Lollipop Magazine

The Exploding Hearts – Shattered – Review

June 29, 2007

The Exploding Hearts were a short-lived and very young four-piece power pop/punk band from Portland, OR that crafted little pop ditties with a punk rock edge.

OK Go – Oh No – Interview

June 29, 2007

An interview with drummer Dan Konopka

Play – Review

June 22, 2007

Play can be enjoyed by anyone between one and 101. It isn’t aimed to placate children “just for the time being”: It’s meant to stay with you as you grow up.

Type O Negative – Dead Again – Review

June 22, 2007

Sprawling 78 minute opus. Sabbath doom and the dark part of the Beatles, and the lyrics are amazing, colorful yet to the point, clear and graphic.

Tia Carrera – Heaven/Hell EP – Review

June 22, 2007

Three cuts of improvised acid rock trio zonerism. It’s pretty much based on the fertile ’67-’72 best remembered from Hendrix’s “The Star Spangled Banner.”

The Network – This is Your Pig’s Portrait – Review

June 22, 2007

From the ashes of Fault and Ookla The Mok, coming out on Guy Kozowyk’s (The Red Chord) label. This label has been consistently dropping some really good stuff.

The Esoteric – Subverter – Review

June 22, 2007

Formed by circular riffs and eloquent and raspy vocalization, the band end up with a blend of grooves and pummeling rhythms, but that’s about it.

The Draft – Review

June 22, 2007

Energetic, good-times power chords and shouted choruses that’re super catchy, ear-friendly yet still manly and gritty.

Phazm – Antebellum Death ‘n Roll – Review

June 22, 2007

French outfit Phazm have concentrated all their hate and Satanic prowess into a pretty standard mix of death metal and rock and roll.

Lonely China Day – Sorrow – Review

June 22, 2007

Beijing’s Lonely China Day’s first full-length, a continuation of the intertwining of glitch electronica, indie rock, and Chinese poetry explored on their EP.