Lollipop Magazine

Gordon Gano – Hitting the Ground – Review

January 17, 2003

Gordon Gano, voice of the hip nerd grope, er, group, Violent Femmes, originally wrote the music on Hitting the Ground for a film that was never produced.

Drew Isleib – Sounds Through the Wall – Review

January 10, 2003

Drew just had to wrench out a few “Iiiiyyyye”s and “yeeeaaaah”s for my inner grandmother to declare, “Oy.” Then she added, “Vat’s wrong, he’s constipated?”

The Flipsides – Clever One – Review

January 3, 2003

Singable as a doo-wop band gone punky and pissed.

Boneyard – Review

January 3, 2003

Richard Moore’s Boneyard is a comic about the cuddly-faced demons, soft-hearted haunts, and wisecracking wraiths who populate the local cemetery.

Chumbawamba – Readymades – Review

January 3, 2003

Very catchy and playable. Still, it lacks the teeth-gnashing anger of Tubthumper, with its backwards Hail Mary and lines like “kick your face in so politely.”

Frank Black and the Catholics – Devil’s Workshop – Review

January 3, 2003

This is bona fide road music, and it’s filled with words and sounds from the open highways of the world and the open hearts of the road.

Frank Black and the Catholics – Black Letter Days – Review

January 3, 2003

Always face-forward, singable, easily listenable, slightly skewed and Mid-Westernized, Frank Black is reliable.

Bratmobile – Girls Get Busy – Review

January 3, 2003

These women are here to punk you out of the room, man. They’ll shout on one repetitive note until you wave your tightie-whities in total surrender!

Fixer – Bend – Interview

January 3, 2003

An interview with vocalist Evan Saffran

Fields and Streams – Review

November 11, 2002

With 37 chick bands, eight indie boy bands and a total of 45 unreleased tracks, one contemplates: Why were they not released earlier?