Lollipop Magazine

Mando Diao – Hurricane Bar – Review

February 23, 2005

Swedish garage pop, catchy without being formulaic. Fans of Soundtrack of Our Lives and the Hellacopters who wanna expand into well-written pop will dig it.

Large Number – Spray on Sound – Review

February 23, 2005

Ann Shenton of Add N to (X) and friends. A few actual songs here, with weird noises juggled, not as a crutch, but cuz juggling while tapping your feet is fun.

Gliss – Halfway Gone – Review

February 23, 2005

Slick indie rock from L.A. fronted by a hottie from Denmark. Thick bass, like trendy indie rock, and dancey drum beats and mild electronic, but not overdone.

Edie Sedgwick – Her Love is Real But She is Not – Review

February 23, 2005

New wave was always weird, lots of gender-bending, and the drum sounds sucked and some of the keyboard sounds grated yer nerves. So this is pretty accurate.

Butterscott – Throwing Meatloaf at the Sun – Review

February 23, 2005

Like Jim’s Big Ego, and King Missile IXX or whatever they’re on now, Butterscott is dippy ditties about bubblegum, jellybeans, Store 24, and molesting puppies.

Built Like Alaska – Autumnland – Review

February 23, 2005

Future Farmer puts out good indie rock I always kinda like, but figure Magnet, No Depression, Splendid, and In Music We Trust are slobbering all over, so I kinda never bother to review. Good songwriting, good vocals, good production.

Brazilian Girls – Lazy Lover – Review

February 23, 2005

When it’s sexy cabaret, it’s nice, but not as nice and dark and smoky as Firewater and a handfulla others, and nor nearly as deep and rich as Rasputina.

Anberlin – Never Take Friendship Personal – Review

February 23, 2005

Bright-eyed mainstream pop. Strong lead vocals, lots of harmonies, catchy songs, and just heavy enough to wear ripped jeans.

Alaska! – Rescue Through Tomahawk – Review

February 23, 2005

Veterans of Lowercase, Sebadoh, and Red Aunts. They pen the clever lyrics and the hooks, but they also like a little feedback and drone and anti-tune bashing.

The Libertines – The Libertines – Review

February 21, 2005

Squatters who can’t write songs, can’t play the shitty songs they write, can’t get their lives together, and who are applauded for being a bunch of losers.