Lollipop Magazine

Smoking Popes Tribute – Review

July 23, 2003

Smoking Popes hailed from Chicago, wrote smart, delicately melodic powerpop, made deceptively simply “punky” chords sound sweet, and this is their tribute.

Victory Style – 5 – Review

November 11, 2002

In between old-timers dropping by, Victory Style 5 is the label introducing their new signees. For your “cover every subgenre” needs, look no further.

This Changes Everything – Review

April 19, 2002

Second Nature’s roster has always been patchy. They’ve got giants like Coalesce and The Casket Lottery, but rip-offs like Reggie And The Full Effect.

Plea for Peace Take Action – Review

April 19, 2002

This comp and the tour that supported it brought some of the biggest names in underground music across the nation, raising donations and spreading good music.

Grade – Headfirst Straight to Hell – Review

February 15, 2002

The music has gotten better, even without the input of now-departed founding member/main songwriter Greg Taylor, but the vocals still kill it.

Grade – The Embarrassing Beginning – Review

June 2, 2001

Grade, in all of its predictable sing-scream/loud-soft/we-can’t-play-anything-other-than-emo-chords, has opened up its high school photo album for all to see.

Victory Style – 4 – Review

June 1, 2000

After what seems like an eternity of tough guy, chug-a-lug metalcore releases, Victory is getting back to what the label does best: Variety.

Grade – Under the Radar – Review

January 1, 2000

Enough raw aggression to qualify as hardcore, enough melodies to be worshiped by emo geeks, enough rock to be embraced by the punk community.

Grade – Triumph and Tragedy – Review

January 1, 2000

Everyone will dig it because t’s easy to sway to, and it’s not interesting enough to take your concentration away from what you’re really doing.