Lollipop Magazine

Zen Guerrilla – Shadows on the Sun – Interview

February 8, 2002

An interview with vocalist Marcus Durant

Beachwood Sparks – Once We Were Trees – Review

February 8, 2002

Beachwood Sparks makes intimate music that is made to be experienced in a small, warm environment like a church or your room.

The Yo-Yo’s – Uppers and Downers – Review

September 1, 2000

Sounded like Johnny Thunders clones schooled on Gene Vincent 45s instead of Phil Spector girl group 45s. Rock’n’roll classicism with rough edges.

The Murder City Devils – In Name and Blood – Review

September 1, 2000

Murder City Devils sound like the Mummies, with a singer who croons like Danzig, but looks like Messy Marvin.

Gluecifer – Tender is the Savage – Review

September 1, 2000

This here Gluecifer record is flat öüt smökin’, it röcks! Pick öne üp för yöürself at yer löcal Töwer or Sam Göödy’s ör öther fine pürveyör of cömpact discs.

Zen Guerilla – Trance States in Tongues – Review

April 1, 2000

If you still haven’t heard the woolly’n’blustery acid-damaged gospel o’ the blues is the gospel of rock confessions of the mighty Zen Guerrilla, punch yerself.

The Hellacopters – Payin’ the Dues – Review

April 1, 2000

It’s a fine record with all the stuff the Hellacopters are about but ya didn’t catch in Grande Rock, which is cuz that’s their “professional” record.

The Go – Watcha Doin’ – Review

January 1, 2000

The motions the Go goes thru are pretty good ones: Semi-psychedelic, sometimes noisy guitars, fuzz, tambouriny percussion, echoy vocals, decent songs…

Nebula – To the Center – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with singer/guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Rubin Roman

Mark Lanegan- I’ll Take Care of You – Review

January 1, 2000

His songs are folk ballads in the classic sense, but they refuse to wallow in the “woe is me” solipsism that makes most modern folk music the bore that it is.