Craig Regala – Page 28 – Lollipop Magazine

The Shakedowns – Move – Review

February 14, 2003

Nice-guy punk’n’roll with hard rock touches in guitarville. Feel like they germinated out of a hopped-up power-pop combo, whittled into more of a gut punch.

The Paper Chase – Hide the Kitchen Knives – Review

February 14, 2003

He got the band together and cut a solo thing. That thing is this, and it’s a hair-ripping, nail-biting stress factory, especially when it’s quiet.

The Last Drop – Where Were You Living in a Year From Now? – Review

February 14, 2003

Guitar rock with legit rhythm section workin’ mid-tempos. So it’s not far off Bush or Silverchair, really, a little “groovier”/”thuddier.”

The Epoxies – Review

February 14, 2003

Tinfoil hat “new wave” ’80s roots intensified and streamlined away from the hinky-jerkiness in favor of a pushier punk and roll take on such goofiness.

Puffball – Solid State – Review

February 14, 2003

Fast rocker punk with a Stooges quote, a Motörhead rip, and a non-pop presentation that works great. Imagine a hardcore band in ’83 playing sped-up Nuge riffs.

One Man Army – Rumors and Headlines – Review

February 14, 2003

The soft white gut of ’77 Brit punk rock looking back in beery wonder to the Springsteen side of Joe Strummer.

The Cutthroats 9 – Review

January 31, 2003

Picking up where his previous band (Unsane) left off, Chris Spencer bores into the space between art-noise, explosive groove-grind punk roots, and death’n’roll.

Below The Sound – More Like a Gunshot Than a Car Wreck – Review

January 17, 2003

Below the Sound compact dry nagging riffs with a mechanical rabbit-punch whacking from different angles until you’ve been worked over by a sock fulla golfballs.

Lo Hi – Say it More – Review

January 17, 2003

They could gig with Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and be just fine. Clean female vocals, occasional organ fills, geeky squared-off rhythms, a bit of minimalist pretension.

Deride – First Round Knockout – Review

January 17, 2003

Spraken ze kick ass? Deride straddle the metalized dirt rock of Speedealer, Zeke, Lambs, Suplecs, etc., and where ’80s riff-core laps up grind ‘n’ roll.