Lollipop Magazine

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Source Tags and Codes – Review

September 9, 2002

Unlike most of the stoner stuff I’ve been drenched with recently, there are actual tunes here.

Woven – EPrime – Review

February 22, 2002

Woven is the combination of musician know-how and electronic studio wizardry at its finest, sounding like Massive Attack and Squarepusher writing pop songs.

Garbage – Beautiful Garbage – Review

February 15, 2002

Rock fans who didn’t like Version 2.0 are unlikely to appreciate Beautiful Garbage.

Toadies – Hell Below/Stars Above – Review

June 4, 2001

Todd Lewis has a Robert Plant vibrato that quakes with fury, trembles with passion and longing, and purrs like a finely-tuned muscle car at a stop light.

Queens Of The Stone Age – Restricted – Review

June 1, 2000

The tones are consistent with the rock Mr. Radio Programmer isn’t scared of. The geeping and blorping done by synth are but spicing, and quite tasty at that.

Ian Brown – Golden Greats – Review

June 1, 2000

Golden Greats could’ve been an album made by a fresh talent bringing a new hybrid of rock and electronica into the market, but it’s not.

Stroke – First in Last out – Review

April 1, 2000

A mix of Seal, Peter Gabriel, and NIN (the slow stuff). Of course, anyone who wants to copy NIN sounds like Gravity Kills, Stabbing Westward, or Prick.

MTV Celebrity Deathmatch – Review

April 1, 2000

It has the good graces to throw in a bit of rock, metal, and Goth amidst the disposable hip-hopcore (or whatever), but it can’t save this dog.

Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals – Review

April 1, 1999

This is Ground Control To Major Waste of Time – your Time’s up. Bye. (Nice tits.)

Wade – Odd Man Out – Review

January 1, 1999

You can tell Wade is a good band with a distinctive sound, but Odd Man Out trims all the edges, leaving only hints of an interesting noise pop band.