The Dillinger Escape Plan
MAD - EXTREME - INHUMAN... Speed close to grind, or rather in their case cyber-grind, with a vocal and physical attitude of hardcore style; plus noise saturations that make the listening experience a terrifying TOUR DE FORCE... After all, CALCULATING INFINITY... more
Anathema -Serenades
The debut on the long distance for the English band; we are still far from the masterpieces to come, but the potential of the very young guys is already noticeable. On vocals, typically growl, we find Darren White again, and musically the lengthy tracks embrace sounds that move slowly towards a primitive Doom Metal; although there are also Gothic-Dark openings like in "Sleepless" that hint at the future developments of a sound always in constant evolution. more
Morgan
It really gets on my nerves, but "Canzoni dell'Appartamento" is a nice album and it's a fact that he knows his music. Sure, if he started making serious music again instead of being a hysterical intellectual on X-Factor it would be better… more
Gracious! -This Is... Gracious!
There were times when already disbanded bands greeted showbiz by releasing masterpieces: Proto-Prog flags of the Vertigo school, they fell into that sonorous chessboard where King Crimson and Caravan used to reflect themselves from their ivory towers. The Supernova suite is still "gracefully" visible, lost in the most creative galaxies of Rock. more
Rival Sons
His talent is undeniable... A band that can only get better with time!! more
NON
Politically incorrect and fundamentally unlistenable, what more could you want? more
Grant Hart -Ecce Homo
The album opens with the applause of the few people present on that distant night twenty years ago in Seattle; then Grant arrives and the soft guitar notes of "Ballad No. 19" begin, with that initially subdued voice rising to dramatic intensity. And this heavy tension, both nervous and musical, will be felt throughout the brief duration of the concert until the conclusion that returns to us an author finally free, proud, ready once again to start anew...2541... more
Jane's Addiction
Hard Rock in bold acid-psychedelic shades, with Metal Funk blasts. Visionary, mystical, lysergic: welcome to the world of shaman Perry Farrell... JANE SAYS... more
Luc Besson
Lucy is truly a fantastic piece of crap: fairytale-like and action-packed, and very easy on a concrete and existential theme that is actually quite difficult. Commercially perfect: no one can say it's shit. One of the best pieces of crap ever seen, likely a contender for *My Cagate's Top Five*. more
Diaframma
An excellent contraceptive method that, however, can disrupt the menstrual cycle and reduce a woman's sexual desire, as well as diminish sensitivity for both partners during intercourse. more
Sex Pistols
Four reasons: 1) They created the cultural and music scene that allowed essential bands to form and become known. 2) "Never Mind The Bollocks" isn't that bad after all. 3) Unlike the Clash, they had the good taste to get out of the way right away. more
Chuck Berry
he could play the guitar just like ringing a bell more
The Beatles -Abbey Road
An elegant epitaph, with two pearls at the beginning: Come Together is one of Lennon’s best tracks. Harrison, in great form, presents two of the best songs of the bunch. more
Diaframma -Siberia
It was December 5, 1984: thirty years have passed since that cold date, and never could a better title accompany the debut of Federico Fiumani's band, with Miro Sassolini on vocals at the time. It is the cold and detached singing that gives a decisive imprint to a record where references to English Post Punk and New Wave are very evident; and it is always enjoyable to be enveloped by the icy textures of "Siberia," the track that opens a record still essential today. more
Diaframma
In December, "Siberia" turns thirty; and Federico still hasn't tired of traveling up and down our peninsula. I have NEVER been able to see Diaframma in concert... And I have shed TEARS 3 TIMES... more