Lollipop Magazine

The Mooney Suzuki – The Maximum Black EP – Review

February 16, 2007

I’ve never believed anything The Mooney Suzuki have said or performed. Add to that the fact they called in the same songwriting team as Avril fucking Levine.

The Adored – A New Language – Review

February 16, 2007

The street-level tales of drugs, turning tricks, and general still-lifes are delivered with an enviable smart-ass confidence that age has traded in.

Piebald – Accidental Gentlemen – Review

February 16, 2007

’80s rock riffs, Beatlesque harmonies, and Dinasaur Jr. dissonance. Travis Shettel inexplicably treats them all with the same vessel-bursting screamatude.

Brazil – The Philosophy of Velocity – Review

February 16, 2007

Brazil is one of those rare bands the teenage girls comment they love on MySpace, and indie elitists also enjoy without needing to wash afterwards.

Boys Like Girls – Review

February 16, 2007

With catchy hooks and displays of actual talent, this self-titled album reminds us all of what’s its like to be 16, with only lust and liquor on your mind.

Turn Me On Dead Man – Technicolor Mother – Review

February 9, 2007

They build’m good, hang a couple hooks in each without resorting to second rate power pop/pop punks shouting and pointing.

The Lights – Diamonds And Dirt – Review

February 9, 2007

Like the first time you were blown away by Wire, or confounded by Mark E. Smith’s lost-with-a-purpose ranting. The Lights are onto something substantial.

Morning 40 Federation – Ticonderoga – Review

February 9, 2007

Shake a tail feather to a party band squonking Creole funk and leering way-too-hung-over-to-lie sleazy ’60s R&B the White Stripes could dance to.

The Mooney Suzuki – The Maximum Black EP – Review

February 1, 2007

Not my fave fuzzy garage unit. Any NYC hipster oughtta dig into Bad Afro’s roster and realize what posers they are, but ya can’t teach those trendies anything.

The Divine Comedy – Victory For the Comic Muse – Review

January 12, 2007

Finally, composer of symphonic, cinematic, epic ballads Neil Hannon returns, age and parenthood having had no negative effect on his charm, wit, or craft.