Lollipop Magazine

Tom Waits – Real Gone – Review

April 25, 2005

Real Gone is a return to the territory Waits has rummaged through for the past 20 years or so, with a few surprises thrown in to make sure nobody gets bored.

Straylight Run – Review

April 25, 2005

In 2002, John Nolan and Shaun Cooper left Taking Back Sunday and formed Straylight Run with Nolan’s sister, keyboardist Michelle, and drummer Will Noon.

Mock Orange – Mind Is Not Brain – Review

April 18, 2005

Guided by the ghosts of Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, and Jeremy Enigk, songs streamline the convergence of technical prowess and quirky pop sensibilities.

Lock and Key – Pull Up the Floorboards – Review

April 18, 2005

Lock And Key invites you to pump your fist within seconds. But the guitars slow down after half a minute and Ryan Shanahan’s angst-ridden vocals take over.

Le Tigre – This Island – Review

April 18, 2005

Kathleen Hanna’s seething siren howl blaring over Johanna Fateman’s chunky, fuzzed guitar and JD Samson’s writhing and cranking beats is perfection to my ears.

Lene Marlin – Another Day – Review

April 18, 2005

A catchy yet lingering acoustic-based pop gem as heartfelt as anything by Dido or Norah Jones. Not an album you listen to, it’s an album you experience.

Keane – Hopes and Fears – Review

April 18, 2005

Gigantic melodies that could topple mountains, belted out by a vocalist who reminds the masses what good songs are capable of in the right hands.

El Toro – May and Marielle – Review

April 13, 2005

Metaphorical and rife with self-reference and examination, Lubwikowski’s confessional lyric style weaves storybook sensibility around his inventive narrative.

Pela – All in Time – Review

April 13, 2005

Pela skates dangerously close to an over-hyped trendy indie rock band, but that’s the culture, not the songwriting, and that’s what saves them.

No Wait Wait – Review

April 13, 2005

Funny, this band name is like calling out to me as I type “Ignorable indie rock” and asking me to stay a bit longer. No.