Lollipop Magazine

Garrett Pierce – Everybody Breaks – Review

November 4, 2011

If Nick Drake was around, he’d probably be a Garrett Pierce fan. On Everybody Breaks, Pierce sings about weighty psychological issues amid acoustic guitar.

Tyondai Braxton – Rise, Rise, Rise – Review

March 15, 2004

Tyondai Braxton has obviously escaped from the same refugee camp (as Parts & Labor), as evidenced by “Stand There,” the best song Parts & Labor never wrote and probably the highlight of the whole disc.

Parts & Labor – Tyondai Braxton – Rise, Rise, Rise – Review

March 15, 2004

A Brooklyn three-piece. Most other reviewers have compared them to other art-rock bands, but those sorts of comparisons imply that they’re some sort of rip-off, which is patently false.

Friends of Dean Martinez – On The Shore – Review

October 1, 2003

This is the kinda laid back stuff I wanna hear when those worms in the bottom of the tequila bottle start to do their work.

Shesus – Shesus Loves Me… Shesus Loves Me Not – Review

September 24, 2003

Shesus is a mostly-chick band (guy drummer) from Ohio and it has members of GvB, Lazy, Braniac, O-Matic, The Method, and Robthebank. But so what?

Solea – Even Stranger – Review

September 3, 2003

Solea features Garrett Klahn (ex-Texas Is The Reason), Sergie Loobkoff (Samiam, ex-Knapsack), Niko Georgiadis (ex-Knapsack), and Johnny Cruz (Samiam).