Lollipop Magazine

Elbow – Asleep In the Back – Review

June 14, 2002

Not as good as the hype, but here’s no denying Elbow’s balance of heroin grooves, disembodied vocals, and haunting melodies create an intriguing misery.

The Black Crowes – Lions – Review

February 8, 2002

Lions is the sixth (and apparently last) Black Crowes full-length and the second since the departure of lead guitar whiz Marc Ford.

Aphrodite – Review

January 1, 2000

I kinda like the freaky-creepy doom bass & frantic, schizophrenic beats, but after a while, the whole “I’m more serious than you” thing gets tiresome.

Moby – Play – Review

June 1, 1999

Though the sound is new, it’s still just some rich white guy stealing Black music. But hey, if Elvis could do it, why not Moby?

Addict – Stones – Review

November 1, 1998

One might expect Addict to be an over-edited, neatly-trimmed shadow specially selected for its exemplary darkness and ideally stereotypical angst.

12 Rods – Split Personalities – Review

November 1, 1998

The idea behind these guys is that they combine good ol’ fashioned guitar rock with the techno-ambient-electronic pulse of the fewtcha.

The High Llamas – Cold and Bouncy – Review

April 1, 1998

Somehow, banjos and bleep-bleeping psyilocybernetics don’t seem as incongruous in tandem as they might on paper. A fine aperitif all around.

The High Llamas – Hawaii – Review

November 1, 1997

77 minutes of tastelessly tasteful arrangements for synth, strings, woodwinds, banjo (again), bongos, and gently-weeping George Harrisonian guitar.