Lollipop Magazine

Honest Don’s Dirty Dishes – Review

April 19, 2002

If you think punkpop has driven every worthwhile idea into the ground, there are songs here so catchy and peppy you can’t help but dance around like a fool.

Grease: The not so original Soundtrack from the motion picture – Review

April 1, 2000

Most of the bands here 1) aren’t very good, 2) don’t try very hard, 3) point out a whispered truth: Most of the songs in Grease were actually pretty lame.

Return of the Read Menace – Review

September 1, 1999

Honest Don’s teams up with AK Press for this 25-track, 75 minute CD of punk, rock (emo, indie, and singer/songwriter), and good, free-thinking sentiments.

Songs for the Broken Hearted – Review

June 1, 1999

Songs for the Broken Hearted does a good job capturing heartbreak with many approaches.

Honest Don’s Greatest Shits – Review

April 1, 1999

As a subsidiary of Fat Wreck Chords, Honest Don’s collects a song a piece from their smash-selling/up-and-coming roster.

J. Church – Kittums In a Coma – Review

February 1, 1997

This three song release has one original tune, “Lines,” which is a Bay Area punk interpretation of Hüsker Dü’s hardcore period.

J Church – Nostalgic For Nothing – Review

February 1, 1996

Nostalgic For Nothing is a J Church singles compilation. Same shit; just as cool, if not more so.

J Church – Arbor Vitae – Review

February 1, 1996

J Church play unassuming, introspective in an out-and-about way, pop punk. The tempos fall between fast hardcore and straight rock like the Damned.