Tim Den – Page 82 – Lollipop Magazine

Murder Squad – Unsane, Insane, and Mentally Deranged – Review

February 22, 2002

Members of Carnage, Merciless, Dismember, and Entombed bring you the kind of wide-eyed innocence that gore metal hasn’t seen since its humble beginnings.

Moods For Moderns – Loud & Clear – Review

February 22, 2002

Musically referencing everything that ruled in the world of ’60s guitar pop – Badfinger and Jackie Lomax – they nail the fuzzy riffs and vintage drum sounds.

Monstrosity – Enslaving the Masses – Review

February 22, 2002

A two-disc retrospective from one of death metal’s most underrated old timers.

The Ivory Coast – Clouds – Review

February 22, 2002

The band is great; droplets of each instrument raining on different parts of the song to create a storm. But then the vocals come in…

The Icarus Line – Mono – Review

February 22, 2002

Harsh vocal screams over buzzing guitar lines that use single notes more than chords, atom bomb drums and the ability to instigate spazz-out schizophrenia.

Ted Leo/Pharmacists – The Tyranny of Distance – Review

February 22, 2002

I’ve heard Ted Leo’s first solo record and most of Chisel’s (his former band) output, but I don’t remember any of it being as jaw-droppingly impressive as this.

59 Times The Pain – Calling the Public – Review

February 22, 2002

Gone are the tough guy ideals that spawned the band’s moniker, replaced by ’60s backbeat, The Clash’s chiming guitars, and accessible singing.

This is Solid State – Volume 2 – Review

February 22, 2002

All of the sweaty, distortion masters of metal: Stretch Arm Strong, Blindside, and Born Blind balance out the equation by providing finger-pointing material.

Woven – EPrime – Review

February 22, 2002

Woven is the combination of musician know-how and electronic studio wizardry at its finest, sounding like Massive Attack and Squarepusher writing pop songs.

Death – Live in L.A. (Death and Raw) – Review

February 22, 2002

Brings a nostalgic smile to my face and a tear to my eye, hearing classics such as “Pull the Plug” and “Suicide Machine” up to newbie “Trapped in a Corner.”