Kings of Leon
*From the dives that smell of vomit on American highways to the neat covers of trendy magazines. Sold? Maybe. But with that voice and those guitar melodies, does anyone care? more
Franz Ferdinand
Twenty-first century shaking rock-pop. No chit-chat, everyone on the dance floor! more
Bloc Party
Proponents of one of the best "glamorous indie rock & roll" albums of the '00s promised a lot, but delivered little. Who knows what the next decade will bring... more
Oneida
This means being sbunnati well. more
Piero Ciampi
The angriest of them all. more
Queen
Before making pop songs in the '80s, Queen managed to make their mark on the rock world with more than decent and even original albums: the first 2 self-titled albums, "A Night at the Opera"... then emptiness or almost; the redemption came at the end with "Innuendo"... anyway, a band that has always performed great live. more
Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld
The prototype of all "MetalHeadz"... in body and mind: "TemMeee... TemMeee... Endelordovdianderuord!!!" more
Gigi D'Alessio
A diploma from the conservatory isn't enough (a classic excuse from fans) to make someone an artist. O scuorn e napule... more
Fausto Rossi
tall, thin, hallucinated. like a Jew without God, without money. more
Queen
come on...i queen are the queens...a 4 is all it takes. 6 for Freddie's vocals. more
The Band
..a journey to the roots of American music.. the Great American Novel encapsulated in noble and moving songs destined for immortality... more
Alice
A ray of sunshine on a rainy day, first naïve, then aggressive, and finally reflective. more
Sonic Youth
noise the Poetry of the more
Queen
..band to avoid.. tacky, kitsch, pompous, clumsy, classless.. musically to avoid.. more
Queen
Wigs, mustaches, glitter, and comments that confirm that much of the negative judgments about this band are about everything but the music. Unfortunately, in 2009, there are still people out there who judge by appearances. I would give their studio production a 3 on average, but live they rocked, so 5 for their live performance. A 4 overall for their career. more
Judas Priest
with a "little" help from the sabbath the inventors of metal more
Sonic Youth
The noise of poetry more
Sonic Youth
The Poetry of Noise more
Sonic Youth
Moods and Noises from '80s New York. Essential. more
Scorpions
At times, they evoke the worst of Judas Priest: mainstream, flashy, predictable, trivial, derivative. They have built much of their career on the riff of "I Can't Explain." Music full of compromises. more