Tim Den – Page 81 – Lollipop Magazine

Aveo – Bridge to the Northern Lights – Review

February 22, 2002

Aveo play drifting Northwest indie pop that owes more than a little to The Smiths.

Starflyer 59 – Leave Here a Stranger – Review

February 22, 2002

Starflyer 59’s Pet Sounds (all the way down to the mono recording!): Layers and layers of instruments floating atop of each other like disembodied ghosts.

His Name Is Alive – Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth – Review

February 22, 2002

While a noodly/spacey rock project in the past, Warn Defever has made a full-blown jazzy r&b album with the help of Lovetta Pippen, a Harlem choir girl.

Last Days Of April – Angel Youth – Review

February 22, 2002

Angel Youth, despite being a complete rip-off of Clarity-era Jimmy Eat World is an emotional meteor shower that flattens me to the ground with every song.

Thursday – Full Collapse – Review

February 22, 2002

Interesting arpeggios and harmonies, loads of breakdowns, heartfelt singing, At The Drive-In-ish guitar pull-offs, and none of the stubborn predictability.

Hate – Holy Dead Trinity – Review

February 22, 2002

Equal parts Covenant’s weird riffage and Vader’s brutal assault, Hate plays finely-arranged death metal that is as powerful as it is well-written.

H2O – Go – Review

February 22, 2002

Go is powerchords glazed with sweetness; singalongs at every turn. And the next album might see H2O dangerously close to commercial rock.

Björk – Vespertin – Review

February 22, 2002

These are the sounds of an ice goddess trapping herself in a cocoon made of atmospheric fibers and trying to get out by singing through the cracks.

Gorguts – From Wisdom to Hate – Review

February 22, 2002

This shit’s frightening on many levels. If the magnificent playing and arrangement don’t win you over, the spookiness of it will.

National Skyline – This = Everything – Review

February 22, 2002

Desolate guitar lines, lost in landscapes of pulsing rhythms and soothing vocals, painting a full emotional picture with ambience and pretty melodies.