Lollipop Magazine

The Queers – Munki Brain – Review

July 22, 2007

If Ramones were the Beach Boys of punk, The Queers are the Jan & Dean. The softer, younger brother of surf punk. They’ve got shobby-doo-wops, for God’s sake.

Bad Brains – Build A Nation – Review

July 20, 2007

Many camps took Bad Brains’ lead, from Fishbone to watered-down 311 and Sublime. But few have produced a work as edifying and emotionally whole as this.

Viva Death – One Percent Panic – Review

July 13, 2007

To enjoy the album as a whole requires a broad palette, such as that of the eclectic Mr. Freese. Expertly performed, executed, and produced.

Rival Skulls – Hell Ouverture – Review

July 13, 2007

Rival Skulls trade off between Misfits demonizing “Vampyrism Theory” and AFI hardcore “Luciferian Path” with a humorless but pretty damn cool delivery.

Uncyclopedia – Review

April 27, 2007

“You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindboggingly big it is. You may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to this.”

Serpenteens – Dead Men Walking – Review

April 20, 2007

A fine mixture of Sabbath and Misfits featuring graciously round guitar work, driving rhythms, and sneaky melodies. Did I mention great soaring harmonies?

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes – Love Their Country – Review

April 20, 2007

We have both kinds of music, punk and western. It’s high time Fat Mike’s Karaoke kings bellied up to the bar for some honky tonkin’.

The Terminals – Forget About Never – Review

April 20, 2007

Despite and because of the unusual engineering, the room noise and unsafe at any volume recording level, this is the most exciting garage punk in many moons.

Kibo – Review

April 13, 2007

For 15 years, Kibo hosted a Usenet group to expound on physics, mathematics, and British sitcoms. Al Gore had to ask his permission to invent the Internet.

Evanescence – The Open Door – Review

April 13, 2007

Sounds so like Fallen, it could’ve been culled from the same sessions. Not on par with Tori Amos or Kate Bush, but somewhere around Fionna Apple and Jewell.