Bands – Page 114 – Lollipop Magazine

Kylesa – Spiral Shadow – Review

December 27, 2010

A sad record. Not in a boo-hoo way, it’s more of a hands-in-pockets, head down, kick the can as the weight of existence slows your movement kind of way.

Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra – Review

December 10, 2010

Dimmu Borgir may have waded even deeper than usual into the realm of symphonic melodrama this time around, but they’ve still got the riffs, so fuck you.

Riotgod – Review

December 8, 2010

30 seconds in, singer Mark Sunshine has already belted out a “whoo” and a “yeeaah,” signaling the coming flood of big, fuzzy riffs, sky-tearing solos.

Dead Rising – 2 – Review

December 7, 2010

The fantastically detailed (and sadistically difficult) game that lay beneath these visuals lives on in the sequel, with an even greater emphasis on the humor.

Cephalic Carnage – Misled by Certainty – Review

December 6, 2010

Think Cephalic Carnage is content to travel the well-worn grindcore path of blastbeats or one-dimensional wall of sound? You don’t know what you’re in for.

Liz Phair – Funstyle – Review

November 26, 2010

A weird combination of beats, electronics, piano, pop, and satire. While some of this is embarrassing, there are at least a couple decent songs here.

Atheist – Jupiter – Review

November 24, 2010

Jupiter zips and crashes around the room, its sharp edges colliding with surfaces hard and soft, hurling itself constantly forward with impossible energy.

Scott Lucas & the Married Men – The Absolute Beginners EP – Review

November 22, 2010

Local H’s Scott Lucas pushes his singer/songwriter side, featuring lyrics more heartfelt, with personal lovelorn angst replacing his usual cynical crankiness.

Local H – Local H’s Awesome Mix Tape #1 – Review

October 29, 2010

Concrete Blonde’s “Joey,” Agent Orange’s “Blood Stains,” Pink Floyd’s “Time,” and “Last Caress”: An acoustic guitar, singing intimately about raping & killing.

Nightfall – Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants – Review

October 27, 2010

Greece’s Nightfall have been around awhile, and that experience pays off. What lies within is expertly polished death metal.