Springtime isn’t already began, cold won’t leave, and promises of a shiny future seems to keep distances from our urban views. Yes. We’re heading for passions, we’re heading for freedom, we’re heading for… INDIETRACKS!!! Hem, I meant, the country! Festival, Festival, Festival. This is the only thing I’m capable of thinking of without being censured in public. Still I don’t want no fake plastic beaches and it’s a long way to go, and meanwhile in Texas they’re having fun in quite each corner of Austin I’ll have to stick to what I’ve got. (more…)
Once upon a time there was a band from Italy called Tiny Tide that tried to place its hit with a song called “Girls from Ronta”. The pop song dealt with a boy in love with a girl living in a small town nearby another very tiny little town, located in the Romagna area. Although [...]
Bands like Grip Weeds are pure joy for the heart. At least for anyone who grew up listening to Beatles, Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the finest stuff the ’60s wave managed to bring to our youth. Because, let’s admitt it, which of you didn’t start from there? So here we are. Revolution#2 is starting [...]
Turin Brakes are out with a new work called Outbursts. I want to start by saying what a rich bundle of feelgoodness this album is. Now normally that would be made in the snarkiest of tones, given that this isn’t the type of music to which I primarily get down. But in this case, it’s [...]
As you’ve recently noted, Seattle has never stopped to surprise me for its vigorous rock and a niche of artists never giving up on showing the world how powerful device music can be when fed with braveness, cleverness and love. This rebel kind of rocky soul seems to be perfectly incarnated by Visqueen leader Rachel [...]
Most of you will think about Seattle just for the disco u.f.o. thing towering over the city skyline, Jimy Hendrix and Nirvana. With a little extra further effort, a very few may also convey with me that Seattle it’s the capital of American Twee Pop and TinySoft. But guess it takes you being in there [...]
The clock of the ’80s is running late. New Romantics and hipsters are knocking hard at that heaven discographic door, while nothing more of a re-polished line from the not so distant punk way is left to see. Which way to turn for a fistful of blokes that had the privilege to play with The [...]
Luckily enough I was in Rome to enjoy at least one night of the indie club collective “Frigo Pop” called “Roma Pop Fest“, the 3 days indie festival that brought to the Italian Capital la crème of some of the finest international bands from the scene. Sad part of the story I stayed only for [...]
Travis‘ latest album, Ode To J. Smith, released in September 2008, is an album that deserves a lot more attention than it got at the time of release. From the moment that I caught them live performing the whole album in full at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth in February 2008, I knew that it should be regarded [...]
Once upon a time there was a band from Italy called Tiny Tide that tried to place its hit with a song called “Girls from Ronta”. The pop song dealt with a boy in love with a girl living in a small town nearby another very tiny little town, located in the Romagna area. Although [...]
Luckily enough I was in Rome to enjoy at least one night of the indie club collective “Frigo Pop” called “Roma Pop Fest“, the 3 days indie festival that brought to the Italian Capital la crème of some of the finest international bands from the scene. Sad part of the story I stayed only for [...]
Turin Brakes are out with a new work called Outbursts. I want to start by saying what a rich bundle of feelgoodness this album is. Now normally that would be made in the snarkiest of tones, given that this isn’t the type of music to which I primarily get down. But in this case, it’s [...]
The clock of the ’80s is running late. New Romantics and hipsters are knocking hard at that heaven discographic door, while nothing more of a re-polished line from the not so distant punk way is left to see. Which way to turn for a fistful of blokes that had the privilege to play with The [...]
Bands like Grip Weeds are pure joy for the heart. At least for anyone who grew up listening to Beatles, Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the finest stuff the ’60s wave managed to bring to our youth. Because, let’s admitt it, which of you didn’t start from there? So here we are. Revolution#2 is starting [...]
As you’ve recently noted, Seattle has never stopped to surprise me for its vigorous rock and a niche of artists never giving up on showing the world how powerful device music can be when fed with braveness, cleverness and love. This rebel kind of rocky soul seems to be perfectly incarnated by Visqueen leader Rachel [...]
Lost Season 6. Everybody’s awaiting for it. This tv serie managed to gather around its little cathodic cult a true army of lovers and fan left all over the years to wonder what will it comes to all the mysteries and enigmas of one of the most passionate and mysterious stories ever broadcasted on television.
A Christmas Indie EP. A primise I made to Alessandro from Le Man Avec Les Lunettes on his radio show about a year ago. I tought it was gonna be simply a Split with Tiny Tide and HajimePop at first… but Clownfish and Margarine Beam (Ayumi Nishina) from Japan joined the project. So here it [...]
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