Lollipop Magazine

The Bellrays – @ the Barfly – Review

April 28, 2006

I enjoyed the band’s second and third releases, but their third, The Red, White & Black, was a bit of a disappointment. @ the Barfly draws heavily from RW&B.

The Muggs – Review

April 28, 2006

Musically, it’s equal parts AC/DC and Foghat, with raspy, slightly snotty vocals heavy on important words like “baby,” and I just can’t get enough.

Cathedral – The Garden of Unearthly Delights – Review

April 21, 2006

This is an awesome, eclectic, mature record, and it’s clear that the band enjoys pushing their playing, writing, and arranging skills as far as they’ll go.

YOB – The Unreal Never Lived – Review

April 21, 2006

This power trio from Oregon crafts textured, moody, sometimes spacey, sometimes crushing, always intriguing jams of the stoner/doom variety.

Grand Magus – Wolf’s Return – Review

April 21, 2006

Whereas the first two Grand Magus full-lengths were doom with a bit of classic rock and metal, Wolf’s Return is a classic metal album with just a hint of doom.

Rhino Bucket – And Then It Got Ugly – Review

April 14, 2006

First studio album in 12 freakin’ years. Signed to Warner Bros in 1990, had a couple hits, were on Headbanger’s Ball, and landed a song in Wayne’s World.

The Ribeye Brothers – Bar Ballads and Cautionary Tales – Review

April 14, 2006

Firmly rooted in the Back from the Grave/Nuggets tradition of bands in matching suits playing furiously catchy three-minute slabs. Two ex-Monster Magnet alum.

Crowne Vict – A Method to Feel Alive – Review

April 7, 2006

From the whisper to a scream hard rock style to the slick production and pro packaging, these tousled-hair brooders know the game.

Kill The Fall – Hellephant – Review

April 5, 2006

Kill The Fall: Kinda spoken/drooping yell of non-croon Danzig (it’s a Jersey thing) over rolling stoner riffs and we’re off to a good start.

The Illuminati – Review

March 17, 2006

The songs are so cool, this whole hillbilly Thin Lizzy thing making sense, if you heavy it up with the Sabbath to make mod stoner rock loud enough to be heard.