Lollipop Magazine

Broken Bones – Time for Anger, Not Justice – Review

March 28, 2005

I’ve got a record in the ’80s with “F.O.A.D.” and every hardcore punk record I got later from Broken Bones was worse than the first.

The Freeze – One False Move – Review

September 1, 1999

Too familiar in that déjà vu sense to be new, but too world-weary to be from this seminal Boston Hardcore icons’ early ’80s heyday. But this is pretty great!

The Bollweevils – History of Pt. II – Review

June 1, 1999

This is a 24-song compilation of all sorts of songs spanning the years that originally appeared on split 7″s, comps, and a few unreleased tracks.

The Tank – There’s No “I” in Band – Review

June 1, 1999

Two words: Good time. Two more words: The Tank. Music so vibrant and full of vigor, it might leap off the CD and go skateboarding.

Skankin’ Pickle – The Green Album – Review

February 1, 1997

This release is Skankin’ Pickle’s fifth and last with front man Mike Park who left to focus on The Bruce Lee Band and his new Asian Man Records label.

Sinkhole – Space Freak – Review

April 1, 1995

Sneering vocals, chugging guitars with simple, catchy lines that are too raw to be sweet, and drumming that sounds like there’s an octopus behind the kit.