Lollipop Magazine

Randy – The Band – Interview

July 14, 2006

An interview with guitarist Johan Brandstrom

Randy – The Band – Review

April 7, 2006

Everything is perfect: The chord progressions, the meaty beats, the singalong vocal phrasings, the flashy-when-needed guitar work, and the heavenly hooks.

Randy – Welfare Problems – Review

August 27, 2003

Welfare Problems continues Randy’s retrogression into (deceptively) primitive rock ‘n’ roll, slabs of grease in its hair and Hanoi Rocks vinyl in the back seat.

How We Rock – Review

January 3, 2003

This comp nails it. Unlike Now That’s What I Call Shitty Music: Volume Four Billion, How We Rock compiles 19 hotshots and whatnots both trendy and “classic.”

Punk-O-Rama – 7 – Review

November 11, 2002

The one-sheet boasts “Artists include Rancid, Bad Religion, NOFX, and Pennywise,” a quick scan of bands shows an infiltration of hipster bands and garage rock.

Randy – Cheater – Review

October 4, 2002

Three new cuts recorded in the midst of the band’s sold-out Canadian tour with Propagandhi. Included is the The Human Atom Bombs’ “Addicts of Communication.”

Randy – You Can’t Keep a Good Band Down – Review

January 1, 2000

Randy is the cross between the most consistent poppy punk songwriters you’ve heard in a long, long time, and the “quirkiest” buncha funny dipshits.

Return of the Read Menace – Review

September 1, 1999

Honest Don’s teams up with AK Press for this 25-track, 75 minute CD of punk, rock (emo, indie, and singer/songwriter), and good, free-thinking sentiments.