Lollipop Magazine

Dead Meadow – Howls from the Hills – Review

March 1, 2002

Howls from the Hills is another batch of homegrown psych, albeit with several important changes. The recording is noticeably better this time.

Stinking Lizaveta – III – Review

February 22, 2002

Nothing too busy or cluttered, the time signatures avoid the jerk-on-a-chain switcheroo that shatters the groove, and that’s OK by me.

Spirit Caravan – Elusive Truth – Review

June 3, 2001

Slower and more pensive than previous efforts, Elusive Truth is Spirit Caravan’s finest work to date, more thoughtful and philosophical, but no less rocking.

Dead Meadow – Review

June 1, 2001

The band’s loose and sloppy, but not enough to put you off. This sorta thing has to have a bit sloshing over the rim of the glass to really work.

The Obsessed – Review

April 1, 2001

The first official reissue of the first Obsessed album, an album whose every facet is shrouded in the legend that comes with being talked about more than heard.

Spirit Caravan – Jug Fulla Sun – Review

September 1, 1999

The sound is a fully rounded slice of drone biker/doom that owes less to anything specific than the general man vs. nature rock as rock push.