Lollipop Magazine

Ben Weasel – Fidatevi – Review

May 16, 2003

Ten songs in I realized with growing alarm that none of these songs are very funny. They’re sappy and serious and whiny and sentimental and sad and shit.

Behemoth – Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) – Review

May 16, 2003

Incredible production, with occasional dramatic keyboard flourishes, Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) is totally devastating.

Bathory – Nordland I – Review

May 16, 2003

A Bathory album of panoramic yet claustrophobic Viking metal that creaks like a chainmailed soldier of doom riding high atop weathered maritime planks.

Bangs – Call and Response – Review

May 16, 2003

With their pissy pixie shouts, the misbehaving young ladies of Bangs sound like ankle tattoos and greasy pigtails would if they could sing.

Against Tomorrow’s Sky – Jump the Hedges First – Review

May 16, 2003

A four-piece with a harder edge than the typically-described emo genre, a more sweetly-crafted modern rock sound, dueling vocalists, and pianists.

5 Cent Deposit – We Have Your Daughter – Review

May 16, 2003

Making tracks and tacking on a little Soul of the Bouncing variety, New Found Glory that’s since grown old, but hey, it’s the style, right?

KMFDM – Strum & Drang Tour 2002 – Review

May 16, 2003

A live performance of an 18-year-old group with 15 albums and 12 tours beneath their belt. Interestingly, it’s not filled with their well-known hits.

Kissing Chaos – Enter With a Bullet – Review

May 16, 2003

These four gentlemen (ex-members of Pop Unknown, Mineral, and Sparta) have chosen to spice things up with dual vocals and a heavier approach.

Grandpa’s Ghost – The Tumble/Love Version – Review

May 16, 2003

What makes it good instead of just interesting is the use of distortion, vacuum cleaning, fuzz/space, and exploratory “free rock” to open up and connect.

Grand Funk Railroad – Survival – Review

May 16, 2003

The fourth studio effort, the first time the band were able to spend more than a couple of days on an album, which may account for the more polished sound.