Lollipop Magazine

Rufio – Review

September 3, 2003

Simultaneously combine fast and intricate guitar work with hard-fisted drums and the honest voice of Scott Sellers, creating a perfect recipe to sell records.

Moving Units – Review

September 3, 2003

Disco breakdowns along with new wave elements. Blake Miller’s slurring, calm vocals are reminiscent of The Strokes and Hot Hot Heat.

The Format – EP – Review

July 23, 2003

The Format is an acoustic, synthesized, pop band relying on hand claps and drum machines to convey an inspired ’80s sound.

The Adventures of Jet – Muscle – Review

July 23, 2003

Featured on this year’s SXSW tour, Dallas natives AOJ have been praised all around, and Muscle is an example of their wacky but successful pop sound.

Hot Rod Circuit – Been There Smoked That – Review

July 23, 2003

From their earliest recordings as Antidote to a faster, harder, guitar-driven HRC, but with the same melodies.

Favorite Atomic Hero – Who Will Save You Now? – Review

July 23, 2003

The catchy, radio-friendly sound is borderline modern rock, except for the high usage of Moogs and keyboards.

Eleventeen – In The Air – Review

July 23, 2003

Sounding remarkably like Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows, the scorned romantic vocalist of Eleventeen confesses atop a Matchbox 20 sound.

Spitalfield – The Cloak & Dagger Club – Review

July 13, 2003

Comparable to Thursday, or a harder Saves the Day, Spitalfield uses soft drums with fluctuating guitar strums that tease your ears, and then pound them.

Tora! Tora! Torrance! – Get Into It – Review

July 2, 2003

Get Into It has an explosive, raw, garage sound full of hand claps and “oh yeahs!” to get you up and moving.

The Reunion Show – Kill Your Television – Review

June 13, 2003

Kill Your TV definitely categorizes them as catchy, pop rock fun, in the vein of of Ultimate Fakebook and Midtown.