Woody Allen -Radio Days
"Time passes, but it leaves its marks." more
Azealia Banks
Azealia Banks is, without a doubt, a great artist.
In light of a turbulent temperament, prone to heated discussions, aggressive fights, impulsive outbursts, and opinions that often fall short of being merely questionable, it is equally important to highlight her equally striking artistic caliber.
The New York rapper possesses an absolute musical "vision," extremely interesting ideas and hybridizations, and an eclecticism that is never trivial.
In her masterpiece "Broke with Expensive Taste," she skillfully blends, in a sort of schizophrenic trip, experimental Hip Hop with House music, Electronic with R&B, Funk with Dance, while also drawing on influences from Punk, EDM, Jazz, and Caribbean music.
The cutting edge of her rhymes is fierce, biting, hammering, and "rude": much like the artist herself. more
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
Solo project of Saul Hudson, known as "Slash," alongside Myles Kennedy, the powerful voice of Alter Bridge, and the Conspirators. Strong and evocative, they have become a staple of the metal scene. more
Erredieffe
god pig more
Elton John -Tumbleweed Connection
After a promising debut and a beautiful second album, the crescendo culminates with this splendid record, along with the subsequent one (and Captain Fantastic a few years later), forming the pinnacle of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's career. 10 songs—10 gems, a compact, perfect album that follows a single thematic-expressive thread and makes its 10 songs a unified corpus that crosses the frontier of the beloved American West, with the music of "The Band" as the main protective spirit and source of inspiration to look up to, a journey through Americana, perfect pop, piano rock, country/country-rock/folk, and splashes of soul-gospel chorale from the two English boys. With the special touch of giving space to the authorship of a "protégé" like Lesley Duncan (a backing vocalist on the records of that period) with her "Love Song." "Burn Down the Mission," his definitive piano rock, "Talking Old Soldiers," one of his three most beautiful songs. Oh, and in a couple of songs, on the backing vocals, there’s even Dusty Springfield. more
Elton John -Too Low For Zero
Actually, I only save the title track. A terrible comeback for the Elton John Band as a whole, a pile of bland and meaningless pop mixed with all the other bland and meaningless pop John produced during those years; some songs are slightly better, but still pointless, but the absolute champion of garbage is "Kiss the Bride," brr... The title track is a nice song, though. Moreover, the push towards typically eighties pop sounds, in the worst sense of the term, doesn't help. It's bad, but it's also true that he has done worse in the following years. more
Elton John -The Fox
Overall, it's a nice album, certainly the most respectable of his terrible '80s. I even feel like calling the title track a beautiful song, and there are a few other fun, decent ones. There's the 11-minute "suite," which aims to echo the grandeur of "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" on The Yellow Brick Road, and for half of it, the instrumental part is quite lovely, before unfortunately turning into a piece of crap. more
Fontaines D.C.
They come from Ireland but they’re not U2, luckily... more
Meghan Trainor
A subpar version and Puttantours'one by Michela Giraud (from top to bottom they are identical, damn donkey!) more
Woody Allen -A Midsummer Night's Sex Commedy
Little comedy, too sexy. If it was none of that and just six characters messing around in nature, I would have liked it. more
Elton John -Empty Sky
A good debut, featuring young Reginaldo who enjoys himself with his youthful style (later refined with the second beautiful self-titled album) that encompasses both his classical studies (and the arrangements with flute—which we will never find again in his songs—harpsichord, strings, are direct examples) as well as his passions for R&B, soul, blues, and American song genres in general, infused with touches of British refinement and an extraordinary melodic taste that will define his fortunes, always accompanied by his loyal friend and lyricist Bernardo Taupin. Far from the glitzy global superstar he would later become, John was at the time a creator of very refined pop, serious, melancholic although already with more lively folk/country/rock’n’roll flashes and songs that seem like a trial version of those that would soon appear on albums like "Tumbleweed Connection" (like "Western Ford Gateway"). The album is enjoyable overall, but at least three songs stand out: "Val-Hala," "Hymn 2000," and the first great classic ballad (but with the sound of a harpsichord) that is quintessentially eltonjohniana— "Skyline Pigeon." more
Death Cult -Death Cult
This EP by the then Death Cult (shortly after they would simply become "Cult") is truly beautiful. Four tracks, all splendid, starting with the irresistible ride of "Brothers Grimm." Post-punk with a rock edge, gothic due to its dark, nervous, and gloomy contours and atmospheres, featuring an extremely emphatic and theatrical vocal performance, a beautiful work by Billy Duffy on guitar, and an utterly effective rhythm section that gives a wonderful groove to the four songs. Between the Grimms and Vietnam, there is also room for the history and culture of Native Americans ("Ghost Dance" and "Horse Nation," the latter taken from the book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," which had already inspired the German band Gila a decade earlier). more
Pino Daniele -Nero A Metà
Thanks to my Rosaspina! (12/06/2022)* more
The Jesus And Mary Chain -Honey's Dead
Thanks to my Rosaspina! (12/06/2022) more
Carla Thomas -King & Queen
Thanks to my Rosaspina! (06/12/2022) more
Killing Joke -Killing Joke
Thanks to my Rosaspina! (12/06/2022) more
Circle Jerks -Wild in the Streets
Thanks to my Rosaspina! (12/06/2022) more
Anthony Bellina -Nato Leone
Anthony Bellina, known as "Anthony," is a 2002-born artist from the province of Venice. He takes his first musical steps with a guitar in hand, later completing his repertoire with bass and finally drums. From Old School American rap to '80s Heavy Metal, Nu Metal is undoubtedly the foundation of his inspiration. His debut album "Nato Leone" is now available on all digital platforms.

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Nato Leone - Album by Anthony
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