Gerda
Your sister(7tx CD, Wallace, Shove, La Fine, Sonatine, Fallo Dischi rec 2014)
I kinda lost track of Gerda in the last years, like losing tracks in a valley of rage, distress and fire: actually, they abandoned me there, waiting [...]
24/02/2015 14:44:28
Stefano Sgambati
Gli Eroi Imperfetti(Minimum Fax, 279 pp., 2014)
Scriveva Harold Brodkey, che una bugia è fatta per essere detta e per essere capita. La verità invece, espressa a parole, risulta [...]
24/02/2015 11:30:28
Caravels / Octaves
s/t split(4tx vinyl disc, Topshelf + Bridge Nine rec 2015)
Lo scorso 17 gennaio i Caravels hanno fatto la loro ultima apparizione live in Italia a Schio. Tornati a Las Vegas, hanno sistemato i dettagli per [...]
12/02/2015 11:46:13
We Found Shelter
s/t(2tx internet release, Handwriting rec 2015)
Once-upon-a-time.. this side project happened years ago, starring guitarists Paolo Strudthoff (Hoff, previously here on koma) and Michele Pollice [...]
10/02/2015 12:20:18
Father Murphy
Croce(8tx vinyl disc, 36'' - The Flenser rec 2015)
Father Murphy have cut, refined and shaped themselves their own sound on a mystical vibe through the last years, blending holy and esoteric moral, a [...]
09/02/2015 11:51:26
Dead Rabbits
The ticket that exploded(9tx CD/Vinyl - 43'17'' Fuzz Club records 2013)
It's never too late to review a good record, even if it's dated 2013, in this case. But, it happens that some bands often can trick my muzak radar, [...]
04/02/2015 11:28:05
Hartal!
s/t(6tx CD/Vinyl - diNotte + V4V + Indastria rec 2014)
Afraid! were one of those criminally-underrated-bands from Italy, I'm still particularly fonded with. Actually, I experienced a sort of fetishist [...]
02/02/2015 12:01:10
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Michel Houellebecq
Sottomissione(Bompiani, 2015, 252 p., 17,50 euro)
Dopo tanti mesi di bocconi amari e il trionfo costante di gente come Gramellini, Anna Premoli e Sylvia Day, questa settimana la [...]
30/01/2015 10:21:31
Viet Cong
s/t(7tx CD/LP, Jagjaguwar rec 2015)
Subiamo molto il fascino della biografia di Timothy Leary. A parte il resto, pare che sia anche riuscito a far avere ai marines americani [...]
27/01/2015 15:49:28
Mashrooms
Balena(9tx LP 12inch vinyl, 37'' - Wild Love + New Sonic + Pied de Biche rec 2014)
Originally from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, this time, Mashrooms did recordings, mixing and mastering in Berlin. Their fourth full length [...]
26/01/2015 12:14:30
Francesco Pacifico
Class. Vite infelici di romani mantenuti a New York(Mondadori, 2014, 321 p., 19 euro)
La ricca borghesia romana ha sempre avuto un posto al sole nella nostra lettereratura. Anche se poi, il più delle volte, ha finito per recitare un [...]
19/01/2015 15:17:28
(4tx, 10'' vinyl - Shy rec 2015)
Two bands, two tracks each, double a-side split single, 10'' vinyl disc (digital download included), Shyrec offers us a two sip of these two [...]
15/01/2015 10:52:16
Werner
Blue river(5tx EP, White Birch rec 2014)
Released last Christmas, only available for audio streaming and in a few CD, Werner's Blue River is frail jewel made of gentle sounds, a precious [...]
14/01/2015 12:33:15
Mattia Coletti
Moon(6tx CD, 29'' - Bloody Sound Fucktory rec 2014)
Mattia Coletti's Moon record comes after two years since latest The Land: in his new sound journey he plays more with bluesy psychedelic vibes [...]
14/01/2015 11:04:15
Grand Guru
War Machine EP(4tx, 7'' vinyl; Guru Disques 2013)
La vita a volte ti sbatte in faccia tutta la sua crudezza; forse è proprio in queste situazioni così difficili che arriva il momento giusto per [...]
13/01/2015 10:10:28
