Lollipop Magazine

Baby Shambles – Shotter’s Nation – Review

December 14, 2007

Where last year’s Down In Albion gave a medicine-headed snapshot of the singer’s opiate use, Shotter’s Nation has a clarity and energy that the former lacked.

Tracy Thorn – Out of the Woods – Review

July 13, 2007

Before Björk, Goldfrapp, or Imogen Heap, Tracy Thorn was utilizing her soft yet no-nonsense angel croons to add life to electronica ballads and dance anthems.

Sia – Lady Croissant – Review

May 11, 2007

Australian seductress/occasional Zero 7 vocalist Sia should be no stranger to anyone who indulges in the air-y, sensual chillout sort of TV soundtrack ambience.

Air – Pocket Symphony – Review

April 6, 2007

Not everyone will be in the mood to slip under the covers of Pocket Symphony’s sometimes-sleepy atmospheres, especially those looking for booty-shaking.

Prophet Omega – The Natural World – Review

November 20, 2006

Great drumming and production, “The Right Thing” rocks like a Gap commercial, but it doesn’t last. I forget electronic-obsessed pop rock like this still exists.

Placebo – Meds – Review

November 10, 2006

This is what Big Black would’ve sounded like if they’d stayed together. Both are epic and demented, heart warming and horrifying, organic and electronic.

The Juan Maclean – Less Than Human – Review

December 9, 2005

Juan Maclean was the guitarist for Six Finger Satellite. Less Than Human is produced by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy, aka DFA, underground dance legends. A couple tracks feature vocals by Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem. By all accounts, it should be one monster of an album. So what happened?

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