Lollipop Magazine

Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head – Review

January 31, 2003

The same delicate/emotional control as Travis and Poor Rich Ones, but they don’t put it to good songwriting. An album of cliched lyrics and mediocre melodies.

Grand Funk Railroad – On Time – Review

January 31, 2003

The debut, On Time, is a piston-pounding torrent of rhythmic overdrive, an hour’s worth of thumping beats banged out on raw, played-out drum heads.

Grand Funk Railroad – Live Album – Review

January 31, 2003

Nine blows to the head that up the intensity of the already crazed studio performances, driving everything faster until you feel as blurred as the cover.

Grand Funk Railroad – Live: The 1971 Tour – Review

January 31, 2003

A new collection of previously unreleased performances, contains different (in most cases, inferior) performances of five songs that also appear on Live Album.

Grand Funk Railroad – Closer to Home – Review

January 31, 2003

The band’s commercial breakthrough and the beginning of the end. The band is treading water for the first time.

Grand Funk Railroad – Grand Funk – Review

January 31, 2003

The Red Album is where the band’s sound really gelled, but it’s still the sound of a young band bashing it out with an abandon and enthusiasm.

Doves – The Last Broadcast – Interview

November 8, 2002

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Jez Williams

The Vines – Highly Evolved – Review

October 4, 2002

This band is simply a group of guys who know how to write good songs. That’s it. No major cultural relevance, no rock’n’roll revolution, just really nice songs.

Tales from the Crypt – Monsters of Metal – Review

June 4, 2001

From Sabbath’s ’76’s “Heaven and Hell” to ’00’s Apartment 26 (could be Kittie or Coal Chamber, really) to faves like Entombed, The Haunted, and Arch Enemy.

The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia – Review

April 1, 2001

A mishmash of musical moods that would make excellent fodder for your own, more carefully devised mix tapes.