Lollipop Magazine

Aloha – Some Echoes – Review

May 12, 2006

On Some Echoes, the band don’t look to conquer new territory as much as expand upon what they’ve already cultivated: Less virtuosity and more memorability.

Aloha – Sugar – Review

October 4, 2002

Sugar – Aloha’s sophomore full-length – doesn’t disappoint. Everything that blew us away the first time is back, smarter and more full-bodied than ever.

ReDirection – Review

February 22, 2002

The best source for Midwestern math-ish indie/instrumental/emo rock, Polyvinyl has put together a damn fine (and balanced) sampler for those uninitiated.

Aloha – That’s Your Fire – Review

June 1, 2000

Take post-rock ala Tortoise and Trans Am, inject it with Midwest melody stylings of Braid and The Promise Ring, and Rush and King Crimson’s prog tendencies.

Aloha – The Great Communicators, the Interpreters, the Nonbelievers – Review

April 1, 2000

Multi-faced, jam-based experimental indie rock with about as much percussive weirdness as Mr. Bungle’s live set.