Lollipop Magazine

Officer Roseland – Blast-Off For Kicksville – Review

October 12, 2007

They get your fingers snapping, can stir ska and funk into the soup without tickling your gag reflex, and they can play your wedding or your backyard kegger.

Magnet – The Simple Life – Review

October 12, 2007

After venturing into folktronica territory with The Tourniquet, Magnet (Norwegian producer/songwriter Even Johanssen) has returned to a rootsier, organic sound.

Heavenly Sword – Review

October 12, 2007

Clichés abound in the story, but the excellent motion-captured cut scenes and overall sterling presentation overshadow the by-the-numbers plot.

Duke Fame – Too Proud To Practice – Review

October 12, 2007

A band who knows Buzzcocks were really onto something. Sawing guitars, kinda punky but without the adherence to the handbook.

Dali’s Llama – Sweet Sludge – Review

October 12, 2007

Dali’s Llama swipe any guitar riff they’ve loved forever and put the band on “grit hum” cruise and drove that dumb fuck Kiss, Danzig, Sabbath, Bang riff hard.

The 69 Eyes – Angels – Review

September 28, 2007

Whilst fellow Scandalnavians Turbonegro send up the ’70s glam of Alice Cooper, The 69 Eyes examine the evolution of glam to Gothic from ’60s to the ’90s.

No Use For A Name – All the Best Songs – Review

September 28, 2007

You either stuck by ’90s pop punk, grew out of it, or hopped on the “third generation of emo” bandwagon. All the Best Songs is clearly for the first category.

Mos Generator – Songs for Future Gods – Review

September 28, 2007

Thick-riffed hard rock. The guys have done time in Mindfunk, Treepeople, and Voodoo Gearshift and know which end of the guitar to tickle.

Immolation – Shadows in the Light – Review

September 28, 2007

Like Harnessing Ruin’s title track, “World Agony” wrangles the EVILNESS of Immolation’s trademark ghastly riffs into a comparatively accessible song structure.

Parappa the Rappa – Review

September 28, 2007

Back in the day, it was hard to resist the childlike drawing and animation, the happy tunes, and characters like a Rasta frog and a karate-teaching onion.