Lollipop Magazine

Dozer – In the Tail of a Comet – Review

September 1, 2000

Gritty and primitive, their songs aim for the heavens while dragging themselves through the dirt.

The Demonics – Demons on Wheel – Review

September 1, 2000

Trash-rock and Russ Meyer’s sense of aesthetics gives the record a (fronted) idea of fun: Fast cars’n’faster women are the only things worth livin’ for.

After School Special – Review

June 1, 2000

Tracks nicely, playing as a really strong album. The appropriate way to find out what’s what with one of America’s premier rock/punk/metal/hardcore labels.

High On Fire – The Art of Self Defense – Review

April 1, 2000

The latest project from Matt Pike, formerly of Sleep. If you’ve heard any of the Sleep records, the sound of High on Fire won’t surprise you much.

Alabama Thunderpussy – Constellation – Review

April 1, 2000

Powerhawg groove powered Southern kickass with a decent chunk of growly vocal melody to ground the songs in the mythic South, where most started anyways.

Men of Porn – Review

April 1, 2000

Something’s gotta be said for a record that kicks off with a ditty entitled “Comin’ Home (Smoking Pot On a Sunday Afternoon While UFO’s Drone Overhead).”

Beaver – Lodge – Review

January 1, 2000

Beaver hail from Amsterdam, and like seemingly every other European stoner/heavy band in existence, they sound as if they were weaned on Kyuss albums and weed.

Brant Bjork – Jalamanta – Review

January 1, 2000

This is pretty low-key stuff, kinda like the place where soul and psychedelia would meet if they ever decided to.

Acid King – Busse Woods – Review

January 1, 2000

Little to no actual songcraft happening here, but lotsa heavy riffing, grumbling low-end, and psychotic, tortured vocals for six to ten minutes at a time.

Unida – Coping with the Urban Coyote – Review

January 1, 2000

Unida comes on mid-tempo and strong as classic kick-ass AC/DC, wound as tight and powerful as James Brown’s power funk.