Scott Hefflon – Page 62 – Lollipop Magazine

Anagram – The Lights Went Up – Review

January 1, 2007

Light and airy indie rock you can snap your fingers to with breathy female vocals. Guest performances by Faith No More, Steel Pole Bathtub, and more.

Phased – Medications – Review

January 1, 2007

Members from Sweden, Switzerland, and Finland, play stoner psychedelia, with Frankenstein lumbering riffs and near-punk pounding.

Phantom Rockers – 20 Years and Still Kicking – Review

January 1, 2007

Psychobilly from the UK, moved to Texas and formed a U.S. line-up. It’s real pyschobilly, not a punk band on meth. Fast and reverbed, stand-up bass, the works.

Only Crime – Virulence – Review

January 1, 2007

This all-star side project effortlessly kicks most punk bands to the curb without even breaking a sweat.

Nahemah – The Second Philosophy – Review

January 1, 2007

Third release, first properly distroed, from this Spain melodic death band. Like Opeth and Dark Tranquillity minus the genius. Also like Rapture, who I dug.

My Sleeping Karma – Review

January 1, 2007

I like the rock tunes better than the meandering psychedelia, but I’m like that. Great bass work, very Geezer Butler, and I don’t get to say that much.

Mr. Gnome – Review

January 1, 2007

Breathy and sexy trip-hop style cooing, which goes banshee on your ass. Paces range from sparse and sultry to beating your ass back and forth across the room.

Million Dollar Marxists – Zero Culture – Review

January 1, 2007

Last release was on Gearhead, had a Dirty Donny cover, yet I seem to recall it being a little more punk than garage. By my memory sucks.

MGH – Little Bit Country – Review

January 1, 2007

They use keyboards, talking drums, fretless bass, dulcimer, saw, bugle, whistle, soda bottles, calculator, and newscast blips. You’re on your own.

Mendeed – The Dead Live By Love – Review

January 1, 2007

Third full-length, a glorious grab bag of thrash shred, hardcore stomp, Blind Guardian harmonies, snarling and clean singing, and dueling soloing.