Reviews – Page 75 – Lollipop Magazine

The Globes – Future Self – Review

July 1, 2011

To produce a work this mature this early portends of good things for the Globes. While Future Self isn’t great or even very good, it certainly has merit.

The Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal – Volume 4 – The ’00s – Review

July 1, 2011

It’s a testament to the writing that this is good enough to read from beginning to end, discovering new artists as you go, just to hear the author’s take.

MLB 1 – The Show – Review

June 30, 2011

MLB 11 The Show offers the best baseball experience on a console, due in large part to the stellar audiovisual presentation that mimics an actual MLB broadcast.

Samael – Lux Mundi – Review

June 29, 2011

Samael settles into its trademark midtempo mood and plays things a little too safe at times, but the highlights leave more of an impression than the dips.

Portal 2 – Review

June 28, 2011

Portal 2 shines with the polish of a classic game, a relic from the days when a satisfying and replayable single player experience was all it took.

Red Fang – Murder the Mountains – Review

June 27, 2011

These Portland guys are in the sludgy, fuzzy metal camp. The band’s two vocalists will take you back to the golden Oliveri years of Queens of the Stone Age.

Blitzkid – Apparitional – Review

June 10, 2011

Described as “horror punk,” Blitzkid’s no-frills, strictly traditional melodic punk is an overabundance of gang choruses, chants, and galloping drums.

NYC’s Occultation is darkest before the dawn – News

June 9, 2011

New York City-based experimental doom ritualists Occultation are pleased to announce that they will be resurrecting their much-hailed Somber Dawn demo in wax.

Dwarves – Born Again – Review

June 1, 2011

18 new songs to fingerfuck your eardrums, from harmonized rampage to doo-wop teenage thrills. Only Blag is getting a handjob under the counter at the malt shop.

The Strokes – Angles – Review

May 27, 2011

I’m not against growth in a particular artist, or hell, in people. But with Angles, the Strokes prove that sometimes growth is overrated.