Lollipop Magazine

ZZ Top – Fandango! – Review

October 20, 2006

The live half is the only officially sanctioned live recording from the band’s early years. The second half contains their best studio work at that point.

ZZ Top – Tres Hombres – Review

October 20, 2006

This album is probably best known as the home of “La Grange,” but its riches reach far beyond that lone tune. Tres Hombres has a lot to offer.

Small Stone Records Sampler 2006 – Review

October 13, 2006

The 18 tracks on this promo-only compilation pretty much confirm the consensus among rock geeks that Small Stone is the finest rock label in the land.

The Brought Low – Right on Time – Review

July 28, 2006

This is a legitimately great album. Great songs are the most important part of any great album, and it’s difficult for me to find fault with any these tracks.

Bad Wizard – Sky High – Review

July 14, 2006

The band is still playing butt-shaking boogie rock, but the tempo’s a bit less frantic, and the psychedelic effects on the vocals may arch an eyebrow or two.

Dixie Witch – Smoke & Mirrors – Review

July 7, 2006

For whatever reason, the band’s brand of classic power-trio heavy rock seems to spring into a further dimension when the three members step onto a stage.

The Next Hundred Years – Review

June 23, 2006

Has that QOTSA “robot-rock” sound with heavy emphasis on repetition and plentiful starts and stops, but NHY have a much better singer than Josh Homme.

The Cuts – From Here On Out – Review

June 23, 2006

While I enjoyed the woodsy American rock feel of 2 Over Ten, I was hoping for a different direction on the follow-up, and I was definitely not disappointed.

OM – Conference of the Birds – Review

June 16, 2006

Two members of Sleep, the legendary proto-stoner ’90s trio, Chris Hakius and Al Cisneros, return after a long sabbatical as bass-and-guitar stoner duo, OM.

The Velvet Underground – Under Review – Review

June 16, 2006

A reasonably in-depth analysis, and even if there isn’t much new information for the hardcore geeks, the performance footage is enough to make it worthwhile.