Topic: italian indie rock (Read 10194 times)

judah · « **on:** July 12, 2004, 08:48:15 AM »

hi all,
I'd like to sponsor some italian indie rock music here in this forum. yes, I'm italian hence the reason.
well, Italy it's not exactly well known for his music, especially rock but there are a lot of interesting bands here around.
if you'd like to take a listen I'd be more than happy to know what you think about it.
here are some links:

http://www.onedimensionalman.com (one of the best act in italy. power punk-hardcore-garage rock, like shellac)

http://www.bogartz.it (garage-blues-rock. very very interesting)

http://www.blankdirt.it (hardrock)

http://www.yuppieflu.net (indietronic, signed with an UK label)

http://www.edwood.it (again indietronic)

these are the first five that come to mind.
hope you like'em.

R.

judah · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2004, 08:29:45 AM »

hey,
another two very interesting italian bands:

mosquitos (rock, nice lyrics) http://www.mmmosquitos.com

jailsound (rock again) http://www.jailsound.com

or if you like to download an entire compilation of italian indie artist, here it is:

http://www.kronic.it/krock.asp#

R.

judah · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2004, 10:30:53 AM »

uh, they are no italians but they're on eof my favourite band:

dEUS, http://www.deus.be

R.

xonlocust · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2004, 06:41:05 PM »

my band played with a great italian band the candies - checkemout.

http://www.candies.it/

god bless em. GIUUUUUUUUULIO!!!!!!

judah · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:44:29 AM »

xonlocust wrote on Wed, 14 July 2004 00:41

my band played with a great italian band the candies - checkemout.

http://www.candies.it/

god bless em. GIUUUUUUUUULIO!!!!!!

Yeah! I know them. Not by person by I've heard their stuff more then once. Another great band, half italian half french, quite famous in the italian and french underground scene:

http://ulanbator.free.fr/

I'm their live engineer. The new guitarist used to play in one of the best (in my opinion) italian band ever:

http://www.massimovolume.it/

Here are two of the "big" names. They sell quite a bit of records and their gigs are full of people, a few thousands sometimes:

Marlene Kuntz (art-rock in some ways): http://www.marlenekuntz.com/

Afterhours (indie rock): http://www.afterhours.it/

They both sing in italian but the music has an international flavor.

R.

j.hall · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2004, 11:02:34 AM »

man, i've got a lot of listening to do

way to busy right now....

i'll post thoughts when i have a chance

Zoesch · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2004, 09:41:14 PM »

judah wrote on Wed, 14 July 2004 00:30

uh, they are no italians but they're on eof my favourite band:

dEUS, http://www.deus.be

R.

Ah... dEUS, my fourth favorite belgian band... Suds & Soda anyone?

judah · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2004, 02:25:21 AM »

Zoesch wrote on Thu, 15 July 2004 03:41

judah wrote on Wed, 14 July 2004 00:30

uh, they are no italians but they're on eof my favourite band:

dEUS, http://www.deus.be

R.

Ah... dEUS, my fourth favorite belgian band... Suds & Soda anyone?

fourth? no way. dEUS on top of the list. Cool

Suds & Soda is one of the band's favourite bad now is tiring as it was Smells like teen spirits in the end. Anyway, dEUS are really an incredible band, they started off as a pseudo artpunk collective and now they are reaching a very high level in songwriting. Their lyrics are incredible too even if they're no english.
Any other belgian band you like? Soulwax?

BTW, dEUS will be out with a new album this fall, I'm gonna catch'em live on Sept.4th (my birthday....) in Bologna. It's been a long time since the last gig.

R.

judah · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2004, 02:27:07 AM »

j.hall wrote on Wed, 14 July 2004 17:02

man, i've got a lot of listening to do

way to busy right now....

i'll post thoughts when i have a chance

man, I'd really like to get some input from all of you. it would be very intersting to know what you think about italian "indie" music. really. take your time....

R.

carne_de_res · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2004, 09:08:17 AM »

Another great band, half italian half french, quite famous in the italian and french underground scene:

http://ulanbator.free.fr/

I'm their live engineer.

hey,Judah,when you see Enrico and Matteino just say "Gaetano vi dice ciao". Enrico's old band (Enrico plays bass in Ulan Bator) were called Oslo and they were really good.you can check their music on:

http://www.pilia.it/knifeville/

ciao ciao!

Gaetano Dimita,
Udine,Italy

judah · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2004, 10:34:12 AM »

carne_de_res wrote on Thu, 15 July 2004 15:08hey,Judah,when you see Enrico and Matteino just say "Gaetano vi dice ciao". Enrico's old band (Enrico plays bass in Ulan Bator) were called Oslo and they were really good.you can check their music on:

[url

http://www.pilia.it/knifeville/[/url]

ciao ciao!

Gaetano Dimita,
Udine,Italy

Oddio, un italiano su PSW! Mamma mia.
Better back to english. I've known Ulan for a couple of years now and there's always been Manuel on bass. Matteo is still on drums and I can see why you called him Matteino Wink

Anyway, they are recording some ideas for their next album right now. We've been to Florence a couple weeks ago. Police tried force me to stop the gig. Too loud! Wink

I'll tell'em I meet you here.

R.

NelsonL · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2004, 02:36:16 PM »

Hey Candies are on the same label as us in the US-- small world.

--rattleyour

Zoesch · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2004, 05:43:38 AM »

judah wrote on Thu, 15 July 2004 16:25

fourth? no way. dEUS on top of the list. Cool

Suds & Soda is one of the band's favourite bad now is tiring as it was Smells like teen spirits in the end. Anyway, dEUS are really an incredible band, they started off as a pseudo artpunk collective and now they are reaching a very high level in songwriting. Their lyrics are incredible too even if they're no english.
Any other belgian band you like? Soulwax?

Yes, Front242 (All side-projects), Agathocles and Nerve, then dEUS (And Magnus) and Neon Judgement Wink

Quote:

BTW, dEUS will be out with a new album this fall, I'm gonna catch'em live on Sept.4th (my birthday....) in Bologna. It's been a long time since the last gig.

R.

Cool... I loved The Ideal Crash (Instant street was so awesome), can't wait to hear the new one!

judah · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2004, 07:54:47 AM »

Zoesch wrote on Fri, 16 July 2004 11:43

judah wrote on Thu, 15 July 2004 16:25

fourth? no way. dEUS on top of the list. Cool

Suds & Soda is one of the band's favourite bad now is tiring as it was Smells like teen spirits in the end. Anyway, dEUS are really an incredible band, they started off as a pseudo artpunk collective and now they are reaching a very high level in songwriting. Their lyrics are incredible too even if they're no english.
Any other belgian band you like? Soulwax?

Yes, Front242 (All side-projects), Agathocles and Nerve, then dEUS (And Magnus) and Neon Judgement Wink

Quote:

BTW, dEUS will be out with a new album this fall, I'm gonna catch'em live on Sept.4th (my birthday....) in Bologna. It's been a long time since the last gig.

R.

Cool... I loved The Ideal Crash (Instant street was so awesome), can't wait to hear the new one!

Hey, nice inputs. Do you know Meuws? He's an ex member of dEUS or maybe just a friend. But anyway, he's great. Magnus is also great. I ordered few days ago the solo project from Tom Barman (dEUS' singer) with Guy VanEuten. It's a piano and vocal CD. Mostly covers.
Any other intestign belgian acts?

R.

carne_de_res · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2004, 09:57:05 AM »

judah wrote on Thu, 15 July 2004 16:34

carne_de_res wrote on Thu, 15 July 2004 15:08hey,Judah,when you see Enrico and Matteino just say "Gaetano vi dice ciao". Enrico's old band (Enrico plays bass in Ulan Bator) were called Oslo and they were really good.you can check their music on:

[url

http://www.pilia.it/knifeville/[/url]

ciao ciao!

Gaetano Dimita,
Udine,Italy

Oddio, un italiano su PSW! Mamma mia.
Better back to english. I've known Ulan for a couple of years now and there's always been Manuel on bass. Matteo is still on drums and I can see why you called him Matteino Wink

Anyway, they are recording some ideas for their next album right now. We've been to Florence a couple weeks ago. Police tried force me to stop the gig. Too loud! Wink

I'll tell'em I meet you here.

R.

man,i don't know why i called him Enrico instead of Manuel!
and i even did a record with him!
guess i have to give up on the bottle...

anyway i think it's quite a moment for Italian indie rock.

Zoesch · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2004, 08:10:17 PM »

judah wrote on Fri, 16 July 2004 21:54

Hey, nice inputs. Do you know Meuws? He's an ex member of dEUS or maybe just a friend. But anyway, he's great. Magnus is also great. I ordered few days ago the solo project from Tom Barman (dEUS' singer) with Guy VanEuten. It's a piano and vocal CD. Mostly covers.
Any other intestign belgian acts?

R.

AFAIK Meuws is a friend/collaborator of the band, but haven't heard anything of him.

Most of the belgian acts I've heard or known are either metal, industrial or a combination of both, a lot of good stuff actually with really poor worldwide distribution, which seems to be the case for most bands outside of the UK/Germany.

Take italy as an example, there used to be more hardcore bands per square meter in Italy than anywhere else in Europe (Including Fugazi, the italian one) but most of which didn't have proper distribution, so what we heard outside of Italy were the Ramazotti's and Paussinni's of the world. *Heaves*

judah · « **Reply #16 on:** July 19, 2004, 05:01:28 AM »

carne_de_res wrote on Fri, 16 July 2004 15:57

man,i don't know why i called him Enrico instead of Manuel!
and i even did a record with him!
guess i have to give up on the bottle...

anyway i think it's quite a moment for Italian indie rock.

No problem.
But please don't talk about alchool..... it's been a veeeeeeery looooong weekend. Cool

I was in Brescia for a gig with Bogartz, Edwood and Lumiere Electrique. Nosilenz Rock Festival.
And yeah, you're right, it's really quite a moment for italian indie rock acts. Are you workin' with someone interesting at the moment?

R.

judah · « **Reply #17 on:** July 19, 2004, 05:03:37 AM »

Zoesch wrote on Sat, 17 July 2004 02:10

AFAIK Meuws is a friend/collaborator of the band, but haven't heard anything of him.

Most of the belgian acts I've heard or known are either metal, industrial or a combination of both, a lot of good stuff actually with really poor worldwide distribution, which seems to be the case for most bands outside of the UK/Germany.

Take italy as an example, there used to be more hardcore bands per square meter in Italy than anywhere else in Europe (Including Fugazi, the italian one) but most of which didn't have proper distribution, so what we heard outside of Italy were the Ramazotti's and Paussinni's of the world. *Heaves*

Hi Zoesch,
you're right. He's a collaborator but you have to check him out. Very good tunes and a laid back feeling. Nice.
It seems you know your shit abotu italian music market. How comes you know Ramazzotti and Laura Pausini?

R.

Zoesch · « **Reply #18 on:** July 19, 2004, 09:05:07 AM »

judah wrote on Mon, 19 July 2004 19:03

Hi Zoesch,
you're right. He's a collaborator but you have to check him out. Very good tunes and a laid back feeling. Nice.
It seems you know your shit abotu italian music market. How comes you know Ramazzotti and Laura Pausini?

R.

Will do...

How do I know about Topo Gigio and Minnie Mouse? I lived for a bit in South America (Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina) so I came in contact with a lot of Italians who either loved or hated them. Sort of unavoidable I guess, my wife loves the idiot, so there IS karma in this world Very Happy

judah · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2004, 03:46:52 AM »

Zoesch wrote on Mon, 19 July 2004 15:05

Will do...

How do I know about Topo Gigio and Minnie Mouse? I lived for a bit in South America (Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina) so I came in contact with a lot of Italians who either loved or hated them. Sort of unavoidable I guess, my wife loves the idiot, so there IS karma in this world Very Happy

R.

Gee-who-lee-o · « **Reply #20 on:** July 21, 2004, 05:41:31 AM »

add Giardini di Mir

judah · « **Reply #21 on:** July 21, 2004, 07:19:44 AM »

jj72 wrote on Wed, 21 July 2004 11:41

add Giardini di Mir

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Re: italian indie rock

« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2004, 11:12:12 AM »

[/quote]

Are you workin' with someone interesting at the moment?

R.[/quote]

three interesting bands i've worked with are:

-Primadellapioggia,a rock band heavily influenced
by screamo acts like Botch,Breach and early Cave In.
www.primadellapioggia.com

-Lefty Lucy,who sound not unlike Red House
Painters and Kristin Hersh.very introspective and soothing.

-Offlaga Disco Pax who are a spoken-word band
from Reggio Emilia and sound like a cross between Massimo Volume and Joy Division.very acute and funny lyrics.totally unlistenable if you're not Italian.
www.offlagadiscopax.splinder.com

the label Riotmaker seem to be doing pretty good and have very
interesting bands on their roster.unfortunately the ppl
who run it are a bunch of assholes.
www.riotmaker.net

i'll PM you and ask for your name,as it is higly likely we
are going to meet someday.ciao bello.

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Re: italian indie rock

« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2004, 05:28:40 PM »

Ciao carne_de_res,

   La mia famiglia proviene da Zoppola!

   But let's keep it in English because my Italian has faded.

   Thanks to everyone for the great links.

   Does anyone have any good Italian hardcore / punk links?

   Milan used to be crawling with hardcore bands.

Giovanni
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« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2004, 08:18:01 AM »

Zoppola? it's,like,half an hour drive from where
i live!

speaking of hardcore bands,there are some really
good ones here in Italy.
Spacciatori di Musica Stupefacente and Frontiera
are my favorite as they sound "old school",if you
know what i mean...

http://www.spacciatori.org

http://www.frontiera-kina.org

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« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2004, 03:38:29 PM »

I don't know how on-topic this might be, but one of my very favorite prog-rock bands are Italian:

http://www.ezrawinston.com/

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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2004, 02:06:41 PM »

Consul wrote on Fri, 30 July 2004 21:38

I don't know how on-topic this might be, but one of my very favorite prog-rock bands are Italian:

http://www.ezrawinston.com/

Italy has a tradition of famous prog bands:
Premiata Forneria Marconi,Balletto di Bronzo
and Le Orme are heralded as the best of the
italian prog era of the 70's.PFM in particular seem to have
been a cult phenomenon in the States.
i'm not into prog,but i must say that the musicianship
shown in their records is stellar.

nowadays there's a truckload of good prog bands in Italy,but
since prog is famously "uncool",they're under-underground,
if you know what i mean...

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« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2004, 09:16:41 AM »

Damn, how could I forget one of my favorite bands...

From Italy... (Torino if recall correctly)

With Love!

Larsen

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« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2004, 10:17:19 AM »

i finally had a chance to listen to every band that was posted.....at least every band that offered some english on the websites to help me navigate a bit.

the all italian sites aren't that hard to "decifer".

anyway

i liked about half of what i heard, but wasn't in love with any of it.....i found most all of it to be a little misguided.

very close to be awesome, but the attention to detail in the song writing just wasn't there.

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« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2004, 08:33:21 AM »

j.hall wrote on Tue, 17 August 2004 16:17

i liked about half of what i heard, but wasn't in love with any of it.....i found most all of it to be a little misguided.

very close to be awesome, but the attention to detail in the song writing just wasn't there.

Hi J.,
I know you must be very busy with your shiny new mix room but would you mind take few minutes and be more specific about the stuff you liked?
thanks.

R.

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« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2004, 04:20:24 PM »

Admittedly, the two songs Ezra Winston posted are not their best work. The rest of "Ancient Afternoons" is a fantastic album, though. I always find myself listening to it regularly.

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