Lollipop Magazine

Star Fucking Hipsters – From the Dumpster To the Grave – Review

April 15, 2012

You might not be caught in a mosh for “Death Is Never Out of Fashion,” but you’ll be dancing to these 150 seconds of early Suicide Machines-style boogie.

Tony Sly – Devonshire and Crown – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

No Use For A Name’s Tony Sly is a staple of the punk scene, and you get a more intimate look at the singer-songwriter on “Devonshire and Crown.”

Useless ID – Before It Kills – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

This Israeli quartet has sharpened their melodic punk into a razor’s edge after years of albums, EPs, and splits, resulting in the immaculate “Before It Kills.”

The Real McKenzies – The Message – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

This Vancouver-based band celebrates their Scottish heritage through a raucous mix of rock, punk, and folk.

Old Man Markley – Party Shack – Review

April 15, 2012

Old Man Markley mix bluegrass and Americana with their punk, which conjures fine memories of how John Doe and Billy Zoom of X.

Star Fucking Hipsters – Death Is Never Out of Fashion – Music Stream

April 15, 2012

You might not be caught in a mosh for “Death Is Never Out of Fashion,” but you’ll be dancing to these 150 seconds of early Suicide Machines-style boogie.

Useless ID – Symptoms – Review

April 15, 2012

This Israeli quartet has sharpened their melodic punk into a razor’s edge after years of albums, EPs, and splits, resulting in the immaculate “Before It Kills.”

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Sing In Japanese – Review

April 15, 2012

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes have never been afraid of being quirky, so it should be no surprise that they’ve put out an EP sung entirely in Japanese.

Dead To Me – Moscow Penny Ante – Review

April 15, 2012

San Francisco’s Dead To Me display shades of the UK band Consumed on the hard-driving “Undertow.” That kind of burly, forceful punk is always OK in our book.

Cobra Skulls – Agitations – Review

April 15, 2012

Many a marriage has been shattered on the rocks of Reno, so while you’re there, you might as well hear some good punk rock, like the Cobra Skulls.