Tim Den – Page 72 – Lollipop Magazine

Centurian – Liber Zar Zax – Review

July 5, 2002

Ultra fast, evil madness from Holland. One of my best friends swears by this album, but I ain’t so hot on it.

Red Shirt Brigade – Home of the Cannon Saints – Review

July 5, 2002

Jangly, stringy-sounding, intricate guitar exercises that employ fragile sounding production and quick-stepping drummers.

Rocky Votolato – Burning My Travels Clean – Review

July 5, 2002

Rocky Votolato is basically Dashboard Confessional with a better sense of craft.

Hot Water Music – Alkaline Trio – Split EP – Review

June 28, 2002

Two originals and two ‘Trio covers later, they’re still an adrenaline machine roaring out of Leatherface’s tradition of gritty, intelligent rock.

Liars Academy – No News Is Good News – Review

June 28, 2002

While the artier half of Cross My Heart went on to create oblique sulkiness in Dead Red Sea, the poppier half push the hookier moments into a full-blown band.

Burnt By The Sun – Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution – Review

June 28, 2002

Could this really be the same band that created a clumsy, directionless EP a year ago? Or did Botch and Mastodon fuse together without telling anyone?

Bad Religion – The Process of Belief – Review

June 28, 2002

Yet another Bad Religion album, yet another collection of 50% gems and 50% throwaways.

Alkaline Trio – Hot Water Music – Split EP – Review

June 28, 2002

With two originals and a cover of HWM’s “Rooftops,” Alkaline Trio turn power chords and jaded ex-boyfriend sentiments into contagious doses of punk beauty.

Elbow – Asleep In the Back – Review

June 14, 2002

Not as good as the hype, but here’s no denying Elbow’s balance of heroin grooves, disembodied vocals, and haunting melodies create an intriguing misery.

No Redeeming Social Value – 40 oz of Hardcore – Review

June 14, 2002

Always a good time with their humorous antics and “moshable” jams. Compiles out-of-print 7″s, as well as a few live tracks and a new studio track.