Lollipop Magazine

Industrial Nation – Issue #17 – Review

July 23, 2003

Well-written and knowledgeable. That shouldn’t be such a surprise, but passionate fans, knowledgeable fans, and decent writers are three separate things.

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles- Issues #67, 68, 69 – Review

July 23, 2003

Run by the metal-obsessed, for the metal-obsessed, BW&BK requires you already know yer ass from yer elbow metal-wise. As it should be.

The Kovenant – Seti – Review

July 23, 2003

The Kovenant are Norwegian, come from a black metal background, and are smart enough to bring in members of Apoptygma Berzerek and Zeromance.

Lacrimas Profundere – Fall, I Will Follow – Review

July 23, 2003

While German veterans Lacrimas Profundere still don’t stroke me as especially exceptional, there are some big, beautifully dark and sweeping passages.

Opeth – Damnation – Review

July 23, 2003

Friends have tried to convince me of sinister undertones, and sure, I hear some, but I mainly hear folky hippie sap rock. Full on Simon & Garfunkle’n’shit.

Intro5pect – Review

July 23, 2003

Political punk rock with samples, breakbeats, frantic paces, and both live and synthesized guitars. Lots of whoa-whoa’s, but also plenty of Chemical Brothers.

Curse – Review

July 23, 2003

Dark, brooding, mythical rock. Slow to mid-tempos, with Mikaela’s voice hovering and dangling, then soaring away, to pause and tease until you catch up again.

We’re A Happy Family – A Tribute to Ramones – Review

July 23, 2003

A no-brainer here. Ramones covered by big stars, CD cover by Rob Zombie, liner notes by Steven King. Most of the covers are pretty lame, but what do you expect?

The L.A. Shakedown! – Review

July 23, 2003

Some will be too “street punk” or “mod/garagey” for ya, but it’s just cool to hear bands on TKO and Hellcat back-to-back with Estrus/Bomp!/In the Red bands.

Smoking Popes Tribute – Review

July 23, 2003

Smoking Popes hailed from Chicago, wrote smart, delicately melodic powerpop, made deceptively simply “punky” chords sound sweet, and this is their tribute.