Lollipop Magazine

Rancid return with Honor Is All We Know – News

October 30, 2014

Rancid has released their highly anticipated new album titled …Honor Is All We Know on Hellcat / Epitaph Records.

The Interrupters release debut album on Hellcat – News

September 11, 2014

The ska-punk band’s self-titled debut The Interrupters is out now on Hellcat Records and was produced by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong.

Dropkick Murphys to release limited edition LP box set – News

October 9, 2013

Boston legends Dropkick Murphys release limited edition LP collection of entire discography from Do Or Die to Signed and Sealed in Blood, on November 3, 2013.

Street Dogs – State of Grace – Review

June 1, 2008

Boston’s second favorite Irish/street punk band return with their fourth studio release, first for Hellcat .

Time Again – Darker Days – Review

January 1, 2008

Time Again is a perfectly good opening band for Rancid, who’re a perfectly good opening band for The Clash.

HorrorPops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill – Review

January 1, 2008

Female-fronted psychobilly. Dark guitarwork, the singer belts it out and lashes against fashion/trendy music, but it’s a bit too self-aware for my tastes.

Give ‘Em The Boot – V – Review

December 15, 2006

A good round-up of Hellcat bands ranging from psychobilly to ska and all manner of punk. No real surprises, and no real highlights, just like the last time.

Westbound Train – Transitions – Review

November 20, 2006

I like ska as much as getting cornholed in a dark alley, but Boston’s Westbound Train mix in some soul, so at least my rapist lubed up first.

Left Alone – Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts – Review

June 1, 2005

Like The Clash, Rancid, U.S. Bombs, and Swingin’ Utters? So do Left Alone. Wish those bands were younger and hungrier and not on autopilot? There’s Left Alone.

Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise – Review

May 30, 2005

13 tracks of the angriest, loveliest, most hauntingly beautiful tracks that could grace your ears. Rockabilly-twang, punk-aggression, and sideshow creepiness.

Horror Pops – Hell Yeah – Review

June 28, 2004

Polka beats and smarmy female vocals, Horror Pops sounds like No Doubt doing rockabilly covers, except for the one I think is actually a Britney Spears song.

Dropkick Murphys – Blackout – Review

February 2, 2004

Dropkick Murphys have stuck true to their Irish influence. They do a version of “The Dirty Glass,” the duet between ex-lovers, that is both comical and moving.

F-Minus – Wake Up Screaming – Review

August 6, 2003

F-Minus knows how to play their instruments OK, but they’re not very talented at song writing, and not just lyrically. It just plain sucks.

Transplants – Review

June 13, 2003

When the only drummer you can find for your “weird” side project is the guy from Blink 182, that’s God’s way of saying, “Don’t do it.”

Tiger Army – Early Years EP – Review

May 30, 2003

Six out-of-print or unreleased tracks from Tiger Army’s early days, including Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock” and the Misfit’s “American Nightmare.”

Dropkick Murphys – Live on St. Patrick’s Day – Review

January 3, 2003

Pretty much a no-brainer here, it’s a live Dropkick Murphys record, recorded in the band’s hometown of Boston over St. Patrick’s day weekend.

Roger Miret and The Disasters – Review

January 3, 2003

When Agnostic Front-man Roger Miret throws a party, you can believe some talented folks are going to show.

Give ‘Em the Boot – III – Review

August 2, 2002

More interesting than the average label sampler; but once you get to the third mediocre side project, it starts to feel like an inside joke.

Nekromantix – Return of the Loving Dead – Review

June 28, 2002

“Thriller” meets Reverend Horton Heat. Some may slag graveyard-obsessed rockabilly as being campy, but it’s musically talented and knowledgeable of tradition.

The Distillers- Sing Sing Death House – Review

March 15, 2002

Singer Brody can fuckin’ sing, man, and she lets it rip, reminding you of whatcha always wished Joan Jett or Shirley Manson or fuckin’ anyone’d do.

The Nerve Agents – The Butterfly Collection – Review

February 22, 2002

The Nerve Agents are pretty good tho’, once ya get passed their pissed-offness (if ya wanna, mebbe ya don’t).

Tiger Army – II: Power of Moonlite – Review

February 15, 2002

Glenn Danzig could croon with balls; Tiger Army, well, they can simply croon… Lyrics tend towards the Gothic and pretentious.

Mouthwash – 1000 Dreams – Review

June 3, 2001

There’re strong hints of Op Ivy and Rancid here, and the beginnings of something, but there’s little to latch onto so far.

Dropkick Murphys – Sing Loud, Sing Proud – Interview

June 1, 2001

An interview with bassist Ken Casey

Rancid – Review

April 1, 2001

22 songs in 38 minutes. Fast, furious, melodic in spite of itself, and pretty damn punk cuz that’s what it wants to be.