Converge
When I talk about Jacob Bannon's project, I recommend listening to the song "Jane Doe" that closes the self-titled album: 11 minutes of destabilizing descent into the darkest and most tumultuous abyss... Terrifying... more
Franco Battiato
If the stars could hear her songs, they would feel much closer to the earth...and much less alone. more
Rino Gaetano
It's like the old southern grandfather who tells you... "how's it going with the girlfriend? Marììì fill the glass for the kid" sweetness and realism, drunken lyrics and a farmer's voice, poetry, solitude, and irony. Immense. more
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Who has never gotten out of a Ferrari after driving down the A14 at 240 km/h saying... what a piece of crap this car is? more
Daft Punk
I would dare to use the term "revolution." They are the perfect balance between the dance of the best years of the 60s and 70s and tasteful electronics, drawing on the nuances of eurodance and the magic of Alan Parson... hoping not to delude myself. more
Los Straitjackets
A Californian quartet produces an electrifying new surf mex sound. A standout feature is that they are masked. Discreet, a plus because they carry the surf flag forward. more
Santana
Aside from the cover of "Black Magic Woman," which remains her masterpiece, the rest is a sea of missteps and various blunders. Still, I respect it. more
Coldplay
The first three albums are great, X&Y 5 stars, Viva la Vida is beautiful but that’s where the decline into commercialism started. Mylo Xyloto is super commercial but the songs can be enjoyable; the last singles are complete crap, just imagine how the album will be. more
The Who -A Quick One
Beautiful album, even though I prefer "My Generation." "Cobwebs and Strange" is absolutely amazing, and the title track, although a bit immature, remains one of their cornerstones as well as Townshend's first "small" experiment in rock opera (a piece that would find its consecration in Leeds a few years later). more
The Cure
If you are trying to understand what the monster is that is trying to trap you in a vicious circle of languor and indifference, if you are looking for a cure for the spleen... well, you can find it in their soothing guitars, in the captivating keyboards, and in the lyrics of a damned gentleman named Robert Smith. more
Queen
The music of Queen (thankfully) has managed to break down the walls created by the cynical and megalomaniac ignorance of the "music professors," that is, people who have never seen a sparrow in their lives and claim to explain how it works. I feel embarrassed hearing tracks like Innuendo, Bohemian Rhapsody being termed good songs, good albums. Try (re)writing their pieces, their harmonies and stop jerking off to David Bowie, because Mercury had him before you. more
Elio e le Storie Tese
they may be the best and virtuous Italian group, okay, but they should pay royalties to Frank Zappa for all the aware and sneaky plagiarisms. basically, they are a cover band of Zappa. more
The Jesus And Mary Chain -Psychocandy
Orgasmic dark decadent black mass in Velvet Underground style. Distortions that evoke a universe torn apart by the fangs of inevitable darkness, music that conjures scenes of death in an empty room, in a microcosm that becomes a macrocosm. Truly disturbing and fascinating at the same time. more
Fugazi -Repeater
Attention: this music can act as a hormone on the brain and the human body. It stimulates a strong sense of estrangement from reality, a sense of euphoria, and induces the listener to release fluids. Those eager for intense emotions and musical drugs can shoot this sound wonder directly into their veins. more
Gandalf -Gandalf
I can't help but give four stars to this album even though it's made up solely of covers. The musical atmosphere that it creates is so enchanting that it's impossible not to love it. It's like flying on a magic carpet. more
Francesco De Gregori
A true giant of singer-songwriter music. No ifs and buts. I’ll add something to the previous definition. He is one of the "three crowns" of the Italian singer-songwriter tradition along with De Andrè and Guccini, and for me, all three deserve 5 stars. The albums from “Alice non lo sa” to “Q Disc” and “La donna cannone” are impeccable and represent the history of the singer-songwriter genre. Some gems with extraordinarily high lyrical and melodic quality. From “Scacchi e Tarocchi” to “Prendere e lasciare,” there’s a different yet equally interesting second phase. From “Amore nel pomeriggio” to today, without infamy and without praise. And then, well, like many (but not all) he has lived off the royalties from the first 10 years of his career. more
At The Gates -Slaughter of the Soul
One of the masterpieces of European Death Metal; the five Swedish guys don’t need much time: just a little over thirty minutes in an album where everything is infinitely powerful, played with ferocious skill, with a production that highlights the multiple violent characteristics of a sound that annihilates you. "Blinded By Fear," "Cold," "Nausea," songs of unprecedented executive cruelty that lead to the instrumental and conclusive "The Flames Of The End"... Staggering... more
Malevolent Creation
Fellow citizens of Cannibal Corpse and creators of a Death Metal aimed at annihilating through listening: a boulder of disproportionate power, with a guitar sound dark, gloomy, infernal... Degenerates... more
The Stooges -The Stooges
When I see the publication date, it makes me reflect. Damn. more
La Dispute
I love them. more