Lollipop Magazine

Dead Boys – Live at CBGB’s 1977 – Review

June 13, 2005

Prime era kickass punk rock from Cleveland’s Iggy-fixated rocker casualties. Filmed when people in NY thought that this roaring splatter was gonna be big.

Ditchliquor – Review

June 13, 2005

Heavy/space-doom-epic cut with quick metal jabs, a bit of rumblecore bass, some post-punk drilling, and the occasional speedy roundhouse.

Crash Kelly – Penny Pills – Review

June 13, 2005

A couple good tunes, some great guitar parts, and the ability to rock harder live (one hopes) should lead to wherever.

Complicated Shirt – Strigine – Review

June 13, 2005

Splattery-ass punk garage hewed from hard rock/acid garage rootage. Tunes get whirled around, riifs/leads dissolve into each other, and the songs stick.

Electric Frankenstein – Super Kool – Review

May 30, 2005

Covers of a heavy Sex Pistols tune (“Satellite”), and Black Sabbath’s rock ‘n’ roll side “Never Say Die.” Hard rock kickass derived from punkoid gettin’ it on.

Slunt – EP – Review

May 30, 2005

Five tracks of party hard neo-sleaze rock based in early Kiss, Joan Jet, Quarterflash, Backyard Babies, and The Donnas.

DMBQ – The Essential Sounds From the Far East – Review

May 30, 2005

Tense, taunt, expansive, and explosive, making for a safe home for any “talent” they may have. This four-piece have it.

We’re All Gonna Die – The Wreck of the Minot – Interview

May 16, 2005

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Jim Healey

The Thieves – The White Line – Review

May 9, 2005

“You Get it Easy” is a catchy tune based on Bowie’s “Heroes,” which is a good one to lift when using “new wavy” rock vocals and a stripped-down nu-garage push.

Skeemin’ No Goods – Review

April 25, 2005

Ramones/Motörhead/Thin Lizzy cha-cha-cha from guys who’ve tooled for The Laughing Hyenas, Easy Action, Speedball, The Paybacks, The Fags, Seduce, and others.