Lollipop Magazine

Local H – The Island Years – Review

April 29, 2011

Listening to this collection will likely make many wonder: How can music this solid be overlooked by the masses, critics, and so-called hipsters?

The Mars Volta – Scabdates – Review

March 17, 2006

Scabdates lacks any redeeming quality whatsoever.

The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute – Review

June 13, 2005

Frances the Mute might overstay its welcome, but when it delivers… WHEW, it’s revelatory like the best moments of De-loused in the Comatorium.

Le Tigre – This Island – Review

April 18, 2005

Kathleen Hanna’s seething siren howl blaring over Johanna Fateman’s chunky, fuzzed guitar and JD Samson’s writhing and cranking beats is perfection to my ears.

HIM – Razorblade Romance – Review

August 9, 2004

Half the songs are the basic outline for sad rock, but Entwine are far more creative, and Poisonblack nails the 4/4 stripper ass-shake better.

Matthew West – Happy – Interview

July 26, 2004

An interview with Matthew West

Laguardia – Welcome to the Middle – Review

June 28, 2004

Powerfully emotional “thinking rock” ala Muse, Eleven, and Toadies that’s complex, bombastic, and catchy as all fucking ‘ell.

Hatebreed – The Rise of Brutality – Review

June 28, 2004

While Jamey Jasta and the boys still lead the charge with fists out and heads down, it isn’t hard to notice the music has become a bit safer and toned down.

The Mars Volta – Live – Review

March 8, 2004

The biggest complaint about The Mars Volta is that, although their full-length is damn near impeccable, their live shows feel like an exercise is wankery.

The Mars Volta – De-loused in the Comatorium – Review

November 12, 2003

Simple words and descriptions don’t even come close to capturing the shapeshifting, mind-bending, soul-purging madness these six men put human ears through.