June 2005 – Page 4 – Lollipop Magazine

Queens Of The Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze – Review

June 13, 2005

You get some basic strolling bump-a-long riffs, beautifully understated rollin’-down-the autobahn drumming, and a pensive foreboding.

PTI – Blackout – Review

June 13, 2005

A blend of EBM, industrial, synth-pop, and electro rock. Dripping nihilism and scathing puns delivered with strong harmonies, and soothing lullabies.

Psyclon Nine – INRI – Review

June 13, 2005

One of the leaders in the “Terror EBM” movement. Marshall Carnage brilliantly fuses black metal and EBM, adding guitars and string-textured sounds.

Sentenced – The Funeral Album – Review

June 13, 2005

The Funeral Album is their last. The band’s hoary, bed-headed dirty rock sound is thankfully intact on “just another amusing Sentenced album.”

Prelude to a Lick: The Editor’s Rant – Column

June 13, 2005

To me, it’s not remarkable that we’ve added a few new columns this issue, and that we expanded on a few others. If you don’t progress, you stagnate.

Plain White T’s – All That We Needed – Review

June 13, 2005

Nothing original here. All of the songs rhyme a lot, and the vocals cling to the drum beat. They top off with “Hey There Delilah” to show their sensitive side.

Pamela Martinez – Review

June 13, 2005

Originally, I thought it sounded too much like Björk, Lamb, or Portishead. But the band plays real instruments and experiment with classical strings.

Scum of the Earth – Blah Blah Blah Love Songs for the New Millennium – Review

June 13, 2005

Ex-Rob Zombie guitarist Rigg’s band. It’s everything you hope it’ll be. It’s everything you fear it’ll be: Loud, gaudy, theatrical, industrial-tinged metal.

One True Thing – Finally… – Review

June 13, 2005

Melanie Wills is a powerhouse singer. Part tender/vulnerable girl, part proud and strong woman, she sounds like early Sinead fronting an indie pop rock band.

Schiller – Life – Review

June 13, 2005

Schiller is a very obscure project hailing from Germany. I discovered them due to Peter Heppner of Wolfsheim’s guest vocal appearance on “I Feel You” on Voyage.