Lollipop Magazine

Import Zone – Column

May 23, 2004

“Good evening everybody, my name is Robbie Williams, this is my band, and you are about to witness the best show in the world right now!”

Import Zone – Column

October 15, 2003

A seductive mix of folk, pop, piano, and electronica, it’s probably the one contemporary French pop disc to be released this year that the late Serge Gainsbourg would have appreciated.

Import Zone – Column

July 23, 2003

With all of the fuss about the movie Bend It Like Beckham, one might be curious about the debut solo album by David Beckham’s wife and former member of The Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham.

Import Zone – Column

April 18, 2003

Festival is the fourth album by Italy’s Paola & Chiara and it’s a fantastic celebration of life, love, and various genres of music you probably wouldn’t expect to find on the same album.

The Cardigans’ vocalist Nina Persson released an untitled solo album under the moniker A Camp in 2001. It has yet to be released Stateside, but the UK release isn’t terribly hard to find and is certainly worth hunting down if you’re a fan of her distinctive voice.

Import Zone – Column

November 8, 2002

It’s appropriate that there’s an airplane on the cover of Panavision, the second album from the Montréal trio Lili Fatale, because it’s all over the place, jumping from genre to genre sometimes within the context of a single song.

Import Zone – Column

August 2, 2002

What she lacks in vocal range, Japan’s Chara has always made up for with her diverse songwriting, and she continues this tradition on Madrigal, a kaleidoscope of beautiful songs that never sound quirky just for the sake of being quirky.

Import Zone – Column

April 19, 2002

Robbie Williams has followed up his Sing When You’re Winning album with a collection of swing/jazz/big band tunes entitled – wink, wink – Swing When You’re Winning. I

Import Zone – Column

February 22, 2002

To coincide with the recent re-release of the late Serge Gainsbourg’s catalog, Mercury France gave 14 of his best tracks to top electronica gurus to recreate and the result is I Love Serge.

Import Zone – Column

June 1, 2001

I caught the first two nights of Vanessa Paradis’ six sold out March performances à L’Olympia à Paris, and they were well worth all the rain I endured.