Lollipop Magazine

Benea Reach – Monument Bineothan – Review

April 20, 2007

Ex-Extol guitarist Christer Espevoll’s new outfit, Benea Reach. Monument Bineothan is a stainless steel, massive pillar of majestic metal.

Crowded House – Farewell to the World – Review

April 6, 2007

Beloved pop band Crowded House performed in front of 120,000 fans on the front steps of Sydney Opera House to close out their decade-long career.

Amy Ray and The Volunteers – Live From Knoxville – Review

April 6, 2007

Indigo Girl Amy Ray leads her Volunteers through an energetic set in – where else? – Knoxville. Imagine Indigo Girls crossed with John Cougar Mellencamp.

Air – Pocket Symphony – Review

April 6, 2007

Not everyone will be in the mood to slip under the covers of Pocket Symphony’s sometimes-sleepy atmospheres, especially those looking for booty-shaking.

The Twilight Singers – A Stitch in Time – Review

March 30, 2007

Everything Greg Dulli touches is priceless. Even this, an EP composed of two covers and three collaborations, is every bit as necessary as Powder Burns.

The Agency – Turn – Review

March 30, 2007

The songs are not as catchy as the band’s earlier material, the lingering smell of Dashboard Confessional-inspired melodies hang on every vocal hook.

Grave – Enraptured – Review

March 30, 2007

One of Swedish death metal’s founding fathers, but they’ve never had their live show properly documented. Grave sound more menacing and crushing here than ever.

Lifetime – Review

March 18, 2007

This is what they did best in the mid-’90s, and it’s what they still do best. The passing of time has not effected the songwriting whatsoever.

Face To Face – Shoot the Moon – Review

March 17, 2007

A two-DVD companion to the retrospective, Shoot the Moon contains just about everything a fan could ask for from the celebrated pop punk band’s 13-year career.

Owen – At Home With – Review

March 9, 2007

Sad chords strummed, snapped, and hammered-on by the author’s capable hands, while gorgeous lamentations flow from his mouth.