Blow Up.

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An Italian music magazine known for in-depth features and reviews; published Paolo Bertoni's '20 ESSENTIALS: Folk Noir 1988 - 2011' featured on DeBaser.

On DeBaser Blow Up. published an overview titled '20 ESSENTIALS: Folk Noir 1988 - 2011' (Paolo Bertoni). The DeBaser reviewer notes the magazine's intellectual independence and courage and that it chose to treat a niche sub-genre (labelled 'Folk Noir' in the piece).

A single DeBaser review praises Blow Up.'s willingness to cover niche genres while critiquing Paolo Bertoni's methodology and selection for the "20 ESSENTIALS: Folk Noir 1988 - 2011" piece. The reviewer values the magazine's editorial courage but finds the article fragmentary and occasionally opaque. Key complaints concern selection biases and limited contextualization.