Lollipop Magazine

As Friends Rust – A Young Trophy Band In The Parlance of our Times – Review

November 8, 2002

Fuckin’ A, these guys just keep getting better. If you can believe it, this six-song EP is even more diverse and confident than their last full-length (Won).

The Spitfires – Three – Review

November 8, 2002

Less garagey than The Hives, less Detroit than Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, and more big beat rock and roll than Tight Bro’s From Way Back When.

The Ribeye Brothers – If I Had a Horse – Review

November 8, 2002

I wanted to hear two guys from Monster Magnet (John Kleiman and Tim Cronin) make a country album. And I’m still waiting for it.

Vehemence – God Was Created – Review

November 8, 2002

I was laughing at the album art until the CD started playing. Baroque acoustic guitars beneath Suffocation-style vocals? Early-In Flames duel lead riffing? Wow!

Selby Tigers – The Curse of the Selby Tigers – Review

November 8, 2002

Patrick of Dillinger Four called it “spastic garage rock from beyond mixed with the sexy panache of new wave.” That’s more concise than what I was gonna say.

Rain Fell Within – Refuge – Review

November 8, 2002

This Goth metal sextet has two female vocalists and no male grunt or snarl. More delicate and operatic, with none of the demon roar counterpoint.

The Means – Vil/Viol – Review

November 8, 2002

Hissing, barking, drilling and sputtering cantankerousness splattershot through a hard-nose garage template that doesn’t ignore the past 20 years like many do.

The Crown – Crowned In Terror – Review

November 8, 2002

An experience that gels to your bones like only the best metal albums can: A shock treatment that not only leaves you in disbelief, but with an afterglow.

Death Threat – For God & Government – Review

November 8, 2002

Death Threat are living proof that the real essence of hardcore is alive and well in North America.

Cirrus – Counterfeit – Review

November 8, 2002

Counterfeit has dynamics. Geeks will talk about this beat or that, this layering or that, I just know “hey, this chick can sing!”