Lollipop Magazine

Seminal Indie Rock Band Shiner Joins Spartan Records – News

June 30, 2022

Seminal midwestern indie rock outfit Shiner – contemporaries of bands like HUM, Jawbox, Failure, and Swervedriver – has joined the Spartan Records roster.

Play – Review

June 22, 2007

Play can be enjoyed by anyone between one and 101. It isn’t aimed to placate children “just for the time being”: It’s meant to stay with you as you grow up.

The Life And Times – Suburban Hymns – Interview

January 20, 2006

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Allen Epley

Channels – Open – Interview

April 11, 2005

An interview with J. Robbins

Edie Sedgwick – Her Love is Real But She is Not – Review

February 23, 2005

New wave was always weird, lots of gender-bending, and the drum sounds sucked and some of the keyboard sounds grated yer nerves. So this is pretty accurate.

Maritime – Glass Floor – Review

December 20, 2004

Ex-The Promise Ring’s Davey von Bohlen and Dan Didier have teamed up with ex-The Dismemberment Plan bassist Eric Axelson for Maritime.

Shiner – The Egg – Review

March 22, 2002

Shiner, like Burning Airlines and No Knife, is one of those cases of rock bands that defy conventional song structures, tempo changes, melodic progressions.

Burning Airlines – Identikit – Review

February 22, 2002

These guys still rock your fucking ass. Just because they’re intelligent and superior musicians doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten how to connect emotionally.

The Dismemberment Plan – Change – Review

February 8, 2002

Weird little melodies floating on top of slanted beats, trying to mimic an art school Dave Matthews vocal tone on top of pseudo-drum’n’bass patterns.