Lollipop Magazine

There – We Are – Review

July 26, 2004

Chopping a bit of Motörhead speed into powerhawg bellbottomed Nixon-era lines will spin your head just right. Sabbath covers are as obvious as they are correct.

The Dishes – 3 – Review

July 26, 2004

The tunes are there, the playing hits notes and beats hard enough to bloody any nose, and the recording is great.

Clutch – Blast Tyrant – Interview

July 26, 2004

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Neil Fallon

Speedealer – Bleed – Review

July 12, 2004

Shit-hot “live-in-one-take” disc from one of the world’s foremost flamethrower aggropunk-rock units. Primal early rock and roll, punk dynamism, and metal chomp.

Penance – Spiritual Natural – Review

June 28, 2004

A clean, clear vocal attack ala Sabbath, Iron Man, Pentagram, The Obsessed, Trouble, and the heavy rock attack those folks created.

Desert Sessions – 9 & 10: I See You Hearin Me – Review

June 14, 2004

People involved: PJ Harvey, Josh Homme, Dean Ween, Twiggy Ramirez, Chris Goss, Josh Freese, Brian O’Connor, Joey Castillo, and more.

Gimme Skelter – Review

May 23, 2004

A disc of semi-popular gribble that encompasses differing rock quality not found on the radio dial.

Keelhaul – Subject to Change Without Notice – Review

April 12, 2004

The combined heft and riffage of metal language, the dynamic precision post-core/math-rock shares with prog rock and the ability to jam several ideas into a composition keys this as actual songcrafted rock.

Boss Martians – The Set-Up – Interview

April 12, 2004

An interview with singer/guitarist Evan Foster

Gravity Propulsion System – Poison Rays of Sound – Review

March 29, 2004

Ikara Colt could gig with’m just fine, as could Poem Rocket, or some of those angular units wandering around in the yard.