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Release Surfer – The most interesting upcoming releases of the week – 09/10

From Teenage Fanclub to Greta Van Fleet, from Ferretti to Pet Shop Boys, a guide to the week's most interesting releases

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Steven Wilson - We previewed “Requiem For A Village” at the Rome listening party

A "report" from the listening party in Rome, where the Porcupine Tree frontman presented and played his upcoming album

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Lucio Dalla, Francesco De Gregori - The extraordinary feat of Banana Republic

The historic meeting between two giants of Italian song that brought music back to the stadiums after the dark years of the Anni di Piombo

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Release Surfer – The most interesting albums out this week – 02/10

From Susanne Sundfør to Johnny Marr, a guide to the most interesting releases of the week

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Release Surfer - The most interesting new releases of the week - 25/09

The column that joins you every Thursday to help you pick which waves to ride from the sea of albums coming out the next day

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Fabrizio De André - "Anime salve", 30 years of De André's spiritual testament

On September 19, 1996, De André released "Anime salve", his last album, written and produced together with Ivano Fossati. Thirty years on, its message feels more alive, powerful and poignant than ever

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Release Surfer – This Week's Most Interesting New Releases – 09/18

This new column will accompany you every Thursday, helping you pick which wave of new releases to ride the next day

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Release Surfer – The most interesting upcoming releases of the week

This new column will accompany you every Thursday, helping you pick which wave of new releases to ride the next day

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Dolly Parton - Rediscovering a progressive country icon

A tribute to the artist who has just passed away, through a handful of songs worth rediscovering

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The Calendar – September's Most Anticipated Concerts: From Wilco to CSI

From Wilco to CSI, from Carmen Consoli to Caparezza, from the Black Keys to Judas Priest: here are next month's most awaited live shows.

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Prog or Not Prog? 25 Artists Who Divide the Fans

From Pink Floyd to Radiohead, a zigzagging journey along progressive rock's most contested borders.

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Rock's hot autumn - From Fontaines D.C. to Queens Of The Stone Age, the most anticipated albums

A calendar of the most anticipated upcoming releases: Fontaines Dc, Queens Of The Stone Age, Interpol, Beck, Neil Young, Protomartyr, Soft Cell, Johnny Marr, Cameron Winter and many others

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Francesco Guccini – Guccini in 15 Essential Songs

We remember Francesco Guccini, who passed away at 86 in his beloved Pavana, through 15 of the most memorable songs from his catalogue.

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Spider-Man – Spider-Man Is Rock: From the Ramones to U2, All of Spidey's Musical Ties

From the classic theme song and its famous covers (Ramones, Aerosmith, Flaming Lips) to film scores, U2's musical, and Spider-Punk: the Marvel hero's ongoing flirtation with rock.

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The Nolan Effect – The Odyssey in Music: 20 Songs About Ulysses' Journey – Playlists

Riding the Odyssey fever sparked by Nolan's film, we revisit 20 songs that tell, each in their own way, the story of Ulysses' voyage.

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Glen Hansard – Ten Essential Songs from The Frames, The Swell Season and His Solo Career

We remember the great Irish songwriter, who passed away on July 29, through 10 essential songs spanning The Frames, The Swell Season and his solo work.

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Glen Hansard - Hansard and the movies: from "The Commitments" to "Once", his most celebrated films

A tribute to the Irish singer-songwriter through a rundown of his key film roles

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Concerts in Italy in August - From Franz Ferdinand to Wilco, live music doesn't take a holiday

A handy guide to the most anticipated concerts through August and into early September

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Progressive Gothic – Where Two Worlds Meet

However far apart in imagery and fanbase, goth and prog share more common ground than either camp likes to admit — so much so that neither might exist, as we know it today, without the other.

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Bonnie Tyler - The Princess of Wales in 10 songs

The Welsh singer of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" has left us at 75. We remember her with ten essential tracks from her repertoire, many bearing the unmistakable stamp of Jim Steinman

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Syd Barrett – Twenty Years Since His Death, a Lifetime Since His Farewell

Syd Barrett died twenty years ago, though his artistic disappearance had already happened in the early '70s. We remember him through ten lesser-known, more marginal songs in which his voice sounds more fragile, exposed and close.

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Heart and guitars – Rock still matters, in Chile

A new wave of indie and alternative rock is winning over international attention: sixteen albums to discover the Nueva Escena Chilena, between post-punk, shoegaze and post-rock