Lollipop Magazine

Gravy Train – Are You Wigglin? – Review

May 24, 2005

I hate lazy trendy indie pop, and this is a fine example using all the worst cliches and not offering anything new or interesting.

Coheed And Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 – Review

May 16, 2005

They’ve spent their youth digesting Rush, Dream Theater, and Zeppelin. They combine them into a head rush of emo, bubblegum pop, and progressive rock.

Saves The Day – Ups & Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides – Review

May 16, 2005

They’ve gone from pop punkers to a melodic hardcore band to indie rock trendsetters, and their musical path is all captured on Ups & Downs…

Hello Goodbye – Review

May 16, 2005

Sweeeet drum machine beats and synthetic keyboard solos, ala old school Nintendo music with a dash of Ozma and a pinch of The All-American Rejects.

Good Charlotte – The Chronicles of Life and Death – Review

May 16, 2005

Veering from their hook-injected punk to take an edgier, more eclectic approach, and their influences are obvious. A bizarre mix, because somehow, it works.

Stamen and Pistils – End of the Sweet Parade – Review

May 12, 2005

Debut EP. Acoustic-based lo-fi pop songs, accompanied by electronic noise.

Bang! Bang! – Electric Sex – Review

May 12, 2005

Trendy, jerky female-fronted new wave punk. Like Missing Persons after a bunch of Rockstar energy drinks. Five-song EP of sexy, kitchy stuff.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Tepid Peppermint Wonderland – Review

May 9, 2005

An ideal starting point for a newcomer. I always like a song or two from each new TBJM album, but never enough to warrant actually keeping it.

Puffy Amiyumi – Hi Hi – Review

May 9, 2005

The official soundtrack to theiranimated series, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, on Cartoon Network. It’s far superior to the 2002 An Illustrated History Of (on Bar None).

Pitty Sing – Demons, You Are the Stars in Cars ‘Til I Die – Review

May 9, 2005

Channeling ’80s new wave groups like New Order and Depeche Mode, but they exude the contemporary style of newer art rock bands like Stellastarr* and Interpol.