Lollipop Magazine

Apocalyptica – Worlds Collide – Review

March 1, 2008

While novel, this band has never been as captivating or original as Rasputina, so like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, this is essentially a cover band.

36 Crazyfists – The Tide and its Takers – Review

March 1, 2008

36 Crazyfists just doesn’t have the dexterity to be more than some nü metal band outta Alaska that doesn’t suck polar bear balls.

Zero Hour – Dark Deceiver – Review

March 1, 2008

Any band who can play like Meshuggah and sing like Nevermore’s Warrel Dane or Geoff Tate (and sometimes King Diamond), well, there’s something to check out.

Walls of Jericho – Redemption – Review

March 1, 2008

Now that it’s trendy for metal bands to “broaden their horizons” by putting out passable acoustic albums, I guess I should’ve expected this from Trustkill.

Valient Thorr – Immortalizer – Review

March 1, 2008

Like Bon Scott-era AC/DC? So do Valient Thorr. Bon was a one-of-kind vocalist, and decent riffs and a handfulla good solos does not an Angus make.

Throw Rag – 2nd Place – Review

March 1, 2008

Rock’n’roll that sometimes gets dark, soulful, or manic, and often finger-snaps at mid-tempos, slurring vocals and sliding riffs for your staggering pleasure.

Thine Eyes Bleed – Review

March 1, 2008

Two albums with The End, who I genuinely trust. Just some Canadian band that opened that killer tour with Slayer, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, and Mastodon.

The Press Corps – Urban Truth Rural Myth – Review

March 1, 2008

The label’s site sez “First full-length with members of Mudhoney, The Fluid, Green River, Mother Love Bone escaping the past and embracing the now!”

The Bug Nasties – Which Way You Wanna Go? – Review

March 1, 2008

Spastic sucker with the passion/talent to win you over. “60s Mod R&B geared to shake your money maker hosted by ex-Catbutt/Sinister Six guitarist Brother James!”

Punk’s Not Dead – Review

March 1, 2008

A really good movie about some specific fallout from the P-word. Well shot, nicely edited, thoughtfully put together, a buncha nice interview stuff appended.