Scott Hefflon – Page 49 – Lollipop Magazine

Time Again – Darker Days – Review

January 1, 2008

Time Again is a perfectly good opening band for Rancid, who’re a perfectly good opening band for The Clash.

The Service Industry – Limited Coverage – Review

January 1, 2008

Austin-based powerpop with ties to Mike McCoy (ex-Cher UK), bassist was in Dumptruck and Spoon, and Meat Puppet guitarist Curt Kirkwood appears.

The Loved Ones – Build and Burn – Review

January 1, 2008

Catchy pop punk that you hesitate to call punk, cuz it’s rooted in simple good hooks like Springsteen, Mellencamp, Tom Petty, or a somber Green Day might pen.

The Gathering – A Noise Severe – Review

January 1, 2008

Double live CD, last with Anneke van Gierssbergen, one of the great female singer of our time. I’ve followed them from metal to pop to trip-hop and back.

The Dollyrots – Because I’m Awesome – Review

January 1, 2008

Spunky bubblegum powerpop anthems by a blonde hottie, signed to Joan Jett’s label, Warped Tour darlings, with “Because I’m Awesome” in teen sitcoms I loathe.

Stigma – When Midnight Strikes – Review

January 1, 2008

Brutal, gloriously-produced, and catchy in their straightforward way, but not dynamic enough for me, a fan of melody, breakdowns, and perhaps a few harmonies.

Spyder Baby – Let Us Prey – Review

January 1, 2008

You’d call this razor-sharp punky industrial metal if you hadn’t been listening to Ministry since ’90, cuz then you’d just call it a good genre cover band.

Meshuggah – Obzen – Review

January 1, 2008

Great musicians with riffs like Pantera gone haywire, but they’re often so prog, you can’t headbang without second-guessing their next slippery transition.

Martin Bisi – Sirens of the Apocalypse – Review

January 1, 2008

His stuff has a classic/dated/timeless NYC feel, but seeing as he’s from Brooklyn and recorded NYC greats, that’s no shock.

Jarboe/Justin K Broadrick – J2 – Review

January 1, 2008

Jarboe worked with the NYC artrock/noise legends, Swans. Justin was the mastermind behind Godflesh, a pioneering metal/industrial band in late ’80s/early ’90s.