I found this at a record store in Florence, Italy, Wyxmer’s home town. Oddly enough the guy running the shop assured me they were not an Italian band solely based on the name and cover photo. However upon flipping it over and reading the back cover, much to his own surprise he realized that in […]
Tag: Italy
“Arezzo Wave 1989” Compilation (1989)
People think I go to a lot of music festivals. I try to correct them, that in fact I only go to one music festival, I just go to it almost every year. And yes, it is a seven hour flight away, but still, it’s just the one festival. That usually just gets me blank […]
Afrodisia Città Libera – “Stati D’Ansia” (1985)
I remember reading somewhere that some record store owners get frustrated with customers who use their phones to look up records on Discogs. I suspect they believe the customers are solely looking at the pricing – i.e. can I get this way cheaper online. As someone who is constantly looking stuff up on their phone […]
Contrasto – “Statico Senso” (2001)
When we travel I always try to pick up local music, and our recent trip to Italy was no different. One of the shops we visited was Transmission, located near Rome’s Termini train station, and it was chock full of great rock records across subgenres. I could have easily spent a few hours there, but […]