Tim Den – Page 75 – Lollipop Magazine

Bad Astronaut – Armchair Martian – World’s IBC Heavyweight Championship: War of the Worlds – Review

March 29, 2002

Bad Astronaut (Joey [Lagwagon], Derrick [Lagwagon, Ataris], and Marko 72 [Sugarcult, Nerf Herder]) turn Armchair Martian’s whiskey tales into quivering dramas.

As Friends Rust – Won – Review

March 29, 2002

As Friends Rust have moved away from the Hot Water Music-cum-Avail type of emo hardcore and into the more mature style of Dag Nasty, and all for the better.

Armchair Martian – Bad Astronaut – World’s IBC Heavyweight Championship: War of the Worlds – Review

March 29, 2002

Armchair Martian rework Bad Astronaut tunes into Ryan Adams on testosterone/liquor/depression.

Dead Red Sea – Birds – Review

March 29, 2002

It’s actually quite melancholy and touching, it just that it doesn’t live up to what I expected from ex-Cross My Heart guitarist/vocalist Ryan Shelkett.

In Control – Another Year – Review

March 29, 2002

In Control supposedly follows the footsteps of Nardcore past greats (i.e. Scared Straight), but in reality they’re just a Strife rip-off.

Dawncore – Entertainment for the Best – Review

March 29, 2002

Good nose-breaking, arms-flailing, falling-down-a-glass-covered-flight-of-stairs kind of intensity matched with strong riffage. From Budapest, Hungary.

AM/FM – Getting into Sinking – Review

March 22, 2002

Like Starflyer 59’s latest release, AM/FM are successfully tapping into the spirit of West Coast ’60s pop with Getting into Sinking.

Shiner – The Egg – Review

March 22, 2002

Shiner, like Burning Airlines and No Knife, is one of those cases of rock bands that defy conventional song structures, tempo changes, melodic progressions.

Aviso’Hara – Our Lady of the Highway – Review

March 22, 2002

Math rock geeks who love Sonic Youth and Jawbox should worship the stage that Aviso’Hara tear apart with their tweaked chords and barbed wire arpeggios.

Ben Folds – Rockin’ the Suburbs – Review

March 22, 2002

Ben Folds has taken his art beyond his predecessors. Neither Billy Joel nor Elton John packed as much lyrical relevance as Ben Folds during their heyday.