Scott Hefflon – Page 117 – Lollipop Magazine

Bucket Full of Teeth – IV – Review

April 4, 2005

Hints of nice atmospherics, like a Neurot band, some random chaos and noisy drone.

Bleed the Sky – Paradigm Entropy – Review

April 4, 2005

Chugs and speedy parts and clean harmonies, all in the right places. Weird interludes and whispers and noise to show they’re deep.

400 Blows – Angel’s Trumpets and Devil’s Trombones – Review

April 4, 2005

400 Blows blows. I realize that’s not very clever, but neither is this band. Scuzzy rock, minimalist banging and off-kilter jerkiness.

Wow, Owls! – Pick Your Patterns – Review

March 28, 2005

Loud and screamy, but still tuneful (usually) screamo/destructo rock. Played with Engine Down, Hot Cross, Alabama Thunderpussy, and These Arms Are Snakes.

Weerd Science – Friends & Nervous Breakdowns – Review

March 28, 2005

The sticker on the cover warned me, but I checked out the hip-hop side project of Coheed and Cambria drummer Josh Eppard anyway. It’s as awful as it sounds.

Us3 – Questions – Review

March 28, 2005

Nope, don’t get it. Trendy UK soulfunkelectro fizzle. I don’t know, nor have I ever met, anyone who’d think this doesn’t suck.

Track Record – Review

March 28, 2005

New Drive-Thru, er, Rushmore Records band. No better, no worse than any of their other bands, who all sound exactly the same, but some are cuter than others.

Tides – Resurface – Review

March 28, 2005

Tides are from upstate New York, and man, they just drone on and on. I’m a fan of a few Neurot bands, Pelican, and Jucifer, but I’m no expert.

The Spring Collection – Review

March 28, 2005

A nice palette cleaner. Chiming guitars, ’70s power pop. Not a bad song here, perhaps also nothing to sing in the shower either, but a consistently good CD.

The Feelers – Learn to Hate the Feelers – Review

March 28, 2005

Trebly, jerk punk, got spy influence, Dead Kennedys’ guitar spasm, and vocals that howl and distort like they’re overloading the mic (or going thru a bullhorn).