Scott Deckman – Page 11 – Lollipop Magazine

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Aufheben – Review

April 27, 2012

The Brian Jonestown Massacre have been around for quite awhile now, releasing neo-psychedelic records and building an underground following.

Mr. Gnome – Madness in Miniature – Review

January 20, 2012

Mr. Gnome make art, with dense layers of sonic mayhem that’s as difficult to classify as anything you’ll likely hear. But that’s what makes them special.

The Nocturnes – Aokigahara – Review

January 20, 2012

The Nocturnes are led by Emma Ruth Rundle of the Red Sparowes. Where the Red Sparowes play instrumental post-rock, the Nocturnes purvey slowcore.

No Regrets – Ace Frehley – Review

December 23, 2011

Wanna rock all night, and party every day? Ace Frehley, he of the Spaceman makeup and Cherry Sunburst Les Paul did, and now he tells his life story.

It’s So Easy – and other lies – Review

November 18, 2011

Duff McKagan is one hell of a nice guy. And he’s also one lucky son of a bitch. These are the two main things you take away from It’s So Easy (and other lies).

Jonny Lives! – Revolution For Free – Review

November 11, 2011

Jonny Lives! swims in the Fountains of Wayne in the country of Weezer on planet Cheap Trick. They play power pop, and on some numbers, they really succeed.

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.

Experienced – Rock Music Tales of Fact & Fiction – Review

October 28, 2011

An anthology of short stories and essays all connected by one theme: Rock’n’roll. I can’t say all the stories rock, but some of them do indeed roll.

40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room – Review

October 21, 2011

A more metallic ’10s update on early-’90s shoegaze, 40 Watt Sun sounds like the bastard three-way of Kevin Shields, Peter Murphy, and half of Seattle circa ’91.

Caithlin De Marrais – Red Coats – Review

October 18, 2011

This ain’t the same old Caithlin from Rainer Maria. Red Coats is highly polished electro music. Sill confessional, but without the soaring emotional slabs.