Epitaph Records – Page 15 – Lollipop Magazine

Refused – The New Noise Theology – Review

April 1, 2001

Essentially two B-sides, a remix, and “New Noise” from The Shape of Punk to Come, this EP wouldn’t’ve been that necessary had the band stayed together.

All – Problematic – Review

April 1, 2001

18 songs in under 35 minutes (most two minutes, plus a few short blasts), ranging from lovestruck to pissy to thoughtful to silly. Yup, going for ALL…

Pennywise – Live@The Key Club – Review

April 1, 2001

18 songs, almost an hour’s worth of Pennywise live, you guessed it, at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA.

Midget Handjob – Midnight Snack Break at the Poodle Factory – Review

April 1, 2001

This is the kinda stream-of-consciousness “spoken word” with noisy avant-jazz/anal probing that only famous lunatics can get away with.

98 Mute – Slow Motion Riot – Review

September 1, 2000

98 Mute aren’t bad, they just are no different from a couple hundred other punk bands who aren’t bad.

NOFX – Pump up the Valuum – Review

September 1, 2000

Has no horns, no ska bridges, and few to no passionate swells that sometimes kick in to make ya realize NOFX can write really beautiful stuff.

New Bomb Turks – Nightmare Scenario – Review

September 1, 2000

They’re one of the great rock bands workin’ these days, straight up, record-wise as well as live.

Madball – Hold it Down – Review

September 1, 2000

The album I thought they’d never make: Not self-righteous, not self-glorifying, not watered-down, but the successor to Agnostic Front’s classic One Voice.

Punk-O-Rama – 5 – Review

September 1, 2000

A lotta punk inspires me to smash jewel cases, not the state, so when I wanna relisten to/go-get-the-latest by some of these bands, that says a lot.

The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Survival Sickness – Review

June 1, 2000

Dennis Lyxzen’s no-frills ’60s/’70s mod/garage rock band takes Small Faces, The Kinks, The Who, The Zombies, and The Make-Up and forms another mod rock band.