Lollipop Magazine

Middian – Age Eternal – Review

April 20, 2007

Mike Scheidt of YOB. The songs are long and ever-changing, Mike sings through the chorus pedal, and crushing guitar riffs abound at nearly every moment.

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes – Love Their Country – Review

April 20, 2007

We have both kinds of music, punk and western. It’s high time Fat Mike’s Karaoke kings bellied up to the bar for some honky tonkin’.

Earth – Hibernaculum – Review

April 20, 2007

Hibernaculum, which could also be regarded as a companion piece to Hex, reimagines three earlier Earth pieces in the Hex style, and the results are compelling.

Wasted Youth – Memorialize – Review

April 20, 2007

This Wasted Youth hailed from London, and were more in line with Joy Division than the L.A. hardcore blitz of the other band with the same name.

Grass Is Always Greener (On the Other Side) – Review

April 20, 2007

Get Hip Records take bands with the ’60s punk/garage/folk-rock/psychedelic thing in various states of “authenticity” and put out their goddamn records.

Logh – North – Review

April 20, 2007

Epic piano numbers, reflective acoustic ballads, and soaring heartfelt anthems. It’s Logh’s most accessible, melodic, and straightforward release yet.

American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 – Review

April 20, 2007

The soundtrack to the documentary (itself is based on Steven Blush’s book), American Hardcore provides a pretty spiffy overview of the hardcore genre.

Unknown Instructors – The Masters Voice – Review

April 20, 2007

Sounds like members Watt (Minutemen, Mike Watt), George Hurly (Minutemen), and Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust) stretching their ’80s experience into ’60s roots.

Last Days of April – Might as Well Live – Review

April 20, 2007

With every album, Last Days of April have gotten less melodramatic Guitarist/vocalist Karl Larsson is looking toward the likes of Dinosaur Jr. more than ever.

Twisted Tower Dire – Netherworlds – Review

April 20, 2007

Hipster classic metal bands are doing it: Play it loose and a little drunken, but Twisted Tower Dire have the deep-dish metal knowledge that slays trendiness.