Lollipop Magazine

Spiritualized announce Everything Was Beautiful – News

November 26, 2021

Spiritualized has announced their forthcoming ninth album, Everything Was Beautiful, out February 25, 2022 on Fat Possum.

First Royal Trux Album in 19 Years – News

January 11, 2019

The first Royal Trux album in 19 years, White Stuff, is out March 1 on Fat Possum. Listen to the title track, “White Stuff,” here.

The Black Keys – Chulahoma – Review

November 10, 2006

Chulahoma is the band’s own personal Kimbrough tribute, a six-song EP that closes out the band’s tenure with Kimbrough’s one-time home, Fat Possum.

Deadboy and the Elephantmen – We Are Night Sky – Interview

August 18, 2006

An interview with vocalist Dax Riggs

Deadboy and the Elephantmen – We Are Night Sky – Review

March 3, 2006

The fatalistic beauty seems more urgent. Dax’s vocals and guitar (both often distorted) and Tessie Brunet’s feral drumming and lovely harmony vocals are here.

Nathaniel Mayer – I Just Want to Be Held – Review

December 21, 2004

You don’t have to be a fanatic or a geek to appreciate the raw beauty of Mayer’s Fortune recordings, and you don’t have to be one to love this album, either.

20 Miles – Life Doesn’t Rhyme – Review

March 15, 2004

Half-assed blues from one-third of JSBX. Judah Bauer plays the kind of music that makes you think, “Hey, that Jon Spencer is a pretty good guitarist, isn’t he?”

Robert Belfour – Pushin’ My Luck – Review

October 1, 2003

Country blues, acoustic guitar, sedate mutterings & rarely a standard 12-bar blues in sight. No SRV/Skynard/white boy bar band massacre of a pentatonic scale.

R.L. Burnside – First Recordings – Review

October 1, 2003

He’s got an attitude the size of a Mac truck, and a personality with the power to knock you down. This is the raw element, where it all began, the fountainhead.

Joe Callicott – Ain’t A Gonna Lie To You – Review

October 1, 2003

Joe Callicott isn’t the gritty Delta-style blues guy you would expect. His is a light, smooth style, not so much polished as greased.