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Pink Floyd - The Pink Floyd masterpiece that Roger Waters deemed "pretentious"

The story of the bassist's fraught relationship with one of the most beloved works in the Floyd saga

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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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Eels - Eels – Beautiful Freak, bittersweet ballads for irresistible little monsters

The fairy-tale debut of an oddball singer-songwriter and his band

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Just Like Heaven – From the Cure to Cocteau Twins, a Heavenly Compilation

A "celestial" playlist to lighten up the August heat: 60 tracks by a wide range of artists that all contain the word "heaven" in their title. Plus two bonus tracks. Something for everyone

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Italian Prog in the '90s: 15 albums of the rebirth

Far from the mainstream spotlight, Italian prog found new life in the 1990s within a underground network of independent labels, small rehearsal rooms and stubborn musicians. Fifteen records tell the story of that rebirth.

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Nirvana - Bleach, the storm of Kurt Cobain & co. crashes down on Seattle

The band led by Kurt Cobain's historic debut. More than a generational manifesto, a report on suburban alienation translated into tectonic frequencies

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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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Richard Ashcroft - “Human Conditions”, symphonies for lost souls

The soul mysticism and solitude of the Verve's former frontman, a post-britpop long-distance runner, in his ambitious 2002 album. Between introspection, rage and secular spirituality

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Verve - A Northern Soul, the Verve's fragile balance

Richard Ashcroft and his bandmates reach their second album at the most complicated moment of their short career. The result is a work poised between crisis and rebirth, decisive in the path that would lead to the triumph of "Urban Hymns"

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Sophisti-Pop – Digging Your Scene: The Sophisti-Pop Gems of the '80s

From noble forefathers Bryan Ferry and Donald Fagen to the new cool of Sade and Style Council, all the way to the delights of Prefab Sprout, China Crisis and Lloyd Cole & C., a dive into the most sophisticated pop of the '80s

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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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Duran Duran - When Mick Jagger saved Duran Duran. Nick Rhodes tells the story

The keyboardist looks back on the band's golden years, recalls his relationship with David Bowie, and explains why drugs never tempted him

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David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes – A Neo-Romantic Pierrot

On this day in 1980, "Ashes To Ashes" was released, one of the English artist's most legendary hits. Let's take a closer look at the song, its aesthetic and its iconic music video

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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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Fabrizio De André - When De Gregori led De André onto the Cattiva strada

The story of a fertile, stormy encounter between two of the most important figures in Italian songwriting, with Dylan as the guiding star

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King Crimson - The King Crimson album that stunned Kurt Cobain and shaped Nirvana's "In Utero"

The unlikely link between one of Fripp and co.'s most revolutionary albums and the champions of the Seattle grunge scene

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Pink Floyd - The Pink Floyd song Gilmour found impossible to sing

The story of the track through which Waters made Gilmour's life impossible, back when the creative partnership between the two was still thriving

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Franco Battiato - When Battiato defied war with music: the Baghdad concert – Video

The story and footage of the historic 1992 concert with which the Sicilian artist challenged the embargo on Iraq in the name of peace and solidarity

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Rem - Fall On Me

Acid rain and gravity. Galileo and environmental devastation. The story behind Stipe & co.'s ecological anthem, which is also one of their most poignant ballads