Bands – Page 110 – Lollipop Magazine

Coliseum – Parasites – Review

November 11, 2011

I can’t remember the last time I heard a 20-minute EP kick up this much big noise. This Louisville, KY band comes aggressive with each of these eight tracks.

Sick of It All – Nonstop – Review

November 11, 2011

Is an album of re-recordings ever really necessary? Can a band recapture the spirit of decades-old material? Lucky, Sick of It All know how to do it right.

Jonny Lives! – Revolution For Free – Review

November 11, 2011

Jonny Lives! swims in the Fountains of Wayne in the country of Weezer on planet Cheap Trick. They play power pop, and on some numbers, they really succeed.

Garrett Pierce – Everybody Breaks – Review

November 4, 2011

If Nick Drake was around, he’d probably be a Garrett Pierce fan. On Everybody Breaks, Pierce sings about weighty psychological issues amid acoustic guitar.

Charred Walls of the Damned – Cold Winds on Timeless Days – Review

October 28, 2011

Their sound is still the tight, straight-forward metal you recognize, but they’re more interested in taking little detours.

Skinny Puppy – hanDover – Review

October 25, 2011

Industrial veterans Skinny Puppy deliver exactly the weird, wonderful sounds one expects on their 14th album. It’s all over the map, and all the better for it.

40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room – Review

October 21, 2011

A more metallic ’10s update on early-’90s shoegaze, 40 Watt Sun sounds like the bastard three-way of Kevin Shields, Peter Murphy, and half of Seattle circa ’91.

Caithlin De Marrais – Red Coats – Review

October 18, 2011

This ain’t the same old Caithlin from Rainer Maria. Red Coats is highly polished electro music. Sill confessional, but without the soaring emotional slabs.

The Parlor Mob – Dogs – Review

October 7, 2011

The Parlor Mob singer Mark Melicia steals the show on the New Jersey band’s full-length, Dogs.

Draconian – A Rose for the Apocalypse – Review

October 7, 2011

The band’s single-minded focus on creating an all-encompassing feeling of despair means they’ll use anything at their disposal in their lengthy compositions.