Lollipop Magazine

Pajo – Review

June 7, 2005

David Pajo (M, Ariel M, Papa M, Slint, and Tortoise) records some intimate songs on his laptop, even singing directly into the computer. Gentle and well done.

Octavia Sperati – Winter Enclosure – Review

June 7, 2005

Female-fronted Gothic metal is as common as a cold, and even good bands are a dime a dozen, cuz a sweet voice and some plodding riffs are about all it takes.

Made Out Of Babies – Trophy – Review

June 7, 2005

Female-fronted banshee yowl, witchy cackles, and sing-song madwoman chatter over slabs of jagged rock. Music that can kick the living shit out of you.

Glue – Sunset Lodge – Review

June 7, 2005

Like scratchy old blues records, music box tinkle, a lonely trumpet soliloquy. White guy rapping usually turns me off like lima beans on a hot fudge sundae.

Gatsby’s American Dream – Volcano – Review

June 7, 2005

Trendy keyboard, a dash of metal chug, layered harmonies. Wait, here’s where they rock out, there’s the droning breakdown, and yes, they close with the ballad.

Eerie Von – Bad Dream No 13 – Review

June 7, 2005

Home recordings, from Tom Waits to Elvis/Doors worship, dark ballads to metallic guitar chugs over a drum machine. As weirdly cluelessly demented as it sounds.

Crimson Sweet – Eat The Night – Review

June 7, 2005

Punk rawk all raw and loud and destructive. Yeah, you just got knocked on yer ass by a girl, Fonzie. She’s shredding her vocal chords for you, so listen up.

Circa Survive – Juturna – Review

June 7, 2005

Everyone thinks that’s a girl singing. It’s a dude named Anthony Green, who was in Saosin. He teamed up with a childhood friend, fresh out of This Day Forward.

Brand New Disaster – Hold Fast The Summer – Review

June 7, 2005

Taking Back Sunday-style hardcore with emoting vocals. From Virginia. Not into this style, but the delicate diddling and pussy singing bother me less than most.

Big Bear – Review

June 7, 2005

Noisy, too destructive to be math rock, and fuck that shit anyway. Like Unwound with screamo vocals, annoying sounds, noisy bashings, and feedback.