Lollipop Magazine

Alkaline Trio – Hot Water Music – Split EP – Review

June 28, 2002

With two originals and a cover of HWM’s “Rooftops,” Alkaline Trio turn power chords and jaded ex-boyfriend sentiments into contagious doses of punk beauty.

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.

Alpha Motherfuckers – A Tribute to Turbonegro – Review

February 22, 2002

Three years later, the Turbojugend is still growin’, and that’s a testament to somethin”, seein’ as most bands can’t get anyone to care they’re around NOW.

Hot Water Music – A Flight and a Crash – Review

February 22, 2002

A Flight and a Crash continues No Division’s Leatherface-sing-a-longs, but with more coherent melodies and song development.

Punk-O-Rama – Vol. 6 – Review

February 22, 2002

Epitaph keeps the bands they’ve got (minus one) and picks up wave after wave of the best young hopefuls, most of whom deserve it.

No-Fi Trash – Review

February 22, 2002

The biggest, brightest, and not-so-bright names in independent music, offering multitudes of subgenres to chose from. Most songs are previously released.

Hot Water Music – Never Ender – Review

April 1, 2001

Never Ender collects all of Hot Water Music’s 7″s and splits on one disc, even throwing in a tune that was previously only available on a European split.

World Warped III Live – Review

September 1, 2000

They finally made the Warped comps a documentation of the live music instead of just a collection of the artists’ already pre-existing album tracks.

Capitol Radio – Review

April 1, 2000

This is radio the way it should be: For the people, by the people, with no commercial motives embedded. Oh, and of course, great fucking tunes.

City Rockers – A Tribute to the Clash – Review

January 1, 2000

Most of the bands can’t think of anything interesting to do with their song, so they read it as the clumsy punk or hardcore they normally do.