Lollipop Magazine

Circa Survive – Juturna – Review

June 7, 2005

Everyone thinks that’s a girl singing. It’s a dude named Anthony Green, who was in Saosin. He teamed up with a childhood friend, fresh out of This Day Forward.

Brand New Disaster – Hold Fast The Summer – Review

June 7, 2005

Taking Back Sunday-style hardcore with emoting vocals. From Virginia. Not into this style, but the delicate diddling and pussy singing bother me less than most.

Big Bear – Review

June 7, 2005

Noisy, too destructive to be math rock, and fuck that shit anyway. Like Unwound with screamo vocals, annoying sounds, noisy bashings, and feedback.

Bantam – Suicide Tourist – Review

June 7, 2005

Gina from the Lunachicks returns. More gritty NYC rock than trashy dress-up, which kinda made Lunachicks like Gwar or Slipknot. First pass, it’s kinda lifeless.

Gogol Bordello – Gypsy Punks – Underdog World Strike – Review

June 7, 2005

Irish punk has blossomed because it’s “music of the people.” The other kinda punk is the outcast, the loner, the rebel. Gypsies are pretty anti-establishment.

Brand New Sin – Recipe For Disaster – Review

June 3, 2005

This reeks of Down crossed with your best battered memories of groovy COC served shots by Zakk; vocalist Phil Altier crooning like a redneck Anselmo.

Trail of Tears – Free Fall Into Tears – Review

June 1, 2005

Doubled male clean vocals are tasty, but a siren’s call is always a nice touch. Glorious melody, plenty of roar, both Gothic metal swagger and speedy racing.

Thurisaz – Scent of a Dream – Review

June 1, 2005

Clean vocals and delicate piano, more Euro-flavored Pink Floyd than Shadows Fall. And there’s plenty of manly growl and grunting and shrieking too, of course.

Thee More Shallows – More Deep Cuts – Review

June 1, 2005

Creative, creepy, gorgeous, delicate, light-hearted, and confusing as all hell. “Alternative music” hasn’t meant much recently. But this is alternative music.

The Underhills – What Went Wrong – Review

June 1, 2005

Pop punk like Riverdales and “wut-oh-ut-oh-whoa” punk. Just a five-song EP.