What I Listened this Year: My 2018 playlist
It has been a weird year. A few huge names dropped new albums but none were of earth-shattering quality. Many good extreme metal albums but only a handful worthy of the “awesome” tag. A surprisingly good pop album from last…
Muse choices in Simulation Theory album and tour
After tons of sneak peaks, interviews, rumors of giving up album (only digitally released singles) and finally singles, Muse is coming back in their perfect science fiction style. Their new album, Simulation Theory, will be out tomorrow. This means today…
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Is blackgaze a genre of its own? Is blackgaze a branch of black metal? Is blackgaze anathema to a trve metaller? Yes, yes and no. These are my answers. Yours would be probably different and we’d get along just fine.…
How to survive on a budget a gig in Berlin
Let’s be honest, It’s summer already (luckily). Time for festival and summer tours. If you live in Italy, Southern or Eastern Europe, you may know the pain of not seeing your city or country in the tour dates. You may…
Festival Season is here! A brief guide to Open’er Festival
If you, like us, were tempted by this year line-up and you bought 1, 2 or 4 days tickets, you are probably also wondering (again like us) what to pack and how to survive. Open’er is one of my least…
Sparks – Hippopotamus
Sparks have come a long way. Longer than most bands, career-wise and trend-wise. Hailing from the early 70s, when rock was hitting hard, metal was burgeoning, punk still was barely on sight and pop music heavily leaned to the rock…
Festival Season is here! A guide for foreigners to Orange Warsaw Festival
Festival season is finally here! Check again the line-up, make a list of all the waterproof protection needed, don’t forget your special item, whether it’s an inflatable Nemo or that gucci kimono you had to starve to buy. This Friday…
Believing the hype of Arctic Monkeys upcoming era
The Monkeys are back at creating (maybe unintentionally) some good old hype. The band didn’t even need to release an album to sold out its independent shows (impressive as their tickets were not sold through Live Nation, known for the false…
Essential items to bring during a trip
From my personal experience, apart from your medicines and money, there are few things you should bring with yourself no matter the destination. Truly essential items for any trip. Essential items for basic comfort Cool clothes – one outfit will do.…
