Lollipop Magazine

Against All Authority – Common Rider – Split – Review

March 16, 2005

Split by two well-respected bands. Against All Authority has been around since the early ’90s, and unity punk and ska never did much for me, and it ages badly.

Angel City Outcasts – Let It Ride – Review

March 8, 2005

Toy Dolls meets Dropkicks. Think Vandals, or Rev Horton Heat in a punk mood, tearing up the leads and fills, matched by gruff street vocals and group shouts.

Supersuckers – Live in Anaheim – Review

March 7, 2005

Funny, self-aggrandizing, and neatly straddling arena-rock bombast and no-bullshit punk rock fury, Supersuckers are the third band on an AC/DC/Ramones bill.

Ramones- Raw – Review

March 7, 2005

The live footage varies drastically in quality, but the good stuff is tremendous. Other footage, casting a light into the band’s personal life, is boring.

Fishbone- Critical Times – Hen House Sessions – Review

March 7, 2005

A “forget-me-not” to remind folks that Fishbone is still a hard rockin’ funk, punk, ska, jazz, reggae, metal machine. And they’re still weird as hell.

Against Me! – We’re Never Going Home – Review

March 7, 2005

Insightful interviews with band members, roadies, tour manager, merch guy, and other selected friends intermingled with live footage and other candid moments.

Man Overboard – Man Overboard / Senses Fail split – Review

March 6, 2005

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.

International Businessmen – The Formula – Review

February 28, 2005

Decent power pop. They remind me of bands I like who are a lot better, which is a start, at least.

The Meteors – These Evil Things – Review

February 23, 2005

Classic psychobilly band, 30 albums in and still only semi-decent and poorly recorded. Reverend Horton Heat throwaways, with 25% of the songwriting flair.

The Falcon – God Don’t Make No Trash – Up Your Ass With a Broken Glass – Review

February 23, 2005

Five songs, 12 minutes, and it takes a while to get used to the vocals. Members of: The Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio, Broadways, Rise Against, and Slapstick.