Lollipop Magazine

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.

The Regime – Review

September 2, 2011

Dual singers, so you get a more mainstream rock vox on one hand, and a tougher voice on the other. You also get a fusillade of sound and fury.

Wonderful – Wake Up To Dreamland – Review

July 22, 2011

Gorgeous harmonies and strong leads, owing as much to the Four Freshman as the Beach Boys. These boys sound like they’re on a spiritual high.

The Globes – Future Self – Review

July 1, 2011

To produce a work this mature this early portends of good things for the Globes. While Future Self isn’t great or even very good, it certainly has merit.

My Appetite for Destruction – Sex & Drugs & Guns N Roses – Review

May 26, 2011

Say one thing for Steven Adler, drummer for the original lineup of Guns N’ Roses: He tells it like it is. At least, according to him.

Local H – The Island Years – Review

April 29, 2011

Listening to this collection will likely make many wonder: How can music this solid be overlooked by the masses, critics, and so-called hipsters?