Lollipop Magazine

The Mooney Suzuki – Electric Sweat – Review

July 12, 2002

NYC art students rockin’ out – ‘scuse me while I stifle a yawn – or so I think. Their MC5 cop-offs circa, like, Back in the USA actually goes down alright.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Plastic Fang – Review

July 5, 2002

It’s nice to see Jon Spencer Blues Explosion rockin’ unhomogenized again, cuz their last couple records’ stylized missteps sorta brought ’em down a peg or two.

The Arsons – Whole Life Crisis – Review

July 5, 2002

These Jersey punk vets properly pissed about wussy poppunk saach get revenge by slashing out damn near a dozen buzzsaw scorchers that come off real catchy.

The Reverend Horton Heat – Lucky 7 – Review

June 28, 2002

Link Wray with a realization of The Cramps’ realization of ’60s punk and a modicum of pop-cultural awareness, plus a nice dollup of a freakin’ sense of humor.

The Hives – Barely Legal – Review

June 28, 2002

The Hives got this nasty pickled cod shake appeal so high-octane ya’d swear their pores ooze nitro as they run through the fourteen tracks here.

Lost Sounds – Black Wave – Review

June 14, 2002

Synth-rock without some big freakin’ pretension of art. Kinda like, I dunno, Servatron, like mebbe if Devo had been as cool as everyone assumes them to be.

Libertine – American Heartbreak – You Can’t Kill Rock N’ Roll – Review

June 14, 2002

Libertine plays slower than American Heartbreak, so mebbe they’re more sensitive, or wussy or somethin’ and sometimes they remind me of a John Hughes movie.

Jad Fair – Teenage Fanclub – Words of Wisdom and Hope – Review

June 14, 2002

Half Japanese frontman’n’seminal indie rock legend/geek meets up with Scot shoegazers who were famous for, like, five minutes back in the early 1990s.

The Maggots – This Condition Is Incurable – Review

June 14, 2002

A trio of Gyropeons punchdrunk on old timey Amerigarage unknowns formin’ foreign syllables and three chords into shakedown cold sweaters.

Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair – Words of Wisdom and Hope – Review

June 14, 2002

Half Japanese frontman’n’seminal indie rock legend/geek meets up with Scot shoegazers who were famous for, like, five minutes back in the early 1990s.