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Cars - Heartbeat City

The hypnotic urban portrait that closed the Boston band's self-titled LP, between electronic pulses, hazy melancholy and nods to the Velvet Underground

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The best singles of the month - From Pulp to Daft Punk, from Tori Amos to Ninotchka: the most interesting new releases

New singles from Ninotchka, Tori Amos, Pulp and Daft Punk among the best releases of the past month: here are all the videos

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David Bowie - 50 Years of Station To Station, the Thin White Duke's Via Crucis

The Thin White Duke's album turns fifty, an ideal "bridge" between his American period and his return to Europe in the Berlin of the trilogy

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The decisive journey - When U2 found their way out in the desert

The story of the desert journey that would change the course of the Dublin band's history forever

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Francesco De Gregori - Atlantide

One of the gems of "Bufalo Bill": a melancholy, surreal tale, its disarming lyrics immersed in a dreamlike sonic flow with Dylan-esque overtones

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A memorable set - When CCCP landed on Rai2 for a historic live performance – Video

It was 1988 when a very different Rai from today's opened its doors to a subversive performance by the Emilian band

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Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses, the liturgies of celebrity for Gahan and co.

The album with which Basildon's former outsiders became the prophets of electropop for the masses, without denying their roots

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The 30 Big Artists chosen by our editorial team - OndaSanremo: the Festival of (our) dreams

Our ideal Sanremo Festival, a selection as carefully considered as it is impossible

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The best singles of the month - From Kim Gordon to Gorillaz, from Arctic Monkeys to Flea feat. Thom Yorke: the most interesting new releases

Kim Gordon, Gorillaz, Arctic Monkeys and Flea feat. Thom Yorke among the past month's most notable new releases

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Caravan - Who Do You Think We Are?

The definitive box set from the British band, pivotal in the creation and development of the Canterbury sound of the 1970s

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The Crazy Idea - When the Doors thought about replacing Jim Morrison with Paul McCartney

The crazy idea that could have led to a second life for the Californian band and the ex-Beatle

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Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You, the self-portrait of rock's Van Gogh

The lo-fi portrait of the brilliant Californian outsider, in one of the most representative albums of his career

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Garage Rock Revival - From The Strokes to Arctic Monkeys: rock's return to its roots in the 2000s – Playlists

From The Strokes to Franz Ferdinand, from The White Stripes to Arctic Monkeys: when rock looked to the past to reclaim center stage

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The Rutles - Get Up And Go Uber Edition

The legendary Beatles parody band pokes fun at how record labels love to wring every last drop out of fans

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Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

As summer blazes, we celebrate one of the great cult songs of the season: turned down by Tom Petty, it made the fortune of the former Eagles man, thanks to a mix of rock and synth-pop and lyrics of aching melancholy. It even influenced hypnagogic pop

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The best singles of the month - From the Notwist to Ulver, from Lucio Corsi to Subsonica: the most interesting new releases

Lucio Corsi, Notwist, Subsonica and Ulver among the most interesting new releases of November