Lollipop Magazine

Agent 51 – Just Keep Runnin’ – Review

February 22, 2002

They’re snappy dressers, play melodic, cutsie-hard punk, and I keep getting Bouncing Souls flashbacks, but with more vocal accuracy.

Against All Authority – Nothing New for Trash Like You – Review

February 22, 2002

18 out-of-print/hard-to-find songs from 1992-2000. You either love/admire these guys or ya hate preachy ska-punk in general, these guys in particular.

The Nerve Agents – The Butterfly Collection – Review

February 22, 2002

The Nerve Agents are pretty good tho’, once ya get passed their pissed-offness (if ya wanna, mebbe ya don’t).

The Hives – A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T – Review

February 22, 2002

They’re from Sweden, yip and howl and blaze though jumpy riffs in such a way you’d never confuse ’em with Green Day, and they’re snappy dressers.

The Hissyfits – Letters From Frank – Review

February 22, 2002

Energetic collegiate rock pumped up with Go-Gos-like harmonies and hooks, occasional spoken samples, and Bikini Kill-esque yelled lead-ins.

The Fairlanes – Welcome to Nowhere – Review

February 22, 2002

I’ve always liked The Fairlanes just a bit more than most interchangable late-’90s punkpop. Perhaps it has something to do with their living in Colorado.

The Drunken Cholos – Livin la Vida Loco – Review

February 22, 2002

Seven songs in nine minutes featuring the original Queers line-up of Wimpy, Tulu, and Joe Queer doing what they do “best.” Straight-up nasty punk.

Anti-Flag – Underground Network – Interview

February 22, 2002

An interview with singer Justin Sane

The Business – No Mercy for You – Review

February 22, 2002

Loud, proud and more Oi than ever. One of the forerunners of early English street punk, The Business have been tooling around for over twenty years.

The Briefs – Hit After Hit – Review

February 22, 2002

It’s pretty impossible to do anything new with punk, it’s a matter of doing the same goddamn thing loud, pure, and energetically. That’s what The Briefs do.