Scott Hefflon – Page 81 – Lollipop Magazine

Earlymay – Little Answers – Review

August 18, 2006

Ours keeps popping into my head, yet Earlymay is significantly less melodramatic, and sure doesn’t skip up into falsetto-land at the drop of a hat.

Metal For The Masses – Vol. 4 – Review

August 11, 2006

20 songs on each of the two discs, a few edits and demo tracks, and inclusions from Nuclear Blast and Liquor and Poker to boot.

Sonata Arctica – For The Sake of Revenge – Review

August 11, 2006

A live CD and DVD from a fave classic heavy metal band. From Finland, recorded in Japan, a tight-as-shit band able to pull off everything played on the CD.

Lullacry – Vol. 4 – Review

August 11, 2006

Part Heart power ballad, part Mötley Crüe “Kickstart my Heart” wild-eyed shot-pounder. If you thought stripper rock was dead, you haven’t been paying attention.

If Hope Dies – Life in Ruin – Review

August 11, 2006

A tasteful blend of roar, rampage, stutter, groove, thunderous drumming, twin guitar interplay, manly vocals, and the blood-spattered kitchen sink.

Fields of the Nephilim – Mourning Sun – Review

August 11, 2006

Vampire rock, caked in dust and blood, the weariness of the ages hanging off every word Carl McCoy croaks (he barely has a human voice anymore).

The Frauds – Review

June 1, 2006

Garage rock from Baltimore. Something familiar about a lot of the songs. They’ve opened up for The Sounds and Jet, and that makes sense.

The Fifth Sun – The Hunger to Survive – Review

June 1, 2006

The sound is amazing, the musicianship tight as hell, and the songwriting crisp and lively, very European for a band from Minnesota.

Thee Emergency – Can You Dig It – Review

June 1, 2006

Produced by Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs, White Stripes) in Detroit (where else?), yeah, they’ve got the vintage gear and know how to get the right sounds.

Red Lotus – The Pinche Nada – Review

June 1, 2006

They’re Black, they rock like hell, and Rozz can coo or belt it out magnificently. She obviously has a soul background with vocal lines like this.