Lollipop Magazine

VCR – Review

April 13, 2005

I like Devo and a bunch of jerky new wave, sure. VCR should back to the rehearsal space and not come out again until they have something worth listening to.

Flogging Molly – Within a Mile of Home – Interview

April 4, 2005

An interview with frontman Dave King

Vans Warped Tour 2004 – Review

March 7, 2005

A compilation of the studio-recorded songs from the bands that were featured on the tour. I’m assuming they did at some point play these songs live.

Go Betty Go – Worst Enemy – Review

December 1, 2004

Chuck Taylors and leather jackets at CBGB’s. Pop perhaps, but damn good driving bombastic pop that reminds me of The Rezillos and X-Ray Specs.

Piebald – All Ears, All Eyes, All the Time – Review

November 15, 2004

What Piebald has produced on their fourth full-length album is, in my opinion, a tragically typical pop-punk record.

Avoid One Thing – Chopstick Bridge – Review

September 27, 2004

I wouldn’t avoid it altogether, but it’s pretty much straightforward rock without much of a signature. Not metal, not punk, and not bad.

The Casualties – On the Front Line – Review

July 26, 2004

Where’s Jello Biafra when you need him? He said more politically in one Dead Kennedys song than all the Exploited wanna-be bands’ entire discographies COMBINED.

Vans Warped Tour – Punk Rock Summer Camp – Review

January 28, 2004

The camera wanders like any ticket-holder, looking for the best possible combination of acts, leaving mid-song to see if anything better is going on elsewhere.

The Suicide Machines – A Match and Some Gasoline – Review

October 22, 2003

They now sound a little bit less like themselves, and a whole lot more like Rage Against The Machine mixed with 311 and even at times, (GASP!) Linkin Park.

Warped Tour 2003 – Review

October 15, 2003

Everyone should stop worrying about “corporate music” ruining punk. When it’s no longer profitable to produce, they’ll stop signing.