Lollipop Magazine

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – …And This Is Our Music – Review

February 16, 2004

Pretty songs packed to the gills with hushed vocals, lightly-strummed guitars, understated strings, unintrusive synth blips, and light washes from the drumkit.

Brant Bjork – Keep Your Cool – Review

February 9, 2004

The songs are mostly funky (lotsa subtle touches like wah-wah and clavinet, not to mention the beats), but very sparely arranged.

Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste – Review

February 2, 2004

Out to correct glaring omissions in Greil Marcus’ Lester Bangs reader, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, like his love for early heavy metal pioneers.

Gigs from Hell – Review

February 2, 2004

Sleazegrinder asked bands to contribute their most outrageous tour story, then compiled the best into the perfect book for the crapper in any house of rock.

Nebula – Atomic Ritual – Review

February 2, 2004

Generic title aside, this sets the controls for the center of the universe, which is where you want ’em set when Nebula is at the helm.

Black Label Society – Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned – Review

January 28, 2004

It’s heartening to see a packed club of heavy metal maniacs in the same city (Detroit) that has launched so many lame-ass garage rock bands in recent years.

The Black Lips – Review

November 26, 2003

Post-Nuggets garage punk, likeyou mighta seen on Estrus pre-Hellacopters, chock fulla two-minute screechers, the resulting desperately-needing-a-scrub racket.

The Telegenic – Review

November 19, 2003

Bar-band pop-rock with an anthemic streak that wants to cross the pop horse-sense of “Jessie’s Girl” with the grandiosity of Bruce Springsteen.

Dixie Witch – One Bird Two Stones – Review

November 12, 2003

The words “truth and soul” were not first paired as a description of a rock band, but you could do worse when summing up what makes Dixie Witch great.

Blind Dog – Captain Dog Rides Again – Review

November 12, 2003

10 songs and fifty minutes of prog-tinged three-piece Swedish thrash, the vocalist seemingly aiming for a baffling midway point between L-G Petrov and RJ Dio.