Lollipop Magazine

H.O.T. – Outside Castle – Review

April 1, 2001

What a disappointment it is. Many have referred to the High-five Of Teenagers as Korea’s boy band, but they used to release groundbreaking albums.

Luckie Strike – Mercury Project – Review

April 1, 2001

Recalls the anger, power, and wild vibrato of Tilt, the pure pop joy of Dance Hall Crashers, and a fresh, standards like The Bangles and The Go-Go’s.

Lio – Je Suis Comme Ça – Review

April 1, 2001

Lio is a French chanteuse who recently released a long-awaited album. Je Suis Comme Ça is her first studio album since 1996’s Wandatta, but it’s not very good.

Lizzy Borden – Deal With the Devil – Review

April 1, 2001

“There Will Be Blood Tonight,” and the Manson-ish industrial plod of “We Only Come Out at Night” transcend the cheese. Well, they taste of a different cheese.

Linea 77 – Too Much Happiness… Makes Kids Paranoid – Review

April 1, 2001

Linea 77 pummels, grunts, and hammers down everything in its sight, wreaking much havoc with their Thor-like distortion.

Lambs – Review

April 1, 2001

They’re punk in that howling Misfits way, yet they have Entombed-style production to their chug. Ugly, noisy, kinda cool.

Vanessa Paradis – Bliss – Review

April 1, 2001

Bliss is French chanteuse Vanessa Paradis’ long-awaited fourth studio album – her first studio effort in eight years – and the title could not sum it up better.

Lamb of God – New American Gospel – Review

April 1, 2001

Kick the hard-ass end of Pantera into a Relapse blender, grind thoroughly, and then slurp back over a hearty human lunch with Cannibal and you get close.

Kittie – Paperdoll EP – Review

April 1, 2001

The radio remix of “Paperdoll” and live versions of Spit’s “Spit,” “Brackish,” “Suck,” “Do You Think I’m a Whore?,” “Raven,” and the video of “Charlotte.”

Kill Your Idols – No Gimmicks Needed – Review

April 1, 2001

Packs quite an urban/ down’n’dirty vibe with their fast-paced assault, pushing them power chords and polka beats to the limit.