Lollipop Magazine

Sex Gang Children – Live At Ocean – Review

January 1, 2008

A bootleg with bad sound and shaky footage. Once past that, it’s pretty enjoyable. Contemporaries of Joy Division, Sigue Sique Sputnik, and Sisters of Mercy.

Naked Raygun – What Poor Gods We Do Make – Review

January 1, 2008

An anomaly. We knew of their urgent style of punk, but the locals knew the mythology. When Riot Fest facilitated a reunion, Raygun added to the legend.

Dead Town Revival – Hasta La Muerte – Review

January 1, 2008

Anthemic choruses and melodic guitar lines that go from electric ’66 folk up through Mick’s leads in The Clash to later guitar rockers like Leatherface.

BulletBoys – Behind the Orange Curtain – Review

January 1, 2008

They didn’t have the ballad to put them on the hair metal map, so BulletBoys never achieved notoriety. It’s unfortunate: Marq Torien has one hell of a voice.

Bill Bondsmen – Swallowed By the World – Review

January 1, 2008

Hardcore punk with vocals so raspy, you wonder if the singer will even be able to talk in a couple years. He’s a pissed off ball of hate spitting on everything.

The Beatles Press Reports – Review

January 1, 2008

The articles appear year-by-year, and you feel like you’ve gone back in time while you read them, as if you’re experiencing the Beatles phenomenon first-hand.

Banished From Inferno – Review

January 1, 2008

Re-issue of the bands self-titled release on Incantation’s John McEntee’s label. It’s straight-up death metal, no frills. Five songs of classic evil.

Austrian Death Machine – Total Brutal – Review

January 1, 2008

Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying has more metal in his dick than most bands have in their rusted-out vans. It ain’t Speak English or Die, but it’s fun stuff.

Architects – Ruin – Review

January 1, 2008

From the UK, play dirty, noisy tech/math metal. I can’t really gauge if this clusterfuck death-gone-random is any better or worth than the rest of the genre.

Angel Blake – The Descended – Review

January 1, 2008

Ex-The Crown debuted on Metal Blade, their sophomore release is on a Finnish label, with a new singer. Sounds like Iced Earth with Tim “Ripper” Owens singing.