Reviews – Page 39 – Lollipop Magazine

Orchid – Heretic – Review

December 7, 2012

Bold visuals, manly vocals, tasty riffs, songs with room to breathe, classy keyboards, and lyrics as cosmic and timeless as any on Masters of Reality.

The Graviators – Evil Deeds – Review

December 6, 2012

It doesn’t take long into “Evil Deeds” to note the solid riffing, dry production, and the odd timbre of the vocals. Like a real young Ozzy.

Adolescents – American Dogs In Europe – Review

December 5, 2012

No introduction is necessary for punk kings the Adolescents, who offer up the perfectly formed gem “Stage Diving Daisy’s Revenge.”

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell – Don’t Fear It Hear It! – Review

December 5, 2012

The Shovell go all gonzo on your ass, rampaging and pounding, changing it up, dragging your mind to fuzzy favorites buried deep on your favorite LPs.

Gypsyhawk – Revelry & Resilience – Review

December 5, 2012

Couple releases in, Thin Lizzy worship on the sleeve, twin-guitar attack firing on all cylinders, workable vocals doing their thing.

Doro – Raise Your Fist In The Air – Review

December 4, 2012

Still hot, still German, still posing like a metal warrior on the cover, still blasting out confident anthems with no ironic nods or apology.

The Ridgelands – Corey Webster Must Die – Review

December 3, 2012

The Ridgelands are straight-up skate punk from Chicago, and Corey Webster Must Die!!! is their debut full-length (on the label set to release new Vindictives).

Kadavar – Review

December 3, 2012

Know all the Sabbath album tracks classic rock radio doesn’t play? Kadaver does.

The Sword – Apocryphon – Review

November 30, 2012

The Sword offer up some righteous, mountain-sized licks. The Texas crew has delivered on three albums of Sabbath-styled of bluesy rock ‘n’ roll.

Samiam – Complete Control Session – Review

November 30, 2012

Samiam were emotional punk before there was such an awful title, and before terrible boy bands made the genre such a joke.