Tim Den – Page 29 – Lollipop Magazine

Nikola Sarcevic – Lock-Sport-Krock – Review

December 6, 2004

Millencolin guitarist/vocalist Nikola Sarcevic has gone acoustic for his solo debut. Irresistible melodies stripped of fast tempos and flashy guitar licks.

Napalm Death – Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 – Review

December 6, 2004

Expanding upon the first five-song installment, Part 2 sees Napalm Death again tackling old hardcore, thrash, and death favorites, both unknown and familiar.

Red Animal War – Polizida – Review

December 6, 2004

Instead of tricky time signatures and complex guitar lines, the band focuses on translating pain – as in “old Black blues singer type pain.”

The Six Parts Seven – Everywhere and Right Here – Review

December 6, 2004

Similar to Tristeza or an instrumental American Football, the Ohio quintet handle subtlety like a snakecharmer, using unseen forces to slowly guide inertia.

The Helio Sequence – Love And Distance – Review

December 6, 2004

On top of Spiritualized’s sweeping grandiosity and The Flaming Lips’ chipper psychedelia, The Helio Sequence dumped a shitload of homemade electronics.

Alpha – Stargazing (Special Edition) – Review

December 1, 2004

This has cohesion and a slow-burning eroticism as well as Alpha’s trademark ’70s AM gold popcraft, capturing both the Bacharachian mood as well as the songs.

Dismember – Where Iron Crosses Grow – Review

December 1, 2004

Still got that “classic” Swedish death sound: Unmistakably gnarly guitars, fuzzy production, semi-melodic riffs (but not Gothenburg melodic), and quick tempos.

Death Angel – The Art of Dying – Review

December 1, 2004

The Art of Dying is the sound of a creative entity so far beyond rudimentary thrash, that they can’t even fake their discomfort in “returning to roots.”

Zero 7 – When it Falls – Review

November 22, 2004

Others struggle to project the dreamy, seductive, atmospheric, and “soul” aesthetics of the genre, Zero 7 sew together better songs with better surroundings.

Tortoise – It’s All Around You – Review

November 22, 2004

Latin, jazz, world music, post-rock (they’re from Chicago, after all), prog rock, IDM, all distilled of their essence and reborn as It’s All Around You.