Lollipop Magazine

Red Animal War – Seven Year War – Review

January 1, 2006

It’s a collection, so it’s kinda disjointed and dated. Kinda thick, not overly polished, but raw and jagged and dense, if not altogether vocally accurate.

Red Animal War – Polizida – Review

December 6, 2004

Instead of tricky time signatures and complex guitar lines, the band focuses on translating pain – as in “old Black blues singer type pain.”

Hearts Bleed Blue – Sampler No. 4 – Review

January 3, 2003

The new class of Deep Elm-ers has big shoes to fill, but they are doing a bang-up job, thanks to the likes of brainy Red Animal War and sugary Brandtson.

Red Animal War – Black Phantom Crusades – Review

January 3, 2003

Black Phantom Crusades is not only the label’s most unique offering to date, it’s a victory in the often-regurgitated indie rock battlefield.

Slowride – Red Animal War – Split – Review

November 22, 2002

The two best non-emo bands on Deep Elm knock it out of the park on this split.

Red Animal War – Slowride – Split – Review

November 22, 2002

The two best non-emo bands on Deep Elm knock it out of the park on this split.

Voice This Sound – Review

November 11, 2002

Pop Unknown guitarist Joel Ganucheau and his newly-established Inverse Records bring 22 tracks of (mostly) muscular guitar power pop from the Texas/Kansas sun.

Unreleased – No. 1 – Review

November 11, 2002

Yup, I’m still a sucker for Deep Elm’s goods. If this is the unreleased stuff, you can only imagine how great the full-lengths are.

Red Animal War – Breaking in an Angel – Review

February 22, 2002

More complex than ever, Red Animal War has incorporated elements of razor-sharp guitar swipes into their former emo selves.

The Emo Diaries – Chapter Four: An Ocean of Doubt – Review

January 1, 2000

Never has another compilation series managed to find such flawless line-ups each and every single time. Signed, unsigned, domestic, foreign, it doesn’t matter.