Tim Den – Page 78 – Lollipop Magazine

Wolfie – Tall Dark Hill – Review

March 8, 2002

Combining the chiming pop of Sloan, warm fuzzy guitars, and a Midwestern-college-rock air of sophistication, Wolfie rock out boy/girl garage-power-pop songs.

Homo Iratus – Human Consumes Human – Review

March 8, 2002

Broken Hope vocals over a death metal Stompbox. Yes, you heard right: Deathcore stripped to its bare minimum.

Sinister – Creative Killings – Review

March 1, 2002

Here they are again, playing easily dismissable, run-of-the-mill death metal with a new vocalist (a girl). Should you care?

Phobia – Serenity Through Pain – Review

March 1, 2002

Unrelenting, let-the-pit-spin-out-of-control old school grindcore with crusty punk ethics and noisecore breakdowns.

Park – No Signal – Review

March 1, 2002

In a genre where every yelp and breakdown is as predictable as a boy band’s dance move, Park is learning to combine math rock flashes with powerful vocals.

Owen – Review

March 1, 2002

Owen is Mike Kinsella’s first solo record, finding the multi-instrumentalist handling all songwriting and performance duties by himself.

Cry Baby Cry – Jesus Loves Stacey – Review

March 1, 2002

Cry Baby Cry sound like rock’n’roll’s glorious past and still are original.

Buried Alive – Last Rites – Review

February 22, 2002

So I guess Buried Alive is no more, eh? Too bad, cuz Last Rites shows that they were just becoming bearable.

Shades Apart – Sonic Boom – Review

February 22, 2002

Sonic Boom is as neutered as the unimaginative title suggests. While the three members can still play their instruments, they’ve retained none of the spirit.

Seafood – Surviving the Quiet – Review

February 22, 2002

British band gathering up memories of Slanted and Enchanted, Goo, and Sebadoh into ten tracks.