Scott Hefflon – Page 114 – Lollipop Magazine

Benzos – Morning Stanzas – Review

April 13, 2005

NYC trendy indie pop (guitar-based, not keyboard-based). Pleasant, not loud and gaudy, but nothing’s really taking my breath away.

The Casualties – En La Linea Del Frente – Review

April 13, 2005

When they recorded On the Front Line, they also recorded the lyrics in Spanish. Fast and furious street punk where ya can’t understand a damn word anyway.

Adam Richman – Patience and Science – Review

April 13, 2005

Indie pop with light electronics and keyboards (used as a spice, not as gravy slathered over everything). This guy can sing, move you, and make your feet tap.

Skullflower – Orange Canyon Mind – Review

April 13, 2005

20 years of “lumbering abstraction” and “freeform, bass-heavy, feedback-driven improv noise rock.” This stuff can be glorious, or like leaving the vacuum on.

Signs of Collapse – Weep for the Lives Your Wishes Never Led – Review

April 13, 2005

Look at the cover, read the album title, the bio is in all caps, and the CD booklet is in all lowercase. In other words, trendy noisecore.

Shortie – Without a Promise – Review

April 13, 2005

Sacramento fashion metal, with heartfelt vocals and groove guitar, eyeliner, and dyed black hair. Earache doesn’t promote, so you’ll never have to hear this.

R-H – Black Asia Volume One – Review

April 13, 2005

Sounds worldly, lots of cultural textures, and beats that move, but don’t (usually) skitter or try to impress. This should be listened to from end to end.

Post Stardom Depression – Prime Time Looks A Lot Like Amateur Night – Review

April 13, 2005

May have the tunes or just the posture of solid swagger rock. Hints of self-aware attitude, and nothing kills the rock like trying to rock.

Please Mr. Gravedigger – Throw a Beat – Review

April 13, 2005

Thankfully, it’s just a five-song EP. Ex-members of As I Lay Dying throw in some trendy keyboards to their “punk” take on screamy nü-style hardcore.

Giles – Review

April 13, 2005

Between the Buried and Me are passable metalcore, with glimmers of interesting. This is an experimental electro side project of the singer. It’s horrid.