Lollipop Magazine

Madelin Zero – Dirty Purple – Review

June 13, 2005

An effervescent spirit whose album is infused with a zest, if not an effusive love for life. Sugary sweet synth-pop with the superb electro direction.

Juno Reactor – Labyrinth – Interview

June 13, 2005

An interview with Ben Watkins

Erasure – Nightbird – Review

June 13, 2005

Their first album in seven years, Erasure have never been the critic’s darling that their contemporaries – Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode – are.

Drop the Fear – Review

June 13, 2005

The songs seduce, urge, and prod until you can’t help but let go of your fears and find yourself lost in the electro/shoegazer/trip-hop.

Dirty Halo – Think Dirty – Review

June 13, 2005

Formed by video director Andrews Jenkins (Korn, Dandy Warhols, Nike, Adidas, Budweiser, EA Games), Dirty Halo is a realization of inspired electro-pop.

Assemblage 23 – Storm – Interview

May 9, 2005

An interview with composer/vocalist Tom Shear

More Machine Than Man – Binary Sex – Review

April 18, 2005

Celebrations of B&D relationships, sci-fi imagery, the fetish scene, tech-sensualists, and post-alternative rage. One of the best in the industrial dance genre.

Lucia – From the Land of Volcanoes – Review

April 18, 2005

Lucia, the siren, vixen, and chanteuse, is best known as the kick-ass gal on stage with the KMFDM guys. She was also the singer in cybernetic rock group Drill.

Juno Reactor – Labyrinth – Review

April 18, 2005

Juno Reactor’s sixth album, Labyrinth, continues the world music fusion that is uniquely Ben Watkins. The album contains two tracks from The Matrix film series.

Hanzel und Gretyl – Scheissmessiah – Review

April 11, 2005

Loopy’s signature slashing, gritty guitar, electronic mayhem, and Vas Kallas’s barking distorted vocals, remind us fondly of the Psalm 69-era Ministry.