Lollipop Magazine

Slot – The Sweet Black Bear – Review

March 30, 2007

The singing is dreamy in a shoegazer way, directly plainspoken or a phased sound in the background, no matter what she does, it works.

Fear My Thoughts – Vulcannus – Review

March 30, 2007

Fear My Thoughts pack and compact a pile of forceful, punishing Machine Head-esque riffing into each of these diamond-blinding constructs.

Loud Quiet Loud – A Film About the Pixies – Review

March 30, 2007

No direct interview questions, we see the subjects talking about each other and reacting to situations. Like gossip, we’re never given access to the source.

Grave – Enraptured – Review

March 30, 2007

One of Swedish death metal’s founding fathers, but they’ve never had their live show properly documented. Grave sound more menacing and crushing here than ever.

Amon Amarth – With Oden On Our Side – Review

March 30, 2007

Their sixth formal full-length offers more of the same authentic Nordic metal. The guitar work balances simplicity with hook-laden grandiosity.

Cronos – The Anthology – Review

March 30, 2007

The Anthology gathers up all three albums recorded during the man’s pointless exile from Venom, along with a handful of inconsequential rarities.

Dead Kennedys – Live at the Deaf Club – Interview

March 30, 2007

An interview with bassist Klaus Flouride

Azrael – Act III: Self Act IV: Goat – Review

March 18, 2007

Two hours of brutish beauty like Agalloch and such. Mostly instrumental (the vocals are blackened growl when they occur), mostly droning and tinkering.

Alesana – On Frail Wings Of Vanity and Wax – Review

March 18, 2007

Screaming, skimpy metal and the yearning of some poser whose balls have yet to drop. Probably have 100,000 MySpace friends, all girls who love boyz in eyeliner.

Agressor – Deathreat – Review

March 18, 2007

20th anniversary for this French death band. Old school Cookie Monster death with awkward stepping and blurry grind over blastbeats.