Lollipop Magazine

One Man Army – Alkaline Trio – BYO Split Series Volume V – Review

October 4, 2004

San Francisco trio One Man Army offer funny, smart, hard street punk that turns out a perfect complement to the brooding moody tones of Alkaline Trio’s songs.

Alkaline Trio – One Man Army – BYO Split Series Volume V – Review

October 4, 2004

Alkaline Trio turns me all to miserable jelly every time I hear a new heart-wrenching song, and their six fantastic new songs on this album are no exception.

Punk Rock Is Your Friend – Volume 4 – Review

January 28, 2004

If I have to listen to one more “Punk Rock Sampler” as punk as Christina Aguilera and Backstreet Boys, I will rip out every hair on my head, very slowly.

One Man Army – Rumors and Headlines – Review

February 14, 2003

The soft white gut of ’77 Brit punk rock looking back in beery wonder to the Springsteen side of Joe Strummer.

Warped Tour 2002 Compilation – Review

November 11, 2002

There are a few old timers, a bunch of mid-’90s greats, and it’s practically a who’s who of all the news bands, both great and pathetic.

Sample This, Too – Review

November 11, 2002

In celebration of their 20th anniversary, BYO releases a sampler that shows the “old” BYO-style bands as well as where the label is heading.

Cheap Shots and Low Blows – TKO Singles & EPs Collection #1 1997-1998 – Review

June 4, 2001

Rare and way outta print stuff, this. Cheap Shots and Low Blows compiles the first nine 7″s and EPs TKO released ’97-’98.

World Warped III Live – Review

September 1, 2000

They finally made the Warped comps a documentation of the live music instead of just a collection of the artists’ already pre-existing album tracks.

Might As Well… Can’t Dance – Review

September 1, 2000

Billy Joe’s label. There’s dirty pop, boogie’n’stumble, garage zing, and even a dash of Jim Morrison in here, so as the title states, might as well…

One Man Army – Last Word Spoken – Review

June 1, 2000

Part streetpunk, part gutsy rock’n’roll. Engineered by Kevin Army, produced by Billy Joe Armstrong: Guts’n’glory that ain’t all scrubbed clean of the burrs.