Ignorance, vulgarity, and attitude don't make a damn and don't make a decent actress either. more
One of the most unique bands in today's music more
Discovered this month by a brother who lives in the east. I fell in love with the collection 'Make Yourself a Happening Machine'. And with these freaks. Early '80s, balancing between hyper-fuzzy garage rock, paisley lullabies, and abundant psilocybin spores. I haven't listened to anything else in the last two weeks. more
Just a year after his hard-fought solo debut, Bob Mould in 1990 delivers one of his best works; it's a return to those electric sounds so dear to him and to us, never forgotten: a three-piece formation that immediately recalls Husker Du. It is the imposing grandeur of the long title track that kicks off an album steeped in feedback, with the sublime peak reached in "Stop Your Cryng," where the ghost of his first immense group appears in the distance. more
You can't use Adobe Flash, you have to download custom apps, you’re forced to download iTunes for iPods, you must have all the tags sorted otherwise it spreads all the tracks here and there, and in general, there’s a lack of customization options, non-replaceable batteries that last like crap, and definitely high prices... a dictatorship, in short! The quality is okay because in the end the products are cool and then you can put all your archive on the iPod Classic... but what a drag! more
D. Boon, Mike Watt, and George Hurley: originating from San Pedro, California. An apparently absurd hybrid, their sound: hardcore-punk-funk-blues-jazz in absolute freedom, without rules and barriers...(R)INNOVATORS... more
Robust injections of psychedelia, pop, folk rock, and experimentation propel Zen Arcade and Hüsker Dü far beyond hardcore punk and towards the subsequent wonders (most notably, of course, New Day Rising and Warehouse: Songs and Stories). more
Not just a band, but THE metalcore band. more
One of the few valid groups in the current musical landscape. more
September 1970; just a few months after their eponymous debut, the boys from Aston, near Birmingham, bring to life their most representative album: the Holy Bible for lovers of the emerging Heavy sound. Eight tracks are enough for a little over forty legendary minutes: decades later, they have lost none of their evocative power. "War Pigs", "Paranoid", "Planet Caravan", "Iron Man", "Electric Funeral", "Hand Of Doom", "Rat Salad", "Fairies Wear Boots"... PERFECT ALBUM... more
As someone else has already written, for "completeness," he was probably the greatest of all. For the extraordinary voice, the melodies, the lyrics, his way of prose in song talking about this and that while adopting a new and direct language. A unique figure for vocal power, appearance (a hairy little person and flamboyant), and personality (a charming, lovable, genius oddball—a true artist). more
Great debut, the next three hold up well, but it starts to decline from 1999. "I'm here too" concludes a decade-long journey with dignity. more
This one, this one... and Costello, I was saying years ago. For now, 3 stars, I should get to know him better to raise it. more
Better than Pooh's other son... of DJ Francesco, it's pointless to compare him to his father. more
The gentlemen of Canterbury. There are no words to describe that masterpiece called Third. more
The beginning of the eponymous first song from the eponymous first album: there is no comparison in Music that has such chilling beauty; and then comes N.I.B. (Nativity In Black) where there is a line that encapsulates their importance that cannot even be quantified: "My Name Is Lucifer, Please Take My Hand"... There is no need to continue... more
We are in the early nineties, and Brazilian boys are bringing forth their best album in terms of executive tightness, sonic violence, and finally, solid production. It's the brief title track that ominously opens an album that oozes power and malice at every moment, thanks also to immensely explosive songs like "Dead Embryonic Cells" and the closing "Infected Voice"; a terrifying wall of sound that will remain forever unmatched... WE SHALL ARISE... more
In the Olympus of progressive rock. more
I've always liked the first album... the others a bit less, definitely less. 3 stars just for the debut. more