Tim Den – Page 71 – Lollipop Magazine

The Movielife – Has a Gambling Problem – Review

July 12, 2002

The Movielife has totally mellowed out since signing to Drive-Thru. Gone is the NY-style hardcore energy, replaced by Southern Florida sunshiny emo sentiments.

Diabolical – Synergy – Review

July 12, 2002

Impressive debut from a Swedish technical death/thrash outfit that draws equally from early Pestilence, Believer, and Arch Enemy.

Coheed and Cambria – The Second Stage Turbine Blade – Review

July 12, 2002

The smartest-sounding Equal Vision band. Melodies abound, but delivered in snarling spite and quivering hatred… a strange yet original combination.

Brandtson – Dial in Sounds – Review

July 12, 2002

Tighter both rhythmically and vocally, Dial in Sounds is lean muscles all over and two spoonfuls of sugar too much.

Slowride – As I Survive the Suicide Bomber – Review

July 12, 2002

This Texas three-piece wrangle their instruments like professional cowboys, directing chord changes and arpeggios like seasoned herdsmen.

Seven Storey – Dividing By Zero – Review

July 12, 2002

Where have the gorgeous, anthemic melodies gone? And why the hell did you record a full-length by yourself on an eight-track?

Volta Do Mar – At the Speed of Light or Day – Review

July 5, 2002

Volta Do Mar are content letting “space sounds” do the talking when the band’s not strumming angular chords on their (what sound like) Telecasters.

Engine Down – Demure – Interview

July 5, 2002

An interview with Keeley Davis, Jonathan Fuller, Cornbread Compton, Jason Wood

Dim Mak – Intercepting Fist – Review

July 5, 2002

I was wondering what the rest of Ripping Corpse have been up to. Sure, Erik Rutan went on to Hate Eternal and Morbid Angel, but what about the others?

Dashboard Confessional – So Impossible – Review

July 5, 2002

Welcome to “More Than Words” for the new millennium. Except instead of it being just one song, the sappiness now stretches across entire albums…