Lollipop Magazine

Nina – A Novel by Blag Dahlia – Review

January 5, 2007

Nina is exactly the novel you’d expect the singer of the Dwarves to write. The comic flair we’ve come to expect is not as dominant as I would’ve liked.

Bad Astronaut – Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment – Review

January 5, 2007

Offers a more reflective and comprehensive view than Resolve by including songs written before and after drummer Derrick Plourde’s suicide.

The Jonbenet – Ugly/Heartless – Review

January 5, 2007

Considered the band’s first real full-length, The Jonbenet’s Ugly/Heartless could be the brand new definition of spastic and pummeling.

The Haunted – The Dead Eye – Review

January 5, 2007

A dark, ominous venture into depression, hatred, redemption, and everything else that Dolving has long turned into a gloriously misanthropic art form.

Glass Casket – Desperate Man’s Diary – Review

January 5, 2007

Imagine Deicide beyond the upside down crosses, Malevolent Creation with a lot more class, Nocturnus without the suck factor, and multiply threefold.

Tahiti 80 – Fosbury – Review

January 5, 2007

French pop cult heroes Tahiti 80 follow-up their excellent EP A Piece of Sunshine with an album full of mainstream R&B shit like Justin Timberlake and Beyonce.

Intronaut – Void – Review

January 5, 2007

This is progressive in that it experiments with sounds, fucks with rhythms, and features odd tempo constructions to cause a big bang of brutal cacophony.

Goatwhore – A Haunting Curse – Review

January 5, 2007

Soilent Green vocalist Ben Falgoust, ex-Acid Bath/Crowbar guitarist Sammy Duet, bassist Nathan Bergeron, and drummer Zack Simmons play blackened death metal.

Gun – Showdown – Review

January 5, 2007

Simply, you’re a cowboy in the Wild West, and you get to participate in all of the GTA-like exploration, violence, and horse riding that goes along with it.

Escape the Fate – There’s No Sympathy for the Dead – Review

January 5, 2007

The melodies are here, as are the frequent exchanges between clean and aggressive growl (totally laughable, by the way), and rocking yet totally safe guitars.