March, 2006 | Lollipop Magazine

We Reach – The Music of the Melvins – Review

March 17, 2006

The bands here lean on the whomp! Crunch! Grrr!, eng? Crunch! side of things; and it works as a piece.

The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth – Review

March 17, 2006

The logical extension of Room on Fire, the band trying to outgrow their rag-tag image, pulling together their best “we are grown up, take us seriously” ideas.

The Prozacs – Live At CBGB’S – Review

March 17, 2006

Springfield’s Prozacs are exactly what you hope to hear at CBGB’s: Sloppy, snotty, and carefree. Far more upbeat than the name implies,

The Ocean – Aeolian – Review

March 17, 2006

Like the accessible Six Feet Under of artcore, the band birthing cogent, logical metal nuggets, like slowed-down Meshuggah with a rich, full-bodied recording.

The Mars Volta – Scabdates – Review

March 17, 2006

Scabdates lacks any redeeming quality whatsoever.

The Illuminati – Review

March 17, 2006

The songs are so cool, this whole hillbilly Thin Lizzy thing making sense, if you heavy it up with the Sabbath to make mod stoner rock loud enough to be heard.

Screeching Weasel – Weasel Mania – Review

March 17, 2006

Screeching Weasel has had more break-ups and re-entries than NASA, but six years past its last album, it looks like this time it’s over for good.

Johnie 3 – Review

March 17, 2006

Non-stop pre-pubescent thrills and crass jokes regarding tea-bagging and beating off to Beach Boys are made to sound like it was recorded in one shot.

Jello Biafra with the Melvins – Sieg Howdy! – Review

March 17, 2006

Funny how normative-rockist-duhish this is. Like the riff from Kiss’ “God of Thunder” or Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” hijacked by Rammstein and Jello-ized.

Ironhead – Livin’ Like We Wanna Die – Review

March 17, 2006

No hope, cheap speed, pre-major label mall glam slammed into Rubber City Rebels demos. Kinda what Texas Terry and other retro-engines are fueled on.