i’m not rational when julian casablancas is in the room

thundercat returns with a new musical transcription of an emotional state: this is the moment of distraction, born from a deep existential confusion, from the impossibility of truly knowing oneself and being understood.

if “it is what it is” was about grief and its processing, “distracted”feels like what comes after: when you’re still here, but emotionally disconnected from everything.

here the bassist’s hypnotic style moves across jazz, soul, and funk. the ... read more

it doesn’t come across as a mere exercise in style, but rather as a different way of experiencing music. the bassist of the rhcp makes his solo debut here in the unexpected role of a trumpeter: a return to his roots, shaped alongside key figures from the jazz scene, while still featuring his bandmates and collaborations with friends like thom yorke and nick cave.

from the more intimate feel of “maggot brain” to the frenetic energy of “a plea,” the project asserts ... read more

quando hanno portato i led zeppelin sul palco di sanremo, presentandoli come il vero volto rock del gruppo, avevano catturato completamente la mia attenzione. poi arriva questo album… pop rock, un po’ reggae, un po’ ballad, con qualche sfumatura “cristina d’aveniana”: insomma, “5” va valutato mettendo da parte ogni aspettativa legata ai led zeppelin.

l’album è descrittivo e ruota attorno al tema del tempo che passa; la protagonista ... read more

a nocturnal aesthetic sets the backdrop, a warm voice with grooves that activate the body: it’s the architecture of desire, the album’s central theme.
it’s that carnal desire, that euphoria, but also that feeling of being completely vulnerable,
caught between feeling everything and feeling absolutely nothing.

the album unfolds like the story of a night out at a club with friends, time is marked out, the euphoria overflows and then fades, making room for the admission of ... read more

the title of the album bryter layter is likely a deliberate distortion of the expression “brighter, later,” typical of weather forecasts, suggesting the possibility of a clearing, a form of optimism that runs through the songwriting of nick drake.

this is perceptible starting from the musical approach: positioned between a debut marked by melancholic arrangements and the embrace of minimalism in his third and final project, bryter layter presents warmer sounds, with a more dynamic ... read more

ye seems to be letting go of the past, revealing a deep dualism between who he was and who he has become. caught between the contradictions of love and his own inner conflicts, he views life as an endless cycle of phases that self-destruct, or must be destroyed, to make room for something new. this perspective clearly reflects both his artistic career and his personal journey.

religious devotion remains central in how he confronts all of this, although it never fully separates from a kind of ... read more

this is the testimony of the rebirth of raye: from the bitterness of autumn to the joy of summer, an evolution in acts reminiscent of vivaldi, moving through the seasons of her own life.

it’s a work that “may contain hope”: the kind that is searched for, silent and solitary, at the bottom of a bottle; the kind that hides within scars we try to reopen, within a pain that demands we piece ourselves back together and carry on.

within this journey, the familial dimension becomes ... read more

“for now i know that i’m needed for the symphony” is the opening premise of Kate Bush’s second studio album, Lionheart. the commercial success of her debut had brought intense pressure from the record label, pushing the artist, within the limited time available, to rely heavily on demos created for the previous project, adding only a few new productions.

the idea of being a “symphony”, was already deeply rooted in The Kick Inside, expressed through a novel ... read more

how to start spring in the best possible way!

(italiani andate a votare)

in anticipation of the new album, let’s go back to revisit one of the most iconic works by the american bassist.

“drunk” unfolds as the story of an existential hangover: it begins with a sense of ease and abandon, but gradually shifts into a deterioration of both body and perception. reality becomes blurred and harder to grasp, as the protagonist loses his bearings and confronts a growing sense of alienation.

sonically, the album reinforces this ambiguity: its blend of funk ... read more

🎵Listened to on vinyl #2

i saw these guys live exactly two years ago, and they absolutely crushed it, both in terms of the setlist and in the simultaneously human and theatrical approach to the performance.
this particular vinyl is a recording of one of their live shows in manchester, held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, during which they performed the tracks from that record.
personally, i find it very moving given the context, but it’s also a great ... read more

l’album si costruisce su un cinismo romantico: il tono è freddo, crudo; il testo politico, “anatomico”, eppure lascia filtrare un’inguaribile nostalgia. qui si compie quell’ironia nitida e riconoscibile che in fulminacci è rimasta solo un sobrio accenno.

belle le produzioni di giorgio poi, intelligente la poetica (bestemmio se dico che ha qualcosa di battiato?). forse il timbro vocale non è del tutto nelle mie corde, ma credo comunque che ... read more

it’s a soul album deeply rooted in a blues-inspired imagination. to the ear, it recalls, in some ways, al green’s style and the vocal power of aretha franklin, while maintaining a defined identity.
in the case of ann peebles, there is a delicate balance between sensuality and restlessness: a tension that runs through both the lyrics and her vocal interpretation.

these two are ridiculously good. they play experimental rock with explosions of hypnotic loops, while wearing strange polka-dot costumes. check out the jam they did at kexp!

calcinacci è un mosaico di eventi che il protagonista ripercorre al termine di una relazione. la penna incide ossessivamente delle immagini, ripercorre strade, città, dettagli nitidi da sembrare di essere in scorrimento veloce nella galleria fotografica del cellulare.

con produzioni quasi interamente curate da golden years, è un progetto indie pop che ricerca dinamismo nell’alternanza tra pezzi più ironici e ballad più sentite. è una costruzione ... read more

The perfect pairing between “red right hand” and Peaky Blinders outlines a narrative complicity that seems to be inscribed within the entire artistic work of Nick Cave.

The album presents itself as a spiritual inquiry into good and evil, aiming to understand, on a carnal level, human behaviour when love comes into play. Among addictions, abuse, and a life of crime, it ultimately suggests that even the bad boys need to be loved.

The record unfolds through a post-punk sound ... read more

The debut of Kate Bush unfolds within a sonic landscape poised between the bizarre and the sophisticated. Amid unprecedented vocal acrobatics and baroque pop textures, this almost folkloric figure burst onto the music scene in the late ‘70s, crafting a hypnotic artistic persona that would redefine the way pop music could be “played”, paving the way for artists such as Bjork.

In “the kick inside” each track becomes a search for style and sound, emerging through ... read more

i’d die on the indie rock hill

“Kiss all the time. Disco, occasionally” looks at life with a renewed gaze, where fantasies come to life to the rhythm of dance. The album almost presents itself as a small set of guidelines for letting go and surrendering to the passions sparked by nightlife.

The title of the record and its promotional single had suggested a possible shift by Harry toward disco music. In reality, disco turns out to be more of the album’s narrative core, the emotional setting within which the ... read more