Lollipop Magazine

Controlled Bleeding – Before the Quiet – Review

July 1, 2008

A snapshot of a band as well as an era as it was heaved up out of the reconstruction of the bohemian/art-attack via power chord beatdown after the hippie thing.

Terror – Live: The Bowery Collection – Review

June 1, 2008

Live, warts and all pig-iron tough hardcore recorded live at CBGB’s 06.10.04 with blessing from Trustkill Records. It’s fucking straight up.

Dead Boys – Return of The Living Dead Boys: Halloween Night 1986 – Review

April 1, 2008

On Halloween night, 1986, Midwest’s hammering punk legends Dead Boys showed up to collect their beer money. In the ’80s, we called this “good bootleg quality.”

American Speedway – Ship of Fools – Review

March 1, 2008

Stomping rocker punk growl jammed thru Motörhead’s dirt metal. This guitar ethos has been defined by the great Fistful of Rock series. Look’m up, great stuff.

Tad – Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears – Review

February 1, 2008

Pure hard rock riff action without Soundgarden/Alice In Chains’ metal, Mudhoney’s salt blast garage howl, or Pearl Jam’n’Nirvana’s classic rock balladry.

Einstürzende Neubauten – Palast Der Republik – Review

February 1, 2008

The Godfathers of the German industrial movement perform in a palace that serves as the seat of parliament. Demolition is underway; the hall is empty and cold.

Destroy All Monsters – Live in Tokyo + Osaka – Review

February 1, 2008

Bleeping honking and farting sine/cosine waves that fell from the art-inflected U.S. pre-punk underground’s soft, white underbelly via rusty knife c-section.

Monster Island – Dream Tiger – Review

February 1, 2008

We called it drug folk. Now, it be freak folk. It’s got an eye-rolling approach to its “genre” that keeps the “revival” tag at bay using “ethnic” instruments.

Sex Gang Children – Live At Ocean – Review

January 1, 2008

A bootleg with bad sound and shaky footage. Once past that, it’s pretty enjoyable. Contemporaries of Joy Division, Sigue Sique Sputnik, and Sisters of Mercy.

The Jesus Lizard – Live – Review

December 21, 2007

The Jesus Lizard was rhythmic, sweaty, loud, and sexual. Singer David Yow gyrates, howls, and flails, molesting the audience at every available opportunity.