Reviews – Page 72 – Lollipop Magazine

Garrett Pierce – Everybody Breaks – Review

November 4, 2011

If Nick Drake was around, he’d probably be a Garrett Pierce fan. On Everybody Breaks, Pierce sings about weighty psychological issues amid acoustic guitar.

Spider-Man – Edge of Time – Review

October 28, 2011

A disaster forces modern-day Amazing Spider-Man and futuristic Spider-Man 2099 to work together across time, communicating through picture-in-picture.

Charred Walls of the Damned – Cold Winds on Timeless Days – Review

October 28, 2011

Their sound is still the tight, straight-forward metal you recognize, but they’re more interested in taking little detours.

Experienced – Rock Music Tales of Fact & Fiction – Review

October 28, 2011

An anthology of short stories and essays all connected by one theme: Rock’n’roll. I can’t say all the stories rock, but some of them do indeed roll.

Skinny Puppy – hanDover – Review

October 25, 2011

Industrial veterans Skinny Puppy deliver exactly the weird, wonderful sounds one expects on their 14th album. It’s all over the map, and all the better for it.

The Sims 3 – Pets – Review

October 21, 2011

Sims games have always been trying to create the most ridiculous, chaotic situation possible. Adding pets is a surefire way to elevate the insanity.

Forza Motorsport 4 – Review

October 21, 2011

Meticulously detailed tracks and cars, narration from Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, and an Autovista mode that allows you to poke around fully-featured interiors.

40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room – Review

October 21, 2011

A more metallic ’10s update on early-’90s shoegaze, 40 Watt Sun sounds like the bastard three-way of Kevin Shields, Peter Murphy, and half of Seattle circa ’91.

Caithlin De Marrais – Red Coats – Review

October 18, 2011

This ain’t the same old Caithlin from Rainer Maria. Red Coats is highly polished electro music. Sill confessional, but without the soaring emotional slabs.

X-Men – Destiny – Review

October 14, 2011

It’s pretty astounding how a license with such limitless potential as X-Men has managed to inspire so many terrible videogames