Lollipop Magazine

The Strays – Le Futur Noir – Review

March 16, 2007

Straight-served, some Clash worship and touselled hair, but also a crappy b&w booklet. From Greece, Britain, and Orange County, and you can hear the geography.

Tsar – Band-Girls-Money – Review

December 9, 2005

They have go-go girls, they sing about gettin’ drunk and gettin’ laid and likin’ porn, and they calculate their rebellion perfectly.

Ambulance Ltd. – LP – Review

February 7, 2005

The four songs taken from the EP are the album’s lynchpins, the braces without which the album would crash to the ground in pieces.

Ambulance LTD – Review

October 22, 2003

Pretty and sensitive enough to appeal to the snobby clerk at the indie shop, but with psychedelic touches to catch the attention of your drug-addled buddies.

Nothingface – Skeletons – Review

October 1, 2003

I used to like Nothingface, but as time goes on, the band seems to’ve modified the intense hooks and grooves that made their heavy-set sounds explode on impact.

Sevendust – Animosity – Review

April 12, 2002

Aaron Lewis of Staind sings on “Follow,” so you get that whole heartfelt trip, ya know? The harmonies are detached, haunting and quaveringly eerie.

Vision Of Disorder – From Bliss to Devastation – Review

February 22, 2002

V.O.D. have always been respectable, ahead of the curve. I’ve stopped what I was doing repeatedly and skipped back to revel in a certain part again. Repeatedly.

Default – The Fallout – Review

February 22, 2002

Sounds like Lifehouse. Or any post-Creed band with less big-chested vocals. It’s radio rock and, as both the band and record name state, it’s all the same.

Nothingface – Violence – Review

April 1, 2001

Three records deep, Nothingface have forged a cogent alloy between hardcore and metal.

Nashville Pussy – High as Hell – Review

September 1, 2000

I’d rather listen to a Motörhead record. Any one of ’em.