Brian Varney – Page 18 – Lollipop Magazine

Sleep – Dopesmoker – Review

November 5, 2003

Though considered one of the biggest, best, and most important bands in stoner rock’s short history, Sleep has always bored me to death.

Camarosmith – Review

October 29, 2003

The mullet-rock post-Zeke project known as Camarosmith came into being, as do many such similarly-themed ideas, as a joke.

Transport League – Grand Amputation – Review

October 29, 2003

Considering the band’s twin impulses (metal and groove), it’s no surprise that Grand Amputation has more than a bit of the astringent flavor of nü metal.

Fu Manchu – Go For It… Live! – Review

October 22, 2003

22 tracks over two discs, the song selection covering the whole of the band’s career. Not a band prone to jamming, so the arrangements are left untouched.

Wellwater Conspiracy – Review

October 22, 2003

The fourth Wellwater Conspiracy album and I still don’t get it. The only way to succeed at poppy psychedelic rock is to write incredible songs. WWC do not.

Ambulance LTD – Review

October 22, 2003

Pretty and sensitive enough to appeal to the snobby clerk at the indie shop, but with psychedelic touches to catch the attention of your drug-addled buddies.

The Flash Express – Introducing the Dynamite Sound of… – Review

October 8, 2003

Fast and super-furious uptown action-rock bashing with punk-rock energy, the kinda thing that always sounds great comin’ outta the speakers when you push play.

The Cramps – Fiends of Dope Island – Review

October 8, 2003

Fiends of Dope Island is the same album they’ve been making over and over for the past two decades.

Melvins – 26 Songs – Review

October 1, 2003

Recorded in 1986, it shows the band at its most heavy and least experimental. For fans who’ve tired of the band’s increasingly experimental and spotty output.

AC/DC – ’74 Jailbreak – Review

October 1, 2003

The five tracks on this EP are drawn from the original Australian versions of the band’s early LPs, whose track listings were different from the American LPs.