Lollipop Magazine

William Hut – Road Star Doolittle – Review

August 27, 2003

If Poor Rich Ones are the smokey chimney on top of the ice-surrounded log cabin, then Road Star Doolittle – Hut’s solo debut – is the hermit inside.

The Delgados – Hate – Interview

August 27, 2003

An interview with Alun Woodward and Emma Pollock

Thistle – Tired Anchor – Review

August 16, 2003

Thistle ride the melodic “swish” of ringing cymbals and fuzzy guitars, not so much overpowering you but slowly ebbing away at the senses with patience.

The Postal Service – Give Up – Review

August 16, 2003

Lyrical daftness aside, Give Up delivers good times in electrobeatville, boogying like a 21st century electronica act hijacking an ’80s night club.

The Forms – Icarus – Review

August 16, 2003

The Forms might be from NY, but they sound like they would fit in better amongst the Midwest kindred spirits of Riddle of Steel and Ring, Cicada.

Overkill – Killbox 13 – Review

August 16, 2003

Straight-ahead NJ metal with just the right amount of modern hard rock grooves; Blitz sneering like a rabid hound refusing to be put down.

Snuff – Disposable Income – Review

August 16, 2003

If only friends were as dependable as Snuff… Almost 20 years after first forming, you can still count on these guys to thrash up perfectly exquisite melodies.

Nada Surf – Let Go – Review

August 16, 2003

This ain’t the Nada Surf you remember from high school. The classic pop – slightly tilted toward indie Lemonheads-isms – is all PacNW understated elegance.

Morbid Angel – Blessed are the Sick – Review

August 16, 2003

Trudging doom, Mesopotamian allusions, and a slicker-than-spit-shine production bound together the band’s creepiest release.

Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness – Review

August 16, 2003

The debut that made them the hype band of the genre (along with Entombed’s Left Hand Path). Without a doubt the band’s rawest and fastest album.