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Beatles - “Rubber Soul”, the album that saw the Beatles grow up

The reissue of the classic 1965 Beatles album is out: we take the opportunity to dig deeper into a pivotal chapter in the history of the Fab Four

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Riccardo Russino - The rock triangle – George Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton

The story of the most famous "rock triangle": the one between Pattie Boyd, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. A love story that shaped both lifestyle and music, through immortal songs

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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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David Bowie - The Bowie hit that Visconti refused to produce

The story of the great refusal (and subsequent regret) by Bowie's longtime right-hand man, over a track that was a guaranteed hit

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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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Beatles - The song that convinced McCartney the Beatles were over

Just as he was trying to cling to the possibility of keeping the band together, McCartney realized the end was near. With one song serving as the litmus test

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Neil Young - OndaTop – The 30 Best Neil Young Songs

In our new annotated playlist, an "impossible" selection of our 30 favorite songs by the Canadian singer-songwriter

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Best singles of the month – From Editors to Chvrches, from Madonna-Charli XCX to Angèle, Caroline Polachek, SebastiAn: the most interesting new releases

Let's take a look at the most interesting and anticipated singles released over the past month, from the Madonna-Charli XCX duo to Editors and the return of Chvrches

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Led Zeppelin - The song Jimmy Page and Robert Plant disowned

The song Led Zeppelin never played live, and one that both its authors have effectively disowned

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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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Kate Bush - When Kate Bush first topped the album charts

Already a teenage prodigy at 19 with the hit "Wuthering Heights", the British singer-songwriter found full consecration with an album released in 1980

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Smiths - Johnny Marr looks back on his time with the Smiths: “Writing with Morrissey was magical”

Today, little remains of the chemistry between Johnny Marr and Morrissey that made the story of the Smiths so unrepeatable. But looking back on that period, in an interview with Channel 4 News, the guitarist doesn't hide his emotion

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Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

With Ian McCulloch and co. returning with "Apples For Isaac", we dust off their most celebrated song, one of the true masterpieces of the entire wave era

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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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Pink Floyd - The story behind the legendary "Animals" cover: now the power station is becoming a concert hall

The historic Battersea Power Station, immortalized by Pink Floyd, is becoming a concert venue: the Apple Music Hall will rise inside the former London power plant. We take the chance to retrace the story behind one of rock's most iconic album covers

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Siouxsie And The Banshees - 50 Years Since the Legendary Gig That Launched Siouxsie and The Banshees in London – Listen

The incredible story of the improvised gig on the stage of London's 100 Club, which half a century ago laid the groundwork for a post-punk and goth-music legend

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Supertramp - Crime Of The Century, Supertramp's Perfect Crime

On the occasion of the reissue, we tell the story of the record with which the Hodgson-Davies duo's band rose again on a remote English farm, giving birth to 8 perfect songs

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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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Francesco De Gregori – When De Gregori Explained the Meaning of "Buffalo Bill" to Bill Clinton

A dialogue on America, between Bob Dylan, Buffalo Bill and freedom hanging in the balance: starring the Roman songwriter and the former US president, in New York, during the "Change The World" event

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Pink Floyd – The Message of "Us And Them" and David Gilmour's Lingering Regret

The story of a soundtrack that never was, transformed into a mournful ballad on the stupidity of war

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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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Cure - The Best Album of All Time According to Robert Smith

The album that struck the Cure frontman like lightning forever, driving him to exclaim "fucking genius!"

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Gruppo D'Alternativa - Ipotesi, the Canterbury-style gamble of the Milanese prog band

The story of the sole, "cursed" LP by the Milanese band. A concept album with Canterbury-scene shades, one of the best-kept secrets of Italian prog