Lollipop Magazine

Samiam – Astray – Review

April 1, 2001

Samiam has written an album of tunes most radio scrubs wish they had the brains to write, and most indie bands wish they had the melodic bones to understand.

The Queers – Beyond the Valley – Review

September 1, 2000

“Stupid Fuckin’ Vegan” and “I Hate Your Fucking Guts” are worthy additions to The Queers’ live set, and I look forward to scream-a-longs to both.

Dillinger Four – Versus God – Review

September 1, 2000

Educated but street-savy, punishingly hilarious yet insightful, a bombardment of deep thinking and social commentary drenched in cheap alcohol and ass jokes.

Don’t Mess with Hopeless – Review

June 1, 2000

Weakerthans, Dillinger Four, Against All Authority, Scared of Chaka, Digger, and The Queers. Free and worth every penny of it!

Digger – Monte Carlo – Review

April 1, 2000

While “pop punk with emo thrown in” sounds about as attractive to me as getting a spy satelitte shoved up my ass, I like Digger.

The Beautys/ Nobodys – Hugh – Review

April 1, 2000

They’re from Indiana, Mass Giorgini produced this slab, and the singer belts it out like Chrissie Hynde. It’d probably be fun to see them live.

Fifteen – Allegra – Review

April 1, 2000

It’s low-down and dirty, it’s sugar on your sing-alongs. Lyrically, Fifteen is so honest they could put Rollins out of business.

Funeral Oration – Discography – Review

April 1, 2000

Great melodic punk with a singer who has a smooth delivery and distinct vibrato somehow evoking Jello Biafra and Roy Orbison while being unique unto itself.

Nobodys – The Beautys – Hugh – Review

April 1, 2000

With the exception of “Dead End Job,” nothing here is much to write about. Snarly punk, but if you have Nobodys’ other records, you’ve got better than this.

Scared of Chaka – Tired of You – Review

September 1, 1999

With the exception of a couple laggers, every tune here is balls-out garage punk to smash things to, slam into people to, or get dangerously drunk in public to.