Lollipop Magazine

Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life – Review

January 1, 2010

They’re poppy as all hell, catchy as a cold, and teenage girls around the world wait for the cute boy in art class to text them back while listening to this.

Michael Korb – Sleepwalker – Review

January 1, 2010

Michael Korb has a gentle voice he often lets soar, like Muse or Ours, but without the near-metal drama backdrop. The strumming is natural as dew drops at dawn.

Librarians – Present Passed – Review

January 1, 2010

Indie rock, with lite psych flourishes and new wave keyboards (New Order darkness and depth plus celebration, not “Safety Dance” frivol), and laidback vocals.

Krakow – Monolith – Review

January 1, 2010

A good band treading water in a pool of good ideas, not sticking with any one idea/style long enough or having the experience to focus on it and make it happen.

Hyperbubble – Candy Apple Daydreams – Review

January 1, 2010

Male and female, cutesy, synthetic, and absolutely lives up to the album title.

H.E. Miller – Apocalyptic Dreams – Review

January 1, 2010

This H.E. Miller guy has an interesting, classic rock voice (like T. Rex or thicker Hellacopters, very everyman-sounding), and plays a good noisy rock guitar.

Elis – Catharsis – Review

January 1, 2010

Three releases and an EP, and they still let the guy “sing”? Third-rate female-fronted Goth metal (on Napalm? Gee, really?) with pro-production by Alex Krull.

Dialis – Precatic – Review

January 1, 2010

Organic Gothic rock. Simply dark, brooding, somber rock. From Italy, two guys with friends and 11 songs to contemplate.

Death By Steamship – Fall of the Viaduct – Review

January 1, 2010

Yelpy and screamy vocals, staccato bursts someone called “messy exuberance,” and that’s close enough to steal, hit save, and move on.

Dark Illusion – Where The Eagles Fly – Review

January 1, 2010

This CD is no worse than dozens of classic heavy metal releases I hold dear, and I’ll have words with anyone who doesn’t give them their rightful respect.