Regina Spektor
Lovely person, gorgeous voice, and a whole series of tracks (and records) that showcase enviable writing and interpretation skills. She's also an excellent pianist. What more could you want? more
Annbjørg Lien -Baba Yaga
Annbjorg skillfully juggles when she takes up the traditional hardanger (the Norwegian violin with 8 strings). more
Extrawelt -In Aufruhr
Currently, this is everything I could have imagined from electronic music. Minimal techno, which, despite its name, comes across as sophisticated and original without the excesses that other genres flaunt and that often overwhelm me. This album is incredibly different from the other masterpiece; Schöne Neue Extrawelt, reviewed by the unparalleled Untilted. Anyway, as you know, I don't know a damn thing about electronic music! more
Bob Dylan -Desire
One of the most well-known and successful albums by Bob Dylan; and if my memory serves me right, the first album of his that I listened to in the eighties. A work that opens, masterfully as only the minstrel knows how, with the long and famous "Hurricane," a song further enhanced by the violin of Scarlet Rivera. But all the remaining eight tracks shine in an album that will long remain "the last great album by Bob," at least until "Infidels"... SARA... more
Coroner
From my neighboring Switzerland comes the group; creators of innovative, technical, futuristic Thrash. A series of impressive albums in terms of composition with few equals in their genre... MENTAL VORTEX... more
The Dandy Warhols -Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
In this their third album, there’s a bit more rock. more
Litfiba
1 - You are no longer alone
2 - You elevate the spirit
3 - You will explode
4 5 6 - With the energy of the wind
7 8 - Spin in my circle more
Andrea Braido
UNDISPUTED master of the guitar, mind-blowing technique, this is a "Mr." guitarist, but we are in Italy unfortunately, he is not understood. more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
I appreciate "Safe as Milk," "Mirror Man," and his other albums, but what does "Trout Mask Replica" have that is so genius that, I don’t know, "Free Jazz" by Ornette Coleman doesn't? more
John Coltrane
A Love Supreme. Period. more
Dream Theater
Good, without a doubt / boring, without a doubt / not very inventive, without a doubt / some valid albums, without a doubt / terribly bad after Octavarium, without a doubt. Conclusion 2 out of 5. more
Anathema -Falling Deeper
The perfect journey of the English boys continues; and once again in this work, they confirm themselves as one of the most fascinating musical realities, capable of hitting you straight in the soul. As I have said multiple times, they know how to evoke emotions; and as far as I'm concerned, in recent years I have rarely found a band so capable, so deep, so intimate. "Falling Deeper" is a collection of tracks from their early albums, reinterpreted in an acoustic-symphonic manner with immense class and quality...WE, THE GODS... more
Robert Wyatt -Rock Bottom
From a tragedy, a masterpiece... more
Thom Yorke
Always appreciated in Radiohead and in solo projects. With that highly zany, "epileptic" way of moving on stage and in videos: an added quality...BLACK SWAN... more
Fabrizio De André
"De André has never been in fashion. And in fact, fashion, being ephemeral by definition, passes. Fabrizio's songs remain." (Nicola Piovani). The socio-political chatter about the person and his private life disappears in an instant. In my opinion, he shares with Cohen the "title" of the most poetic pen in the history of singer-songwriter music. more
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
the genius of horror more
Those Poor Bastards -Satan Is Watching
Very dark, with some truly beautiful pearls for their rawness. Despite everything, the Poveri Bastardi remain faithful to the old origins of their music, and their stunning cover of I Walk The Line confirms this. Violent yet tied to tradition. more