Lollipop Magazine

Grimness – Increase Humanity Disgust – Review

June 1, 2005

Need a black metal opening band? Contact Grimness. They can play, but there’s nothing to distinguish them from anyone else.

Foreign Born – In The Remote Woods – Review

June 1, 2005

If you were lucky enough to hear The Sheila Divine or Dear Leader, you know the lush, gorgeous, Morrissey-esque drama that’s hinted at here.

Flashlight Arcade – The Art of Blacking Out – Review

June 1, 2005

A reissue with a couple new tracks. A lot of it sounds dated, but people into The Get Up Kids will buy reissues of their early stuff…

Federation X – Rally Day – Review

June 1, 2005

Someone else already said “filthy guitar chords, slithering guitar lines, and shrieks of feedback” and I can’t top that. On Estrus, PacNW, what do you expect?

Dolour – New Old Friends – Review

June 1, 2005

Delicious and charming. Anyone into Jellyfish’d get weak in the knees here. Part Ben Folds, part Bay City Rollers, it’s impossible not to bop yer head & smile.

Discordance Axis – Our Last Day – Review

June 1, 2005

They were a grind band, they broke up, this CD has their last two unreleased songs and a bunch of their songs covered by bands like Melt Banana and Merzbow.

Disbelief – 66Sick – Review

June 1, 2005

A few glorious moments here and there to spice up an otherwise completely listenable, completely interchangeable brutal metal band.

Byla – Review

June 1, 2005

Members of Relapse’s Dysrhymia and Crucial Blast’s Infidel?/Castro! making “delicate,” subtle, breathing soundscapes.

Blind Myself – Worst-Case Scenario – Review

June 1, 2005

Hungarian hardcore, four records in. Used to live in NY and tour with Ignite and such. I’m more a metal guy than a hardcore guy, so this is mediocre to my ears.

Blacklisted – We’re Unstoppable – Review

June 1, 2005

A reissue of their outta print Stillborn release, with demo recordings, all slathered with thunderous production. Classic hardcore, with modern roar.