Lollipop Magazine

Punk-O-Rama – Volume 9 – Review

March 7, 2005

Longest-running series, and a good value. They’re getting harder to discern from each other and the Warped Tour comps, but there’s always a surprise or two.

Hopelessly Devoted To You – Vol. 5 – Review

March 7, 2005

Each year, it seems Hopeless includes fewer punk acts, which means they are less devoted to me, I don’t even know them anymore. We never talk anymore.

Only Crime – To the Nines – Review

February 21, 2005

Only Crime isn’t averse to a melody, and their fierce delivery will shame most of the young bands trying to follow. Try to keep up, kids, this is how it’s done.

Guttermouth – Eat Your Face – Review

February 21, 2005

Eat Your Face is a return to form. Precisely where Surf Punks and Suicidal Tendencies left off, with ridiculous jabs at everyone and everything.

The Code – Rhetoric of Reason – Review

February 21, 2005

The sound is reminiscent of Rancid and The Suicide Machines but, to be brutally honest, The Code is quite a bit better than either and poised to be huge.

The Briefs – Sex Objects – Review

February 21, 2005

Where Hit After Hit was a solid masterpiece, Sex Objects contains some throwaway material.

Vaux – Plague Music – Review

February 21, 2005

The metal edge is chamfered by dramatic soaring Goth rock progressions and honed with Sabbath crunch. Spacey electronic squeaks put a modern stamp on the piece.

C.aarmé – Review

February 21, 2005

Fuzzed-out, bass-driven, obscene Birthday Party versions of the Batman theme. Like Wire and Gang of Four, they can be skillfully brutal and remain intelligent.

The Thingz – Review

February 14, 2005

This scratches the itch for garage rock with brilliantly retarded lyrics. Only people who like silliness and a damn good time are going to let The Thingz loose.

The Kickz – Activate Me – Review

February 14, 2005

The Thingz, are not angry or malevolent in any way. They are, in fact, hyperactive kids who can’t keep themselves from twitching and squirming.