Lollipop Magazine

Senses Fail – Senses Fail / Man Overboard split – Review

March 6, 2015

Senses Fail and Man Overboard team up for this four-song EP, featuring a new song from each band as well as each band covering one of the other’s choice cuts.

Moose Blood – I’ll Keep You In Mind, From Time to Time – Review

November 14, 2014

I’m not one for acoustic heartbreak. Anything vaguely Dashboard Confessional-like and I’m running for the exit, but UK indie rockers Moose Blood got me with “Cherry.”

Pixies – Indie Cindy – Review

June 20, 2014

Since I’ve already reviewed two-thirds of full-length Indie Cindy through EP-1 and EP-2, I don’t feel the need to rehash those songs. The new ones are not even as good as the high points of those two EPs.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation – Review

May 19, 2014

The music industry illuminati declared The Brian Jonestown Massacre – and their supposed mad genius frontman Anton Newcombe – to be rock’s great saviors.

Owls – Two – Review

March 19, 2014

Owls are a satisfying throwback to a time when emo rock hadn’t yet evolved into an overly sleek, whiny mess of a movement.

The Crimson ProjeKCt – Live In Tokyo – Review

March 3, 2014

Two sets of three King Crimson alum and using the “double trio,” The Crimson ProjeKCt is a suitably ambitious offshoot from the legendary prog masters.

Dum Dum Girls – Too True – Review

January 27, 2014

My brother-in-law saw this band open up for Ben Gibbard, and his zero-word review was a lethargic shoulder shrug. Maybe they’ve improved with age? Maybe not.

Pixies – EP-2 – Review

January 24, 2014

The Pixies went a whole four months before releasing EP-2 on their site in early January. And I want to say it’s an improvement over EP-1, but it’s not. Let’s see why.

J. Roddy Walston – Essential Tremors – Review

January 14, 2014

When you nick and splice as well as J. Roddy Walston & The Business do – thereby making it your own – well, than that’s an art form in itself.

Matt Pryor – Wrist Slitter – Review

January 8, 2014

The Get-Up Kids got less terrible with every release, as the cute college girls I assigned to review them for the magazine often noted.