Lollipop Magazine

Placer – Summer – Review

October 8, 2003

Placer, featuring ex/current members of Stompbox, Blue Man Group, Milligram, and a whole bunch more, takes Barbaro’s visceral beatdown even further.

Sigur Ros – “untitled #1” (a.k.a. “Vaka”) single – Review

October 8, 2003

This smaller dose does the job perfectly by stunning me with the band’s womb-like warmness for a satisfying 18 minutes.

Nuclear Assault – Alive Again – Review

October 8, 2003

Sloppy renditions of songs you already own three times over, and I’m almost sadder now that they’ve reformed than when I first heard they’d broken up.

The Pieces – Review

October 8, 2003

Quirky guitar pop not only makes me yearn for those golden days, but makes me think that the good days aren’t completely behind us.

Drive Til Morning – Review

October 8, 2003

Whether making like an orchestral Mineral, alt-country weepy, or electronica-indie like +/-, Francis Garcia pours all of his being into every every serenade.

Divine Empire – Nostradamus – Review

October 8, 2003

Bulldozer-strength, Morbid Angel-sounding Floridian death metal from ex-members of Malevolent Creation.

The Appleseed Cast – Two Conversations – Review

October 8, 2003

The band’s first album for Tiger Style is not only a return to form in terms of gut-wrenching indie rock, it’s by far the band’s best work to date.

Strung Out – Live in a Dive – Review

October 8, 2003

By far the most metal-sounding punk band on Fat (a cover of “Bark at the Moon!?”), Strung Out shred like Sodom on a Propagandhi high.

Houston – Bottom of the Curve – Review

October 8, 2003

Stack Shiner’s dissonant melodies against Queens Of The Stone Age’s electrifying distortion, then add a very capable set of lungs and you’ve got Houston.

Grave – You’ll Never See… – …And Here I Die… Satisfied – Review

October 8, 2003

Undoubtedly the most underrated of the Swedish death forefathers, Grave have somehow escaped godlike status despite having had a near immaculate track record.