Lollipop Magazine

Sister Sonny – The Bandit Lab – Review

March 22, 2004

Yhe band wanders through a double album’s worth of textural seas without catching much fish, often too busy appreciating the scenery and not working the net harder.

All State Champion – Review

February 16, 2004

All State Champion steer clear of ambiguous yelling and haphazard noodling for concise crunch of the raucous kind.

Eastern Youth – What Can you See From Your Place – Review

February 2, 2004

Leatherface’s tough-and-gruff, Fugazi’s hyper-emotionality, and an innate Japanese ability to contort melodies into visions of blood-dripping cherry blossoms.

Poor Rich Ones – Joe Maynard’s Favourites – Review

August 27, 2003

It’s a shame that Poor Rich Ones and William Hut aren’t household names in the U.S.. Without a doubt the best band in the “dramatic rock” genre.

William Hut – Road Star Doolittle – Review

August 27, 2003

If Poor Rich Ones are the smokey chimney on top of the ice-surrounded log cabin, then Road Star Doolittle – Hut’s solo debut – is the hermit inside.

Even Johansen – Quiet & Still – Review

February 22, 2002

Even Johansen, frontman of British/Norwegian band Libido, sounds like a combination of Thom York and David Usher (of Moist).

Poor Rich Ones – Happy Happy Happy – Review

June 3, 2001

Comparisons to Manic Street Preachers are sure to surface, but Poor Rich Ones finds its own identity around vocalist William’s cool, ethereal falsetto.