Fat Wreck Chords – Page 13 – Lollipop Magazine

Bad Astronaut – Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem – Review

January 3, 2003

Epic transformations which at first seem incongruous become natural crescendos, multi-dimensioned vocal melodies prove themselves to be many limbs to one body.

The Flipsides – Clever One – Review

January 3, 2003

Singable as a doo-wop band gone punky and pissed.

No Use for a Name – Hard Rock Bottom – Review

November 22, 2002

Expect nothing less than pure pop bliss from No Use For A Name every time. Hard Rock Bottom sees Tony Sly further his adventures in Elliot Smith Land.

NOFX – 45 or 46 Songs that Weren’t Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records – Review

November 8, 2002

The title sez it all. If you don’t know what NOFX sounds like, uh, where the fuck you been? That’s one of them whatchacall’ems, hypothermia questions…

Bracket – Live in a Dive – Review

October 28, 2002

Alt-country licks, jazzed-up three-part vocal harmonies, unconventional chord progressions, served on a platter of mid-tempo power pop.

Nerf Herder – American Cheese – Review

October 28, 2002

The songs on American Cheese nail it, like the now classic “Sorry” and “Van Halen” from the debut.

Dillinger Four – Situationist Comedy – Interview

August 16, 2002

An interview with St. Patrick Costello

Limp – Review

August 16, 2002

Limp has slowed down. Not that they’ve gone emo or anything so tragic, but instead of flying along at Strung Out paces, they’re rolling along like Nerf Herder.

The Lawrence Arms – Apathy and Exhaustion – Review

May 31, 2002

Once you strip away the weird cover, the goofy titles, the “if we forgot ya, fuck ya” thank-you list, and the liquor store photos, you have a very safe record.

The Real McKenzies – Loch’d & Loaded – Review

May 12, 2002

I’ve played open-eyed punkers my CD, and they were duly impressed. They’re Canadian, cuz Scots had to migrate somewhere. Leave it to the Scots to go “up,” eh?