My recent reviews:
My Bloody Valentine - Roundhouse, London 22/06/08
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Fleet Foxes - S / t
Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Sparks - Exotic Creatures Of The DeepThe National - Virginia EP / A Skin A Night DVDSebadoh - Bubble & ScrapeElbow - Seldom Seen KidThe Shortwave Set - Replica Sun MachineMgmt - Oracular SpectacularCajun Dance Party - The Colourful LifeJames - Hey MaThe Fall - Imperial Wax SolventRobert Forster - The EvangelistThe Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
White Williams – Smoke
Mystery Jets – Twenty One
The Long Blondes - Couples (disco della settimana su SentireAscoltare)
Tapes ‘n Tapes – Walk It Off
Clinic – Do It!
The Autumn Defense – S/t
Kooks – Konk
R.E.M. - Accelerate (disco del mese su JAM)
Neil Young – Live Milano, Teatro Arcimboldi
Eels – Live Milano, Conservatorio Sala Verdi
Destroyer – Trouble In Dreams
Hello, Blue Roses - The Portrait Is Finished
Merz – Moi Et Mon Camion
Bauhaus – Go Away White
Correcto – S/t
Foals - Antidotes
Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster
Malcolm Middleton – A Sleight Of Heart
Cass McCombs - Dropping The Writ
Kelley Stoltz – Circular Sounds
Morrissey – Greatest Hits
Neutral Milk Hotel – On Avery Island (reissue)
Idaho – The Forbidden EP / Alas
Vampire Weekend - S/t (disco della settimana su SentireAscoltare)
Lightspeed Champion – Falling Off The Lavender Bridge (disco della settimana su SentireAscoltare)
U2 – The Joshua Tree (Deluxe Edition)
Hefner – Breaking God’s Heart (reissue)
My recent articles:
The Shortwave Set
Destroyer
Sparks (Monografia + intervista)
Radiohead - Revolution in the (Radio)Head(da Jam, novembre 2007)
Super Furry Animals (Monografia)
Joy Division
Jeff Buckley (Cover Story di Jam, maggio 2007)
The National
Bishop Allen
My favourite records for year 2007 (in alphabetical order):
Akron / Family - Love Is Simple (Young God / Goodfellas)
Bishop Allen - The Broken String (Dead Oceans / Wide)
Broken West (The) - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On (Merge)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Some Loud Thunder (Wichita / V2)
Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday (Xl Recordings / Self)
Larrikin Love - The Freedom Spark (Ryko / Audioglobe)
Mother And The Addicts - Science Fiction Illustrated (Chemikal Underground / Audioglobe)
National (The) - Boxer (Beggars / Self)
New Pornographers - Challengers (Matador / Self)
Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position (Loog / Universal)
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs(Touch & Go / Self)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (Xl Recordings / Self)
Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus! (Rough Trade / Self)
The Good, The Bad And The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen (Emi / Capitol)
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch / Warner)
People I wrote about:
1990s, Absentee, Aereogramme, Akron / Family, American Music Club, Arab Strap, Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Babyshambles, Badly Drawn Boy, Beatles, Bees, Beirut, Belle And Sebastian, Benji Ferree, Beta Band, Bishop Allen, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Bob Dylan, Bottom Of The Hudson, Brakes, Brett Anderson, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, Calla, Camera Oscura, Carbon / Silicon, Cass McCombs, Cat Power, Cherry Ghost, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clinic, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Coral, Crosbi, Crowded House, Cure, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, David Kitt, De Rosa, Delgados, Departure, Devastations, Devendra Banhart, Dinosaur Jr, Divine Comedy, Doors, Edwyn Collins, Einsturzende Neubauten, El Muniria, Elliott Smith, Ellis Island Sound, Elvis Perkins, Emma Pollock, Eric Matthews, Euros Childs, Faint, Fall, Fiery Furnaces, Film School, Frank Black, Franklin Delano, Franz Ferdinand, Future Pilot Aka, Go Betweens, Graham Coxon, Grandaddy, Grant Lee Phillips,Gruff Rhys, Guillemots, Half Cousin, Handsome Furs, Hidden Cameras, Hives, Horrors, Howling Hex, I Am Kloot, I/O, I’m From Barcelona, Iain Archer, Ian Brown, iLIKETRAINS, Imaad Wasif, Interpol, Isobel Campbell, Jack Penate, Jah Wobble, Jam, James Yorkston, Jarvis Cocker, Jeffrey Lewis, Jimi Tenor, John Cale, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Julian Cope, Julies Haircut, Keane, Killers, King Creosote, Kings Of Convenience, Kings Of Leon, Kinski, Klaxons, Kooks, Kraftwerk, Kula Shaker, Larrikin Love, Laura Veirs, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes, Libertines, London Sinfonietta, Loney Dear, Long Blondes, Loose Fur, Lou Barlow, Lou Reed, Lucksmiths, Magazine, Magnetic Fields, Malcolm Middleton, Mando Diao, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Gardener, Mark Lanegan, Mars Volta, Maximo Park, Mercury Rev, Michael Andrews, Mojave 3, Moque, Mother And The Addicts, Muse, My Life Story, National, Neil Young, New Order, New Pornographers, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Of Montreal, Palace, Patrick Wolf, Paul Mccartney, Paul Weller, Pavement, Pernice Brothers, Pipettes, Pj Harvey, Placebo, Polly Paulusma, Portastatic, Pulp, Quasi, R.E.M., Radiohead, Ray Davies, Razorlight, Richard Ashcroft, Richard Hawley, Rob Ellis, Robyn Hitchcock, Rose Kemp, RTX, Scissor Sisters, Scott Walker, Sean Lennon, Sebadoh, Sebastien Tellier, Semifinalists, Seu Jorge, Shellac, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Siouxsie, Sister Vanilla, Six By Seven, Sondre Lerche, Sonic Youth, Soulwax, Sparklehorse, Spoon, Starsailor, Stephen Malkmus, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Swan Lake, Teenage Fanclub, Television Personalities, The Aliens, The Band, The Bird And The Bee, The Boy Least Likely To, The Broken West, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Thievery Corporation, Thom Yorke, Thrills, Thurston Moore, Tom McRae, Tom Verlaine, Trail Of Dead, Travis, Turin Brakes, Twilight Sad, Two Dollar Guitar, Two Gallants, U2, Veils, Von Sudenfed, Voxtrot, White Stripes, Who, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Hefner, Lightspeed Champion, Vampire Weekend, Kelley Stoltz, Helio Sequence, Black Keys, Morrissey, Idaho, Neutral Milk Hotel, Okkervil River, Motorpsycho, The Flaming Lips, Eels, Tapes 'n Tapes, Bauhaus, Correcto, Foals, Hayseed Dixie, Hello Blue Roses, Los Campesinos!, Merz, Mystery Jets, White Williams, The Autumn Defense, Wildbirds&Peacedrums, Cajun Dance Party, Explorer's Club, My Morning Jacket, Elbow, Bon Iver, James, The Shortwave Set, MGMT, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Raconteurs, My Bloody Valentine
My interviews:
Jackie McKeown (1990s), Jean Benoit Dunkel & Nicolas Godin (Air), Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family), Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Mick Cooke (Belle and Sebastian), Benjy Ferree, Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party), Lee Underwood (Tim Buckley), Gary Lucas (Jeff Buckley, Cpt. Beefheart, Gods&Monsters), Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Bianca&Sierra Casady (Cocorosie), Devendra Banhart, Blixa Bargeld (Einsturzende Neubauten), Massimo Carozzi (El Muniria), Matthew Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces), Paolo Iocca (Franklin Delano), Grant Lee Phillips, Inara George (The Bird & The Bee), Craig Finn & Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady), Paul Banks (Interpol), Mary Guibert (Jeff Buckley Estate), Josh Ritter, Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers), Chris Martin (Kinski), Laura Veirs, Kate Johnson (Long Blondes), Lou Barlow, Alan Sparhawk (Low), Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields), Sean “Grasshopper†(Mercury Rev), Polly Paulusma, Andy Burrows (Razorlight), Robyn Hitchcock, Green Gartside (Scritti Politti), David Berman (Silver Jews), Siouxsie Sioux, Sondre Lerche, Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Russell Mael (Sparks), Britt Daniel (Spoon), Steve Piccolo (Lounge Lizards), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Aaron Dessner (The National), Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation), Conrad Keely (Trail of Dead), Olly Knights & Gale Paridjanian (Turin Brakes), Finn Andrews (Veils), Mr E. (Eels), Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, The Jicks), Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Andreas Werliin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums), Yannis Philippakis (Foals), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket)