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.

Good Riddance – Kill Your Idols – Split CD – Review

May 17, 2002

Good Riddance turn in a performance that puts their last three albums to shame. Though only four songs, their contributions are their heaviest tracks to date.

Kill Your Idols – Good Riddance – Split CD – Review

May 17, 2002

Kill Your Idols, though usually a quality act, sound like they’re falling apart on their three tracks here. Messy, unorganized, and weak.

New End Original – Thriller – Review

March 15, 2002

Chock full of childish radio rock, aimless shoegazer, and laugh-out-loud amateur lyrics, Thriller is a posturing shell with absolutely nothing in its belly.

Joan Of Arc – How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More? – Review

February 22, 2002

Eight “songs” pulled from The Gap sessions. As with the album, you either think Joan Of Arc had become a complete mess by their end, or pure abstract geniuses.

Owls – Review

February 22, 2002

Featuring the original cast of Cap’n Jazz, Owls sound like what you would expect: Wildly-innovative young ‘uns-turned-veteran conceptualists.

Zero Zero – AM Gold – Review

February 22, 2002

A huge round of applause to Zero Zero for proving that their former outfits’ (Lifetime) uniqueness was no fluke.

Jets To Brazil – Four Cornered Light – Review

April 1, 2001

Vocal melodies that are supposed to be catchy but really aren’t, surrounded by instruments that are supposed to flesh out the mood but really don’t.

Jets to Brazil – Orange Rhyming Dictionary – Review

January 1, 1999

11 songs of sunshiny, feel-good driving tunes that don’t go anywhere. The vocals are poppy, the mood is cheerful, but it’s nothing beyond that.

Hankshaw – Every Day I Wish You Harm – Review

January 1, 1999

Hankshaw’s crisp, lemonade-sounding emo songs are so sensually invigorating, so painfully enjoyable to listen to, I wish the CD didn’t end after 10 minutes.