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NAPA Logo Se Vê • by Jaco2604

Last month, I made an interesting discovery, namely NAPA, a band from Madeira, Portugal, which is generally known only there... delving into my knowledge and reading the little available about them (a single article of maybe 200 words), they have a lot of experience, but the large Portuguese public onl…

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DeRank™: 15,00
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Mike Judge Idiocracy • by Confaloni

Yes, it is perfectly reasonable to think that the current world is not the best possible, for many good reasons. But try to imagine, perhaps 500 years from now, how society could be badly reduced. It could be a dystopian future, as some aspects of contemporary society already lead u…

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DeRank™: 27,26
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Otto Preminger Laura • by DannyRoseG

Often mistakenly labeled as noir, Laura is actually a psychological mystery with elegant atmospheres, morbid touches, and a subtle decadent vein. Directed by Otto Preminger in 1944, it marks the first - and perhaps the most successful - collaboration with Gene Tierney.

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DeRank™: 20,19
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Claude Pinoteau Il Tempo delle Mele • by Fasterchef

Richard Sanderson danced only one summer.

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DeRank™: 21,58
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Melodrama

Sentries Gem of the West • by 1neuro

Sentries is a one-man-band project by Kim Elliot, who, all by himself, manages to create a lively and at times explosive atmosphere, highlighting a multiple sonic and adventurous personality.

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DeRank™: 6,00
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Pat Travers Putting It Straight • by pier_paolo_farina

A charming cover wraps the third career album (1977) of yet another blues rocker on the scene in the seventies (and then the eighties, nineties... up to the present day: Pat is still alive and kicking). On the back cover, there's the same shot of the record manager's office, bu…

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DeRank™: 9,00
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Rock
Blues

Otto Preminger Whirlpool • by DannyRoseG

This second collaboration from 1950 between Otto Preminger and Gene Tierney does not have the fame or glamour of their first, the ineffable Laura, from 1944, but remains an interesting film, a product of an era when it was still possible to believe that science and rationality had some chanc…

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DeRank™: 18,00
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Insomnia Creep Questions? • by Tina99

"Questions?" is the title of the third album by the Insomnia Creep project, born in 2009 at the initiative of guitarist Giacomo Casile. Since their debut in 2011, one can notice a varied and barrier-free approach in the compositional side of this offering, starting from a base of extreme meta…

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DeRank™: 3,00
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Jethro Tull Curious Ruminant • by Ilovemusic

Here the Jethro Tull once again signal their musical importance. After RökFlöte, released on April 21, 2023, the Tull record, again for InsideOut (the band's current label after their contract with Roadrunner ended, a label that has all Nickelback's records in its catalog), Curious Ruminant. There's little to say abou…

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DeRank™: -36,52
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Jovanotti Il Disco Del Sole • by JpLoyRow3

I return, and Jovanotti returns on Debaser as well (and I'm not sure which of these two is worse news). Let's say that one can always find some time to write a review, and more or less, I believe, Jova made the same reasoning; the time to put together a…

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DeRank™: 54,33
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Pop

Uriah Heep The Lansdowne Tapes • by pier_paolo_farina

The sacred triumvirate of hard rock Zeppelin/Purple/Sabbath, which dominated the musical fantasies of a good swath of young and very young boomers in the early '70s, didn't seem as restricted and exclusive at the time as history has etched it. There were indeed important outsiders who, for many, deserved t…

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DeRank™: 24,00
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Massimo Troisi Ricomincio Da Tre • by Relator

Where are we, in 1981 or 2025?... Many times I doubted myself this afternoon as I rewatched this masterpiece.

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DeRank™: 55,63
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Comedy

Duo Bucolico Concerto @ Bloom, Mezzago 03.05.2025 • by tia

A special evening was needed to make me want to write up here again!

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DeRank™: 95,54
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Stephen Stills 2 • by pier_paolo_farina

The Texan Stephen Stills has always been my favorite of the now-defunct supranational quartet shared with Californian Crosby, Englishman Nash, and Canadian Young. In my opinion, considering them in order of preference, I would gladly rewrite their acronym as SCY&N.

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DeRank™: 30,36
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Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter: A Romance • by RinaldiACHTUNG

Boston stolen from the natives, Boston dirty inside and out. The puritanical morality that the locals impose on themselves makes them feel safe and terrifies them at the same time. A comma out of place in their daily behavior, they fear, could send the world into the clutches of th…

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DeRank™: 45,00
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10cc Mirror Mirror • by pier_paolo_farina

The twilight of 10cc is melancholically realized with this final work dating back to 1995 and its stylish cover, vaguely reminiscent of Salvador Dalí.

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DeRank™: 15,00
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Pop
Pop Rock

Neffa Canerandagio parte 1 • by ZiOn

Twenty-six years. This is the interval of time that separates the release of Chicopisco, the last work by Neffa somewhat attributable to rap, from the publication of Canerandagio Part 1, the long-awaited return of Giovanni Pellino to the genre that made him famous in the nineties.

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DeRank™: 101,60
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Hip-Hop
Rap

Oidio Non regredire • by VIOLA DE SOTO

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DeRank™: -1,19
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Italian Alternative

The Brian Jonestown Massacre Methodrone • by Conteverde

Like an ancient fern, guardian of time and greenery, this plant releases into the air a myriad of spores, just as many albums have the gift of emitting a myriad of sound particles into the air; some go straight into your head, others slowly embed themselves in your heart, other…

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DeRank™: 26,70
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Jimi Hendrix The Cry of Love • by MauroCincotta66

Damn money. Damn money and damn heroin.

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DeRank™: 58,22
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Rock