Lollipop Magazine

Monochrome – Collapse & Sever – Review

January 10, 2005

Victoria Lloyd’s (of Claire Voyant) smooth vocals offer a wonderful contrast to Clint Sand’s (of cut.rate.box) industrial/EBM/trip hop-drenched dance music.

Das Ich- Lava Glut – Review

January 10, 2005

Das Ich have influenced industrial music as much as Skinny Puppy, Einsturzende Neubaten, and Laibach, but they’ve never realized the financial rewards.

Black Tape For A Blue Girl – Halo Star – Review

January 10, 2005

Swirling, moody, and introspective, Halo Star is what we have come to expect from cutting-edge group Black Tape For A Blue Girl, a longtime underground darling.

Informatik – Re: Vision – Review

January 10, 2005

Bathe in future pop rage. Another dark EBM/future pop album that dots the landscape of Metropolis Records. Tasty remixes by Assemblage 23, Funker Vogt, Iris.

Seabound – Poisonous Friend – Review

December 6, 2004

Remixes from their highly-successful 2004 Metropolis debut, Beyond Flatline. Rife with atmospheric synth melodies and soothing male vibrato vocals.

Liquid Mercury – Beat Box Explosion – Review

November 29, 2004

Their sound drips with old school analog and the occasional cat-scratching record. It raises your temperature incrementally, like a locomotive building speed.

SMP – Crimes of the Future – Review

November 22, 2004

This political and social satire-drenched, industrial-rap rock release is punk in scope but not in sound. Think Sister Machine Gun meets Pop Will Eat Itself.

Tweaker – 2 a.m. Wakeup Call – Review

November 22, 2004

2am is a masterful work, an incredible array of layers and textures that takes a third, a fifth, and a 20th listen to catch. But the listen is worth it.

Skinny Puppy – The Greater Wrong Of The Right – Review

November 15, 2004

Less abstract padded noise and electronic blips and more well-crafted song structures featuring effected guitar hooks coming at you from all directions.

KMFDM – WWIII Tour 2003 – Review

October 4, 2004

A 20th Anniversary celebration of KMFDM’s prolific career. It features live performances of 13 tracks from various venues. The DVD is chock full of extras.