Scott Hefflon – Page 115 – Lollipop Magazine

Whiskey Rebels – Create or Die – Review

April 13, 2005

Perfectly ok for anyone into personal street punk. Gruff vocals, group shouts, and some pounding paces, a few mid-tempo hard-life rockers.

VCR – Review

April 13, 2005

I like Devo and a bunch of jerky new wave, sure. VCR should back to the rehearsal space and not come out again until they have something worth listening to.

Valery Gore – Review

April 13, 2005

She sings, she plays piano, she does both well. She likes Tori Amos, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Elliot Smith, and other stuff we like. Nice, but nothing new.

The Old Haunts – Fallow Field – Review

April 13, 2005

Members have been in enough bands, big and small, to know how to do it, and they choose to do it dirty. Not ironic dirty, just blowing amps and jumping around.

The Holy Fire – Review

April 13, 2005

Honest and gritty indie rock, with influences of powerpop like Pixies and Husker Dü. So thicker-sounding, lots of guitar jangle with fuzz, and strong melodies.

The Esoteric – With the Sureness of Sleepwalking – Review

April 13, 2005

Ex-members of Coalesce and Reggie and the Full Effect. Played with Converge, Mastodon, Blood Brothers, and Killswitch Engage. A bit of each has rubbed off.

Thee Merry Widows – Review

April 13, 2005

All girl rockabilly from Northern CA. Must be a blast to see live.

Troubled Hubble – Making Beds in a Burning House – Review

April 4, 2005

Sounds kinda clever lyrically, but with Ben Fold around, who needs 1500 potential openers? To be fair, I can see how short-sighted fans could think this rules.

The Van Ermans – Under the Gun – Review

April 4, 2005

Basic melodic pop rock, reminds me of mid-tempo Bracket. Melodic, nice harmonies, good production for an unknown debut.

The Spinto Band – Nice and Nicely Done – Review

April 4, 2005

Bar/None has a long and scattered history of putting out quite nice powerpop. The Spinto Band is their latest.