Alessandro Liccardo

Contributor

alexliccardo@gmail.com

Born in 1980, he has been contributing to OndaRock since 2009, after writing a number of reviews for the Rockol website. Also a contributor to Sentireascoltare, he organised audioforums in the Veneto region dedicated to indie and alternative rock artists and bands with the webzine Gold Soundz, before returning in 2024 to his native Friuli Venezia Giulia. Passionate about music, literature and communication, he wrote a thesis on the relationship between music and television, surveying the main programmes of public and private networks, starting with Carlo Massarini's "Mister Fantasy". A keyboardist, he loves new wave and brit-pop, but also prog and singer-songwriters. He has curated "Blah Blah Blah OndaRock On Air" radio specials with Marco Bercella and Davide Sechi dedicated to Phil Spector, Trevor Horn, New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

Monographs and interviews

Alberto Fortis		Int Interview
Everything But The Girl	Mono Monograph
Grazia Di Michele		Int Interview
Pietra Montecorvino		Int Interview
Prefab Sprout	Mono Monograph

Miscellaneous

In-Depth

Tanita Tikaram - The Wea/ East West Albums 1988-1995

From the dazzling debut 'Ancient Heart' to the noir atmospheres of 'Lovers In The City': the singer-songwriter's first 5 albums in a lavish box set

In-Depth

Fabrizio De André - “Al vostro posto non ci so stare”. Interview with Fabrizio Bartelloni

Among the many books devoted to Faber, one stands out for its fresh, original approach to examining the relationship between human beings and criminal justice in the Genoese artist's lyrics

In-Depth

World Party - Ship Of Fools

How can a pop song tackle environmental themes while staying light on its feet, evoking both Bob Dylan and a late-15th-century Bosch painting? Karl Wallinger managed it with "Ship Of Fools"

In-Depth

Rolling Stone - The Rolling Stone documentary comes to Italy

Starting February 23 on Amazon, the docufilm on the history of the magazine that has chronicled and shaped mass culture from 1967 to today

Vinyls - The documentary on vinyl's comeback

Reviews on OndaRock

A-HA 25 synth-pop	8
ABC The Lexicon Of Love dance-pop, new wave
ABC The Lexicon Of Love II pop	7
ADELE 21 pop	7.5
ALESSIO CREATURA Al mondo con un pugno di canzoni pop, songwriter	7
ALESSIO CREATURA Che ci amino gli altri Italian pop, singer-songwriter	7
ANNA AARON Dogs In Spirit alt-pop, songwriter	8
ARTISTI VARI Elektro Diskow new wave, synth-pop	6.5
BAD LIEUTENANT Never Cry Another Tear rock, synth-pop	6.5
BLONDIE Panic Of Girls new wave	6
BOXER REBELLION The Cold Still alt-pop	7
BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT Make Me Believe In Hope dance-pop	6.5
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG IRM electronic, pop	7.5
CLOCK OPERA Ways To Forget alt-rock, chop-pop	8
CRANBERRIES Roses guitar-pop, soft-rock	6.5
CULT Hidden City alt-rock	7
CULT Love dark-wave, hard-rock
DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY The Performance pop	7.5
DARREN HAYES Secret Codes And Battleships synth-pop	7
DAVID BYRNE Here Lies Love dance, pop	7
DEACON BLUE Raintown pop-rock
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN The Fountain pop-wave	6
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Out Of The Blue art-pop
ELISA ERIN BONOMO Antifragile pop, songwriter	6.5
EMELI SANDE Our Version Of Events pop, soul	6.5
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Eden new cool, pop
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Fuse electro-pop, indie-pop	7.5
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Love And Its Opposite pop, songwriter	6.5
FABIO POLI Voglio Fare Il Papaboy pop-rock	7
FRIENDS AGAIN Trapped And Unwrapped (2 Cd Collection) alt-pop, sophisti-pop	7.5
FYFE DANGERFIELD Fly Yellow Moon pop, songwriter	6.5
HURTS Happiness synth-pop	7.5
KATE BUSH 50 Words For Snow sophisti-pop	5.5
LOSTBOY! A.K.A. JIM KERR Lostboy! pop-wave, rock	7
LUCIO DALLA Questo è amore pop, songwriter	7
MARC ALMOND Orpheus In Exile: The Songs Of Vadim Kozin pop, songwriter	6.5
MARC ALMOND Stranger Things: Deluxe Edition orchestral-pop, synth-pop	7.5
MARC ALMOND Varieté pop	6
MARC AND THE MAMBAS Torment And Toreros alt-pop, songwriter
MORRISSEY Swords pop	7
NEW ORDER Music Complete alternative, new wave	7.5
ONE ESKIMO All Balloons pop, songwriter	7
PAUL SIMON So Beautiful Or So What pop	6.5
PAUL SIMON Stranger To Stranger singer-songwriter, world	7.5
PENGUIN PRISON Penguin Prison dance, electro-pop	7
PET SHOP BOYS Elysium pop	6
PET SHOP BOYS Format synth-pop	7
PREFAB SPROUT Crimson / Red pop, songwriter	7.5
PREFAB SPROUT Let’s Change The World With Music pop	7
PREFAB SPROUT Steve McQueen sophisti-pop
RICHARD ASHCROFT These People alternative, britpop	6.5
SARAH SLEAN Land & Sea art-rock, orchestral-pop	7.5
SCISSOR SISTERS Night Work dance, synth-pop	7
SCRITTI POLITTI Absolute alt-pop, synth funk	7
SHURA Nothing’s Real alt-pop, synth-pop	7.5
SKUNK ANANSIE Wonderlustre alt-rock, pop	6
SNOW PATROL Fallen Empires alt-pop	6.5
SOFT CELL Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret synth-pop
STEPHIN MERRITT Obscurities pop	5.5
WHITE LIES Ritual alt-rock, pop	6.5
WOLF GANG Suego Faults alt-pop	6