005

Ska bands are generally the most captivating bands live. Catch 22 don’t stop or slow down for 21 tracks. How did that audience last?

Callenish Circle – Forbidden Empathy – Review

June 13, 2005

Two discs of tedium and mediocre metal.I expected more from Callenish Circle. Both Flesh Power Dominion and My Passion Your Pain were fast, thrashy metal albums at their finest.

Bottom – You’rNext – Review

June 13, 2005

The three women of Bottom shaped a recognizable riff-rock sound. You’rNext is a barren, nearly tuneless landscape uneasily pulsing with long bouts of feedback.

Blue Rose Liar – Sycamore – Review

June 13, 2005

They emanate the flow of Quicksand, Kiss It Goodbye, and the manic flare of Today Is The Day, but under underneath it all is rage, melody, and uncertainty.

Wonka Vision – Review

June 13, 2005

It’s not like Wonka Vision is sparking the fire of revolution, but they’re having their say, starting a dialogue, and the paper is nice and shiny now.