Tim Den – Page 21 – Lollipop Magazine

Turbonegro – Party Animals – Review

December 9, 2005

Returns speed and scum to Turbonegro’s arsenal, retaining the early years’ hunger with the post-reunion fondness for stadium rock. Best secret song EVER.

John Vanderslice – Pixel Revolt – Review

December 9, 2005

Moments of suspense, subtlety, resolution, and – especially in “Exodus Damage”‘s drum treatment – superb sound handling. Where do all these elements go?

Iron Maiden – The Essential – Review

December 2, 2005

Timeless metal, with ageless melodies and divine human creativity that challenges the heavens. The Essential is for either a complete newbie or a completist.

Turin Brakes – Jackinabox – Review

November 18, 2005

Jackinabox is more California dreaming/Gram Parsons than Manchester fog a la Elbow, further proving that not all mellow British music constitutes as “suicidal.”

The Lost Patrol Band – Review

November 18, 2005

Lost Patrol was Dennis Lyzxén, vocalist of The (International) Noise Conspiracy, ex-Refused. Now The Lost Patrol Band, acoustic ditties have become power pop,

Nuclear Assault – Third World Genocide – Review

November 18, 2005

Nuclear Assault used to be able to come up with the most eerily melodic, minor-based riffs, but Third World Genocide sounds like a demo version of Game Over.

Björk – Music From Drawing Restraint 9 – Review

November 11, 2005

Björk’s soundtrack to Matthew Barney’s film allows single-instrument exercises and ominous half-step progressions to insinuate each scene.

Danny Howells – Miami #027 – Review

November 4, 2005

Jam-packed with come-down bleepy bloopy deep house on one platter and skewed techno/spacey disco on the other. It caters to the entire spectrum of moods.

The Album Leaf – Seal Beach EP – Interview

November 4, 2005

An interview with Jimmy Lavalle

Snuff – Six of One Half a Dozen of the Other – Review

November 4, 2005

A blend of Oi!, The Damned, Motown, and Two-Tone, Snuff wrote songs you could sing along to, dance along to, and mosh to. Infectious, never-endingly energetic.