Brian Varney – Page 12 – Lollipop Magazine

Rich Robinson – Paper – Review

December 27, 2004

Paper is a dissatisfying experience. I’ve been spoiled by Chris Robinson singing this material for so long, and Rich’s voice just doesn’t get the job done.

Antler – Review

December 27, 2004

Antler reside in some of the same classic rock territory as Roadsaw but focus on the mellower, more emotional “lighter in the air” side of things.

Floor – Dove – Review

December 27, 2004

Fine, concise sludge-metal, down-tuned guitars and huge downstrokes driven by fairly brisk tempos, conventional song structures, and non-growly vocals.

Nathaniel Mayer – I Just Want to Be Held – Review

December 21, 2004

You don’t have to be a fanatic or a geek to appreciate the raw beauty of Mayer’s Fortune recordings, and you don’t have to be one to love this album, either.

Red Planet – We Know How it Goes – Review

December 20, 2004

Red Planet play peppy, synth-heavy new wave driven by bouncy, super-catchy songs that sound kinda sorta familiar.

Silvertide – Show and Tell – Review

December 20, 2004

Antecedents are the first Black Crowes album and glossed-up cock rockers like Buckcherry and Velvet Revolver. Scuzzy party rock sheathed in a too-slick package.

Goatsnake – Trampled Under Hoof – Review

December 13, 2004

This five-song EP (three newbies plus St. Vitus and Black Oak Arkansas covers released on rare comps) comes like four years after the last Goatsnake release.

Comets On Fire – Blue Cathedral – Review

December 13, 2004

The band have a very firm grasp on what makes psychedelia work. They’re take what could’ve been incidental music and they’ve made it muscular and captivating.

Bad Wizard – #1 Tonight – Interview

December 6, 2004

An interview with singer Curtis Brown

The Last Vegas – Lick ’em and Leave ’em – Review

December 6, 2004

Eleven tracks of patented Get Hip swagger-rock, big rock recorded on a little budget, just like New York Dolls and all the bands who’ve come in their wake.