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The Index — The Red Label Album | DeRank™: 0,00

Released practically just a few months after the first album (with Tom Belew added on bass guitar, whose contribution is definitely felt), the album is now dubbed 'The Red Label Album.' It sounds probably less experimental and garage-like compared to the first episode, taking on more of a blues psychedelia vibe ('Spoonful,' 'Eight Miles High') and leaning towards conventional song structure ('New York Mining Disaster,' 'Paradise Beach'). The album features a reimagining of 'Turquoise Feline' from the first album and two covers of Bee Gees songs ('I Can't See Nobody,' 'Break Out'). It’s a beautiful work nonetheless, with its only 'flaw' being that it isn’t something as unattainable as the previous one. I already love this band a lot.

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Breus
An unpredictable and apocalyptic novel in the literal sense of the word. more
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Arcadium — Breathe Awhile | DeRank™: 3,00

In the list of British bands from the '60s and '70s that shine like shooting stars in the progressive sky (Khan, Writing on The Wall, T2, etc.), they sit in the front row: the heaviest you can hear in the genre but with utterly ethereal melodic openings. "I'm on my way" is how Comus would sound if they were a rock band. more
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Stolt and companions, back in 1995, bring us sounds and atmospheres of the most classic progressive style, which we thought were long lost in time. more
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Flat Earth Society — Waleeco | DeRank™: 1,69

Recorded at Fleetwood Studios in Boston, 'Waleeco' is the only LP released by this psychedelic rock band from Massachusetts back in 1968. A small gem of the genre and, as far as I'm concerned, a fantastic discovery. Eleven tracks of psychedelic sounds typical of that era, between The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, with deviations that already hint at Velvet Underground ('Midnight Hour,' 'In My Window') and more evocative episodes like 'Satori' and 'Portrait in Grey,' which foreshadow some experiments that later became typical in the genre. Beautiful.

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Paul Rudd is one of those actors of the new American cinema that I consider multi-purpose, and you can find him in different films that range from independent productions—sometimes even committed—to the most clichéd romantic comedies. In this beautiful film by Rob Burnett, he plays Ben, a social worker who serves as a caregiver for a boy named Trevor (Craig Roberts) suffering from muscular dystrophy. Ben will convince Trevor to overcome his resistance, and the two will embark on a long journey to what is "the largest hole in the world" (I believe it's the Morning Glory Pool in Wyoming, Yellowstone Park). It’s a road trip experience that will mark both of their lives. The cast also includes the young star Selena Gomez. It doesn't aim to tear your heart out, and perhaps that's why it’s a successful film. more
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Louis Leterrier — Now You See Me | DeRank™: 0,00

Film directed by Louis Leterrier and featuring a rich cast including Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Melanie Laurent, Michael Caine, Dave Franco, and Woody Harrelson. Standing out among them is the performance of the former, an actor I consider one of the best around, along with the usual Harrelson. Morgan Freeman is good too, but that's not news. An ambitious film, at times even spectacular, it tells the story of a group of four magicians who, in a tale tangled between fiction and reality, commit heists during their performances. The initial part is beautiful and captivating, but the film loses its way becoming a sort of action movie with the usual car chases seen and reviewed a thousand times. It recovers some points in the finale, but my overall judgment is insufficient. It could have been better. more
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Omero | DeRank™: 10,96

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A fairytale journey through the best that Pendragon's new progressive can offer. Those looking for heavy metal noise might as well go elsewhere. Beautiful (apart from the cover...) more
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A wonderfully rich double album, a true summation of the teachings of the great progressive. Tons of Yes, a few sprinkles of the Gentle Giant here and there, all expertly blended with the best quotes from Caravan and the Canterbury Scene. Masterful and thoroughly enjoyable. more
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Considered the top Italian rocker. Huh? Many doubts... I've always hated it. This "work," however, is acceptable. more
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Lene Lovich — Stateless | DeRank™: 5,52

A crazy dazed woman more
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Offspring — Smash | DeRank™: 0,00

Wow, how beautiful! more
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The Jesus and Mary Chain | DeRank™: 0,00

Huge, enormous. Psychocandy is a groundbreaking album, capable of dividing the history of rock into a before and an after. more
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I had never listened to any of his solo work, but I had always looked favorably on this singer-songwriter. I listened to this album more out of curiosity than anything else, and I was very positively impressed, to the point that I consider it one of the best albums of more or less recent Italian singer-songwriter music that I have listened to lately. Some tracks made me think of the best episodes of Perturbazione ('Ha perso la città', 'Facciamo finta', 'Una mano sugli occhi'), while others inevitably refer back to the Italian singer-songwriter tradition and fundamental authors like De Gregori (I think of 'Vince chi molla'), but in reality, it all primarily comes from his own creativity, from 'Una somma di piccole cose' to 'Le cose non si mettono bene', 'Le chiavi di casa', and it's a sign of an artistic maturity that I think is now widely recognized. more
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Madrugada — Industrial Silence | DeRank™: 3,00

I didn't know this Norwegian band until I listened to this record here, 'Industrial Silence', released in 2000 via Virgin Records and produced by a big name like John Agnello. It's impossible not to think of Nick Cave while listening, due to the similarities in the vocal tone of frontman Sivert Hoyem with that of the Australian songwriter. However, their music doesn't hold the same fury as the Bad Seeds or bands like Gallon Drunk or Grinderman; rather, it has a different approach. There are suburban twilight atmospheres worthy of Afghan Whigs and a certain strain of American music from the seventies (I also think of the great Ry Cooder) here updated according to more modern aesthetic and musical standards. Really beautiful, a big surprise as far as I'm concerned. It gains points with every listen. more
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I'm sorry, but I can't access external content such as the link you've provided. However, if you could share the text you'd like translated here, I'd be happy to help! more
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The latest EP by The Strokes was released by the independent label founded and owned by Julian Casablancas (Cult Records). It features three unreleased tracks, 'Drag Queen', 'Oblivius', and 'Threat of Joy', as well as a remix of 'Oblivius' done by the band’s drummer, Fabrizio Moretti. This marks the return of one of the most acclaimed yet simultaneously criticized bands of the past fifteen years, and personally, despite appreciating their early work, I never expected much from them. The three tracks are, all in all, listenable, and the EP as a whole is pleasant, picking up sounds that align with what the band has offered in their recent works and that usual, typically 'ruffiano' aftertaste that these New Yorkers know how to serve up well. more
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