Tim Den – Page 93 – Lollipop Magazine

Throwdown – Drive Me Dead – Review

April 1, 2001

Metalcore has become so predictable that when any unit succeeds in breaking my expectations just a tiny bit, it feels like a miracle.

The Stryder – Masquerade in the Key of Crime – Review

April 1, 2001

They’re gourmet chefs on their instruments, creating new flavors with the usually tiresome emo singing and pseudo-glam rock guitar licks.

The New Amsterdams – Never You Mind – Review

April 1, 2001

Every song on here sounds like Jimmy Eat World B-sides. Oh, except “Goodbye,” which I swore was on Pinkerton.

The Movielife – This Time Next Year – Review

April 1, 2001

A bit of youth crew gang vocals here, a splash of Lifetime melodies there, a crapload of power chords everywhere makes for quite a punch.

The Juliana Theory – Emotion is Dead – Review

April 1, 2001

Dressed to the nines and matched only by their flamboyantly melodramatic live struttings, The Juliana Theory contradicts themselves over and over again.

The Jealous Sound – Review

April 1, 2001

I’m very, very glad to see Blair Shehan (ex-Knapsack) back at it. After giving himself some much-deserved time off, Shehan is back with The Jealous Sound.

The Firebird Band – The Setting Sun and it’s Satellites – Review

April 1, 2001

Initially a side project for Braid’s Chris Broach, The Firebird Band has been creating drum machine-based, minimalist jangly rock since ’97.

Sunday’s Best – Poised to Break – Review

April 1, 2001

Though not at the top of the hierarchy, Sunday’s Best does a fine job of holding their own in the genre of “sometimes Knapsack, sometimes emo new wave.”

Sick of it All – Yours Truly – Review

April 1, 2001

After putting out consistently good records for almost 15 years, Sick Of It All are back with another no-frills chunk of NYHC goodness.

Immolation – Close to a World Below – Review

April 1, 2001

Not the fastest or the heaviest, but customizing those prerequisites into a haunting, creepy sound that no one could claim their own.