Il Grande Omi
In the multicolored landscape of independence, one often perceives chromatic and sonic traits that communicate sobriety and recklessness, joy and melancholy, cold and warmth; opposites that unite in a single flow. This group, "Il Grande Omi," I believe no longer exists, produced by the Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti, which I really like. I invite you to discover it... I think the album dates back to 1997. At that time, the Italian music scene enjoyed a certain vibrancy; now it’s lost in the ocean of the Internet that takes us toward distance, a distance that has lately become fashionable. I highlight this album, not produced by us (Someone will comment: "and you can tell") with great pleasure, and I invite you to listen. Hello gentlemen, de buona de giornata a de tutti...de core il grande omi | il grande omi more
Mario Monicelli -Il Marchese del Grillo
Monicelli pays homage to Luigi Magni and gifts us the last great Albertone. Exceptional performances by Riccardo Billi in the role of Aronne Piperno and above all Paolo Stoppa, who immortalizes the figure of Pope Pius VII. The film nostalgically closes the season of Commedia all’italiana. more
David Bromberg
Polistrumentalism charm more
Mark Pellington -Single Video Theory
Documentary made during the studio rehearsals and recordings of the "Yield" album by Pearl Jam. A documentary not for everyone, about an album not for everyone, by a band not for everyone. But, guys... Jack Irons on drums, and I've said it all. more
Antonello Venditti -L' orso bruno
But does this record really deserve a review by @[Trentavoltemegl]? Absolutely#yes more
GTR -GTR
Nice little album, with some guano from cormorants but also with 2-3 more pleasant, very nice tracks. A duo that on paper looked explosive but produced music that didn't really resonate with me; it was the (brief, thankfully) period when even Hackett had become fixated on AOR. Those more accustomed to these sounds will likely enjoy it; for me, it's a decent little disc to listen to a couple of times. more
Silverhead
An energy that is hard to match for groups that are not AC/DC. more
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
Exciting guitar duo 🎸x5 more
Lucio Dalla -Anidride Solforosa
and instead this is my favorite from good Lucio. the most atypical one, the one that "dare" the most, just consider "la borsa valori." to be taken in small doses (like the previous and the next one), but absolutely to be known... more
Antonello Venditti -Unica
a truly horrific album, a classic success delusion (like many recent albums by other contemporaneous "colleagues"). the previous "dalla pelle al cuore" was getting close to being a good album. more
Sergio Leone -C'era Una Volta Il West (1968)
The best Western by Leone and one of the best in the history of Frontier Cinema.
Bronson and Fonda are a bit stereotypical... but Cardinale and Cheyenne (Jason Robards) are two outstanding characters.
For the rest, Sergio Leone takes care of it, who could still outdo many, many... more
R.E.M.
Their albums marked my existence for over two decades (1989-2011). Yet they are not my favorite band. They didn't change the History of Rock not at all! Many say they had said everything at least since New Adventures in HiFi. But they knew how to say it so well every time... they could have kept doing it forever! more
Air
Two extraordinarily talented amateurs: like having a magazine full of musical shots and firing at the Moon. Unfortunately, being French has tripped them up. more
Vinicio Capossela -Ballate per uomini e bestie
Even in 2019, Vinicione nailed the masterpiece. Here he gets a bit closer to a De Andrè style concept, especially in the fantastic “Il testamento del porco” and “Il povero cristo.” Many beasts appear: the primordial cow Uro, the pig making its will, a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster wanting to go play in Bremen, a werewolf who has had his feet cut off, the giraffe from Imola, the snail. In addition, there are also big hitters like “Ballata del carcere di Reading” and “La peste,” the most "committed" pieces of the lot. Honestly, I say it, Vinicione is the only recent singer that I connect with on first listens... it may seem strange, but compared to others, I find him more accessible (perhaps because of the perpetual madness in every piece, which I unmistakably feel very close to). more
Karol Diac
an eclectic and talented individual in various fields, Karol Diac was born in Cluj Napoca, where the grand electronic music festival Untold takes place every year, in a family that has musical notes in their blood: although she started making music relatively late, she has a brother and a cousin known as DJs even abroad. A competitive tennis player and winner of several national and international titles, she practiced this sport until the age of 20 and graduated in motor sciences.

Karol also boasts a modeling career: she has walked the runway for brands like Alviero Martini, Balde (present at the Venice Film Festival 2020), Claudio Gervasutti (ph. Venice Film Festival 2020), Pignatelli, and Desigual. However, in 2017, a turning point introduces her to the music world. She begins collaborating as a singer with a Swiss electronic music production company, and in 2018, she releases her first album “Marionnette.” All the tracks on this album are produced by major Italian and foreign labels: Exia Recordings /Restate (Russia), Rock concerti (Italy), Lovertrax - Fabio Amoroso M20 Radio (Italy), D MAX (Germany) and they are broadcasted by radio stations such as M20, Radio 105, Radio Montecarlo, as well as being included in international compilations.

Also in 2018, she catches the attention of Rockconcerti.it (a management agency that boasts a roster of great artists like Povia, Marco Masini, and others), who start promoting her in the Italian and international music market. She then performs as more
Morrissey -Southpaw Grammar
A wonderful and unjustly underrated piece of work where that absolutely exceptional opening track shines (in every sense). more
William Katt
In other words...Ralph Supermaxihero 🦸‍♂️ more
Ivano Fossati -Ventilazione
As a taste of a less ethnic Fossati, it works. Obviously, compared to La pianta del tè, this is more powdery, but it can still be appreciated, especially for the very solid arrangements. Splendid Ventilazione, Viaggiatore d'occidente, and Boogie, as well as the quite decent Le grandi destinazioni and Il pilota. The rest isn’t always spot on, but it doesn’t really take away much. Really nice. more
downset.
Underestimated more
Steve Hackett -Feedback 86
Here it is, the worst album by Steve, the ugly mess wisely hidden for 14 years but then for some reason released in 2000 by his label, Camino Records. It wouldn't have been missed. There's no denying it, 1986 remains a terrible year for many big names from the previous decade, and it seems to be particularly catastrophic for everything that revolved or had revolved around Genesis (or almost, there was always Gabriel's "So," which is a fantastic album, but even that is his most commercial and features a couple of chart-topping pop tunes, one of which, "Big Time," is a piece of garbage). 1986 spared even Mr. Hackett, a year when he decided to play "pumped-up rock" and his miserable AOR. We had the decent (for someone who likes those sounds) album by GTR with Howe as an example, and that would have been more than enough, but in that same year Hackett recorded more pop-AOR songs with various collaborations (Bruno Mars, Bonnie Tyler, Chris Thompson) following the album with Howe (who doesn’t play here but is a co-writer on one track; I presume many songs here were intended for GTR). To be fair, a couple of songs are nice in their cheesy, over-the-top pop-AOR, like the duet sung by Tyler and Thompson, but here it's mostly pure crap, the worst kind of pop-rock-AOR, worse than what GTR offered. Ah, Steve, it's clear you weren't doing your best... more