Lollipop Magazine

House of Fire – Review

June 1, 2008

Cleanly sung and chimingly wrought, House of Fire works the territory between shoegaze and Brit-pop before those impulses filled for an annulment.

We Ski – Review

June 1, 2008

Cute and graphically-underwhelming, it gets by on what is the saving grace of dozens of otherwise throwaway Wii games: Great use of the motion-sensing controls.

Dub Trio – Another Sound Is Dying – Review

June 1, 2008

The move towards heavy via dub reggae isn’t generally smeared on Headbangers’ Ball, but it lurks, and every few years, something flows lava-like up.

Sister Sin – Switchblade Serenades – Review

June 1, 2008

Sleaze rock from Gothenburg. Not that I don’t love sleaze rock, the dark underbelly of late-’80s/early ’90s glam, but the calendar says 2008.

Motorama – Psychotronic is the Beat – Review

June 1, 2008

This female duo of bratty screamers are from Rome, bassless, and will throw your ass on the floor, against the wall, and rock your lame ass six ways to Sunday.

Mock Orange – Captain Love – Review

June 1, 2008

This isn’t my kinda “quirky indie rock,” but I respect Silverthree and Lobster and producer J. Robbins, and I’ll trust they understand why this band is worthy.

Metal Church – This Present Wasteland – Review

June 1, 2008

By now, you don’t expect much from Metal Church, right? Good, cuz ya don’t get much.

Judas Priest – Nostradamus – Review

June 1, 2008

Beautiful intros, sweeping passages, gentle acoustics, soft breezes of keyboards, and, of course, plenty of chugging metal.

Juanita Y Los Feos – Review

June 1, 2008

From Madrid, Spain, mid-fi garage punk, a female singer, and keyboards. First full-length. Uh, that’s about it.

Shai Hulud – Misanthropy Pure – Review

June 1, 2008

Great band, new singer. This guy Matt can yell, but he’s been on the same one note for the last five songs, and there’s only so long I can sit through it.