October, 2009 | Lollipop Magazine

Skold vs. KMFDM – Review

October 1, 2009

Sasha Konietzko (KMFDM) teams up with Tim Skold (Skold, Marilyn Manson, KMFDM) for a continent-crossing collaboration. Ground rules: No guitars, no drum kits.

Passion Pit – Manners- Review

October 1, 2009

When will your resistance will be sufficiently eroded by soaring crescendos, children’s choir backups, insanely catchy choruses, and bouncy dance beats.

Glasvegas – Review

October 1, 2009

Glasvegas sound Scottish, with that yelp/catch, and an obvious love of ’50s harmonies. Vocals that can both break your heart and lift your face to stormy skies.

Prototype – Review

October 1, 2009

Alex rushes in a state of perpetual motion, sprinting up the sides of skyscrapers and gliding between monuments. The combat mechanics are just as frantic.

Klonoa – Review

October 1, 2009

Not just a rerelease of the 1998 game, Klonoa for the Wii features totally rebuilt graphics that are as bright and colorful as you remember the original being.

King of Fighters XII – Review

October 1, 2009

A Street Fighter Alpha-esque back-to-basics reimagining, KOF XII pares everything down, from the character roster to the backgrounds to the game modes.

Guitar Hero – Smash Hits – Review

October 1, 2009

A “best of” list of songs from nearly all of the previous GH titles on one disc. It’s a great set list. You probably learned to play Guitar Hero on these songs.

Edguy – Tinnitus Sanctus – Review

October 1, 2009

Edguy is known for having a sense of humor. That makes them easy to like, but these Germans are otherwise content to tread familiar ground in their sound.

Crash Kelly – One More Heart Attack – Review

October 1, 2009

Sean Kelly can rip shit up, but, like Gilby Clarke, he doesn’t really know where to go with it. And his voice makes the Bay City Rollers sound butch.

Clutch – Strange Cousins From The West – Review

October 1, 2009

All manner of swampy, bluesy, stoner rock, topped creatively with lyrics like Les Claypool fronting Blue Oyster Cult. But we’ve heard all these tricks before.