Lollipop Magazine

Inter Arma – Sky Burial – Review

August 6, 2013

It takes a few minutes for Inter Arma to be satisfied with the doom-drenched plod before adding additional elements, like a faint roar in the distance.

Spiritual Beggars – Earth Blues – Review

August 2, 2013

Michael Amott’s (Arch Enemy, ex-Carcass) retro rock project fights back from losing members and getting lost in the shuffle of fine bands flooding the genre.

The Saint James Society – Bab(a/y)lon Rising – Review

August 1, 2013

Distinctly ’80s UK post-punk/Goth rock reverb from Austin, Texas’ glammy psychedelic garage rockers.

Hot Lunch – Review

July 31, 2013

Big amps, lots of wah and distortion, Kyuss-souled stoner rock yahoo, and “Killer Smile” has drum fills Sabbath’s Bill Ward would approve of.

Bottom – MMXII EP – Review

July 5, 2013

Bottom has always been heavy and dark, but not like this! 2013 Bottom leans more Melvins/Blag Flag, with huge slabs of guitar fuzz to get their point across.

Blaak Heat Shujaa – The Storm Generation – Review

July 1, 2013

“Incident at Stinson Beach” is a fine instrumental that showcases the band’s penchant for psychedelia, surf rock, spaghetti Westerns, Middle Eastern scales and Far Eastern melodies.

Mudhoney – Vanishing Point – Review

June 28, 2013

Mudhoney have always been barbed, pissy, raw yet melodic, and raging against inclusion in the Seattle Boys Club of the early ’90s.

ASG – Blood Drive – Review

June 21, 2013

These 12 songs are catchy, memorable, and sound like classics as soon as you hit play.

Blood Ceremony – The Eldritch Dark – Review

May 17, 2013

Their style has been described as “flute-tinged witch rock,” and their lyrics are filled with black magic imagery and references to classic horror films.

Clutch – Earth Rocker – Review

April 5, 2013

A back catalog dotted with stargazing space rock, album-long jam sessions, and civil war concept albums, Clutch may seem a tough nut to crack. This one’s fun.