Scott Hefflon – Page 167 – Lollipop Magazine

The Newlydeads – Dead End – Review

February 22, 2002

Glam leftovers playing what they think is industrial, yet they’re so drug-addled and kinda dim, that the end result is accidentally kinda cool.

Moke – Carnival – Review

February 22, 2002

I can see they’ve got more soul than Oasis, and some nice Hendrix-lite riffery, but it just doesn’t rock my pale ass enough.

Ministry – Greatest Fits – Review

February 22, 2002

They spawned cheap-knock-offs galore and became a Ministry cover band after a while, but they’ve written enough great songs to fill a set list, encore included.

Meshuggah – Rare Trax – Review

February 22, 2002

Demo versions of decade-old material, a couple “screw around” tracks, a remix of Chaosphere’s “Concatenation,” and the new, unreleased speedfest, “War.”

The Hives – A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T – Review

February 22, 2002

They’re from Sweden, yip and howl and blaze though jumpy riffs in such a way you’d never confuse ’em with Green Day, and they’re snappy dressers.

Mensen – Delusions of Grandeur – Review

February 22, 2002

Three girls and a guy from Norway playing garagy rock, beloved by the Hellacopters, closing with a Stones cover… What else do ya need to know?

The Fairlanes – Welcome to Nowhere – Review

February 22, 2002

I’ve always liked The Fairlanes just a bit more than most interchangable late-’90s punkpop. Perhaps it has something to do with their living in Colorado.

The Faint – Dance Macabre – Review

February 22, 2002

I’m not against New Wave or ’80s dance/pop music, just the bad stuff. I was never a New Waver, I just liked some of the music. But this? Most of it’s shit.

The Drunken Cholos – Livin la Vida Loco – Review

February 22, 2002

Seven songs in nine minutes featuring the original Queers line-up of Wimpy, Tulu, and Joe Queer doing what they do “best.” Straight-up nasty punk.

The Dames – Review

February 22, 2002

“Where’s AmRep when you need ’em?” The harder end of the tug’n’push early indie stuff that has to do with droning, barely-in-tune guitar, and stomping around.