Lollipop Magazine

Himsa – You’ve Seen Too Much – Review

April 28, 2006

Weened at the nips of San Francisco thrash and NY crossover, and raised through the hardcore gladiator school, Himsa heaves up fully articulated metalcore.

The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma – Review

April 28, 2006

Frenzied, black metal with a very polished sound that infuses neo-classical guitar lines in between the constant, drill-core drumming and screeching vocals.

Elvis Costello – The Right Spectacle – Review

April 28, 2006

Music videos from ’78 to ’94, tackling every single and six non-singles. From the obvious to the boring, augmented by late-’70s/early-’80s live TV appearances.

Magnet – The Tourniquet – Review

April 28, 2006

Yet another wondrous collection from Mr. Even Johanssen. Magnet, as he chooses to call himself, can make space age swells feel like crescendoing orchestras.

God Forbid – IV: A Constitution of Treason – Interview

April 25, 2006

An interview with vocalist Byron Davis

Tori Amos – Fade to Red – Review

April 21, 2006

Fade to Red: Video Collection gathers (almost) all of her videos throughout her illustrious career, from ’92’s Little Earthquakes to last year’s The Beekeeper.

Cathedral – The Garden of Unearthly Delights – Review

April 21, 2006

This is an awesome, eclectic, mature record, and it’s clear that the band enjoys pushing their playing, writing, and arranging skills as far as they’ll go.

Bent Outta Shape – Stray Dog Town – Review

April 21, 2006

Unrepentant early ’80s-era Replacements, good and liquored up with the modern, hard-working, heartfelt, damn near poetic, currently basement-bound scene.

YOB – The Unreal Never Lived – Review

April 21, 2006

This power trio from Oregon crafts textured, moody, sometimes spacey, sometimes crushing, always intriguing jams of the stoner/doom variety.

The Devin Townsend Band – Synchestra – Review

April 21, 2006

As the album progresses, one enters a liquid world of layers, sorta lulling the listener into Dev’s assertion that the whole album is like one song.