Lollipop Magazine

Irvine Welsh – Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs – Interview

October 6, 2006

An interview with Irvine Welsh

SSM – Review

October 6, 2006

Garage rock to compare to the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs herk’n’jerk, or The Epoxies zany new wave via weirdo punk. Fuzzed-out keyboard smog populates mid-tempo grooves.

Shai Hulud – A Profound Hatred of Man: Shrapnel Inc. – Review

October 6, 2006

Includes the debut three-song EP, the split with Indecision (their best songs ever), the split with Another Victim, and more. They were ahead of their time.

Shai Hulud – Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion – Review

October 6, 2006

This not only introduced a multi-faceted, technically melodic metalcore band to the world, it predates The Dillinger Escape Plan and countless rip-offs.

Culture Shock: Poo Lager Beer – Column

October 6, 2006

It’s easy to slip into arrogant mockery when surrounded by the unfamiliar, particularly when as wide-eyed and bushy-tailed as Japanese Culture.

Culture Shock: Straight Burger – Column

October 6, 2006

It’s easy to slip into arrogant mockery when surrounded by the unfamiliar, particularly when as wide-eyed and bushy-tailed as Japanese Culture.

Deicide – The Stench of Redemption – Review

October 6, 2006

Deicide’s best album since Serpents of the Light. Hell, maybe it’s even better. An absolutely essential album after so many years of plopping out mediocrity.

Communic – Waves of Visual Decay – Review

October 6, 2006

Complicated rhythms, machine gun guitars, double-bass drums, and the operatic vocals of also guitarist Oddleif Stenslaf who aspires to Nevermore’s Warrel Dane.

Cardinale – 31:13 – Review

October 6, 2006

“Heavy” as in the emotional, if not bludgeoning sense. Maybe less drone and drift, linking it to a couple older era’s “progressive” rock works.

Agalloch – Ashes Against the Grain – Review

October 6, 2006

Sprawling and expansive, yet it retains certain classic elements. Doom, enhanced by cavernous vocals, creates a sort of controlled black metal symphony.