How the new Canzonissima works, starting tonight on Rai1
Fifty-one years after the conclusion of the last edition, broadcast between 1974 and 1975, “Canzonissima”, Rai’s historic title, returns to TV. The new edition, broadcast…
Lateral: I want(ed) my MTV, a story in six parts (3)
The 1980s in the United States truly began on August 1, 1981, when MTV went on the air for a few suburban and rural areas…
Can a song be poetry?
What better occasion than World Poetry Day to address the age-old dilemma that separates the written text from the one sung? It is not necessarily…
Runaways, the noise of women inside rock
In 1976 rock is still an almost exclusively male territorymade up of excesses, virtuosity and imagery built around charismatic figures who speak above all to…
When Mogwai put the “Blur: Are Shite” T-shirt on sale
In the mid-nineties when i Mogwai were formed in Glasgow, Scotland, on Britpop and the spell of ‘Cool Britannia’ they were at their peak. THE…
The best song Depeche Mode never recorded
“Just Can’t Get Enough” was the song that helped launch i Depeche Mode towards stardom. That song was written by Clarke winsthe ‘mind’ of the…
Les Claypool’s audition with Metallica went badly
The frontman of Primus, Les Claypoolin an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, among other things, talked about his audition, which failed miserably, to…
Rockol photographers: the images of Alessandro Pallone
For many years now Rockol has been publishing photo galleries, mainly of concerts. The photographers who provide us with the images and allow us to…
Juli takes Coez back to basics
Juli returns to publish under his own name “Quelli come me”, the new single released together with Coez. An release that marks a new chapter…
Interpol are back: here’s “See Out Loud”
The Interpol they are officially back, and they do so by looking forward, without denying their past. During the March 19th date at the Audio…