Tim Den – Page 65 – Lollipop Magazine

The Stryder – Jungle City Twitch – Review

November 15, 2002

Even with a change of singers, the Long Island quartet somehow manage to sound tighter, more complex, less cliché, and more clever than 99% of their peers.

Vader – Revelations – Review

November 15, 2002

The brutality and machine gun pummeling are still around, but everything sounds less convincing and cohesive.

Pop Unknown – The August Division – Review

November 15, 2002

Pop Unknown continue to get better with each release. The August Division, the band’s first full-length since leaving Deep Elm, is by far their finest hour.

The Get Up Kids – On a Wire – Review

November 15, 2002

Not riff-oriented emo, but vocal-centered “song”-craft that brings to mind later Chamberlain. A step in the right direction (after eight friggin’ years).

El Gato – We’re Birds – Review

November 15, 2002

Fans of Beulah, Elf Power, and early Built To Spill will surely love the slightly browned (by their hometown Texas sun, no doubt) sounds of El Gato.

Voice This Sound – Review

November 11, 2002

Pop Unknown guitarist Joel Ganucheau and his newly-established Inverse Records bring 22 tracks of (mostly) muscular guitar power pop from the Texas/Kansas sun.

Victory Style – 5 – Review

November 11, 2002

In between old-timers dropping by, Victory Style 5 is the label introducing their new signees. For your “cover every subgenre” needs, look no further.

Unreleased – No. 1 – Review

November 11, 2002

Yup, I’m still a sucker for Deep Elm’s goods. If this is the unreleased stuff, you can only imagine how great the full-lengths are.

Revelation 100 – A Fifteen Year Retrospective of Rare Recordings – Review

November 11, 2002

Face it: Revelation had a big hand in the development of late-’80s/early-’90s hardcore and post-hardcore. They deserve recognition.

Escaflowne – Review

November 8, 2002

Four years after the end of the TV series (The Vision of Escaflowne), a large movie production/budget has finally turned the franchise into a feature film.