Lollipop Magazine

Sweatmaster – Tom Tom Bullet – Review

November 4, 2005

Like the boppier aspect of The White Stripes and the last couple Hives records, so come on in. Big beat fun time hand-clapping from 50 years of rock and roll.

Mindless Self Indulgence – You’ll Rebel to Anything – Review

November 4, 2005

Imagine if Marilyn Manson or Korn’s Jonathan Davis joined a new wave/synth band, with a nü metal guitar sound. Save your money for something more intelligent.

Danny Howells – Miami #027 – Review

November 4, 2005

Jam-packed with come-down bleepy bloopy deep house on one platter and skewed techno/spacey disco on the other. It caters to the entire spectrum of moods.

Crash and Burn – The Value of Mistrust – Review

November 4, 2005

The manic energy and furious emotion of hardcore punk melded to rhythms with an awareness of the whole of rock music’s history, torquing the fuck out of ’em.

Howling Diablos – Car Wash – Review

November 4, 2005

A stroll through America’s roots rhythm ‘n’ blues stuff that’s fired up many a rock band, most notably another band from their town: Five Horse Johnson.

The Atomic Bitchwax – 3 – Interview

November 4, 2005

An interview with drummer Keith Ackerman

The Album Leaf – Seal Beach EP – Interview

November 4, 2005

An interview with Jimmy Lavalle

Snuff – Six of One Half a Dozen of the Other – Review

November 4, 2005

A blend of Oi!, The Damned, Motown, and Two-Tone, Snuff wrote songs you could sing along to, dance along to, and mosh to. Infectious, never-endingly energetic.

Shame Lady – The Winter Days Were Nights – Review

November 4, 2005

This is sublimely beautiful music, the meeting of Today is The Day, Charger, and mid-period Neurosis honed and filed into a singular careening metal.