Lollipop Magazine

Atom And His Package – Attention! Blah Blah Blah – Review

September 3, 2003

The corners of the songs are packed with acidic guitar riffs and brightly-colored electronics, which, like Goren’s voice, are often goofy but never annoying.

Atom And His Package – Hamburgers – Review

November 15, 2002

Silly, keyboard-infatuated stuff, giddy, and tuneful as all hell, with titles like “I’m Downright Amazed at What I Can Destroy with Just a Hammer.”

Hopelessly Devoted to You – Vol 4 – Review

November 11, 2002

Newer Hopeless/Sub City band are of two distinct schools: The Weakerthans and Jeff Ott go the acoustic route, Thrice and Avenged Sevenfold are heavy.

Plea for Peace Take Action – Review

April 19, 2002

This comp and the tour that supported it brought some of the biggest names in underground music across the nation, raising donations and spreading good music.

Grease: The not so original Soundtrack from the motion picture – Review

April 1, 2000

Most of the bands here 1) aren’t very good, 2) don’t try very hard, 3) point out a whispered truth: Most of the songs in Grease were actually pretty lame.

Return of the Read Menace – Review

September 1, 1999

Honest Don’s teams up with AK Press for this 25-track, 75 minute CD of punk, rock (emo, indie, and singer/songwriter), and good, free-thinking sentiments.

Incompatible #1 – Review

June 1, 1999

Now here’s something new… a CD ROM compilation and ‘zine. Not only is it a great idea, it proves to be a pretty interesting read.

Punk Uprisings Vol. 2 – Review

November 1, 1998

39 tracks of East Coast hardcore, Oi, punk, and A.C., all lovingly arranged in alphabetical order.