Reviews – Page 34 – Lollipop Magazine

Bad Brains – Into The Future – Review

February 20, 2013

30 years in, do you really expect Bad Brains to blow your mind? In the early ’80s, they raged, dropping jaws. In 2012, well, they have some new songs.

Larman Clamor – Frogs – Review

February 19, 2013

Von Wieding proves himself a filthy guitarist, sliding muck along those six strings, while gravelly whispering fierceness that’d give Tom Waits pause.

This Or The Apocalypse – Dead Years – Review

February 18, 2013

“We like our rhythms complicated and our messages loud,” proclaims Lancaster, PA metalcore crew This Or The Apocalypse.

Baptists – Bushcraft – Review

February 15, 2013

This Vancouver crew sounds raw and aggressive on their debut, Bushcraft, careening and crashing through 11 songs.

Hitman – HD Trilogy – Review

February 15, 2013

A greatest-hits of sorts, compiled to educate the curious on the history of Agent 47, and how the Hitman series has maintained its reverent status.

Cynical Existence – Come Out And Play – Review

February 8, 2013

The stone-faced nü metal-style lyrics and growling delivery are completely at odds with the dance-happy beats of their electro sound.

Ni No Kuni – Wrath of the White Witch – Review

February 8, 2013

Ni No Kuni sticks to many tried and true JRPG conventions. But you’ve never seen an old-school RPG so visually sumptuously realized.

Machine Head – Machine Fucking Head Live – Review

February 1, 2013

It’s surprising that it’s taken this long for a proper live album. Machine Fucking Head Live corrects that problem, though, and in grand fashion.

Limbeck – Already Gone – Review

January 31, 2013

A hand-clap shuffling rocker with “hey!” injections like classic T Rex or Gary Glitter. A song you should tuck into your random playlist.

Lasorda – Review

January 30, 2013

Members of Get Up Kids, fun, New Amsterdams, Kevin Devine, and Ghosty, but it’s more synth indie pop than indie rock, with Suzannah Johannes’ sweet voice.