Craig Regala – Page 24 – Lollipop Magazine

Minus – Halldor Laxness – Review

November 5, 2003

Breaking off a chunk of melodious/atmospheric nü rock to blow open the emotional palette and drawing textural tools from old and new psychedelic bands.

Throw Rag – Desert Shoes – Review

October 29, 2003

Rooted in fertile ’50s r&b rockin” this reality is served up hot in 2zerozero3.

Gein And The Graverobbers – Songs In The Key of Evil – Review

October 26, 2003

Twangy guitars shot through with reverb ride the pulsing skeletonal surf beat as one guitar gobbles Crampsoid maggots whist the other pokes instrumental stuff.

Sabers – Specter – Review

October 22, 2003

THIS is textured groove vs. “ambient” rock stuff. Like some early 20th century Swedish classical or the titles on the ECM jazz/classical/improv/space label.

Man – Machine – Review

October 22, 2003

One guy, one bass, one drum welded together like some cranked-out meatbot ready to tell you what pisses him off. A LOT pisses him off, and A LOT amuses him.

Dataclast vs. The Earwigs – Review

October 22, 2003

Dataclast’s distorto-growl is lanced off old black/grind LPs and synthetic fuzz via DHR’s discography. The Earwigs remind me of “industrial noise” before dance music and arena rock got mixed in it.

Headbands – Review

October 15, 2003

Headbands lists and details a cool part of hyper-link reality that’s composes a chunk of ugh-reality; the classicist desire to make sense of random word combos.

Smash Up Derby – Review

October 15, 2003

A great comp for those who wanna learn about this stuff, and it’s got some cool unreleased stuff, all for a list price of two Rolling Rocks.

Guitar Ace – Link Wray Tribute – Review

October 15, 2003

What’s to say? This is the best tribute I’ve ever heard, with the best liner notes, and just plain great roots rock destruction.

House of Low Culture – Edward’s Lament – Review

October 8, 2003

Whether it’s acoustic-based doom folk, a rat chewing through a Melvins record cover, or some “plinking,” it’s placed and desires attention.