LE CLASSIFICHE DEL 2025

I seguenti sono i dischi e i film che più hanno allietato il mio 2025. I miei gusti andranno (spero) integrati da quelli di chi vorrà suggerire i suoi (o commentare i miei).

Buon 2026 con il sempre più attuale invito di Neil Young "keep on rockin' in a free world"!

Roby (Microby)

I DISCHI PIU’ BELLI PUBBLICATI NEL 2025

1.   CAR SEAT HEADREST – The Scholars (8.5/10)
2.   COLD SPECKS – Light For The Midnight (8.5)
3.   THE DEARS – Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! (8.4)
4.   TOM SMITH – There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn't There In The Light (8.2)
5.   LORD HURON – The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1 (8.2)
6.   GALACTIC & IRMA THOMAS – Audience With The Queen (8.2)
7.   ANNIE & THE CALDWELLS – Can’t Lose My (Soul) (8)
8.   ANNAHSTASIA – Tether (8)
9.   TAMINO – Every Dawn’s A Mountain (8)
10. MATT BERNINGER – Get Sunk (8)
11. ERIC CHURCH – Evangeline Vs The Machine (8)
12. PAUL TRUDEAU – Lost Diamond Boy (8)
13. CRYS MATTHEWS – Reclamation (8)
14. SOUTHERN AVENUE – Family (8)
15. TAJ MAHAL & KEB’MO’ – Room On The Porch (8)
16. MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER – Personal History (8)
17. THE HEAD AND THE HEART – Aperture (8)
18. BRIAN D’ADDARIO – Till The Morning (8)
19. LOUIS PHILIPPE & THE NIGHT MAIL – The Road To The Sea (8)
20. PULP – More (7.9)

2025 – UN DISCO CONSIGLIATO PER GENERE (e sottogenere)

 

ROCK: Will Hoge – Sweet Misery

CLASSIC ROCK: Morgan Myles – Live From Apogee Studio

RETRO POP-ROCK: The Gnomes – Introducing… The Gnomes

INDIE-ROCK: Car Seat Headrest – The Scholars

POP-ROCK: The Last Dinner Party – From The Pyre

POP: Brian D’Addario – Till The Morning

ALT-POP: Sharon Van Etten - & The Attachment Theory

CHAMBER POP: Louis Philippe – The Road To The Sea

AVANT-POP: Olafur Arnalds & Talos – A Dawning

NEW WAVE: The Dears – Life Is Beautiful!...

SOUL: Galactic & Irma Thomas – Audience With The Queen

SOUL-ROCK: Southern Avenue – Family

SOUL-R&B: Van Morrison – Remembering Now

RETRO-SOUL: Annie & The Caldwells – Can’t Lose My (Soul)

NU-SOUL: Blood Orange – Essex Honey

BLUES: Taj Mahal & Keb’Mo’ – Room On The Porch

ROCK-BLUES: Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough

SOUTHERN ROCK: Whiskey Myers – Whomp Wack Thunder

FOLK: Piers Faccini & Ballakè Sissoko – Our Calling

FOLK-POP: Lord Huron – The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1

FOLK-ROCK: The Head And The Heart – Aperture

SINGER-SONGWRITER: Cold Specks – Light For The Midnight

AMERICANA: Crys Matthews – Reclamation

COUNTRY: Robert Plant With Suzi Dian – Saving Grace

COUNTRY-ROCK: Eric Church – Evangeline Vs The Machine

NEO-PROG: BC Camplight – A Sober Conversation

ROCK PSICHEDELICO: The Third Mind – Right Now!

DEBUT-ALBUM: Annahstasia – Tether

I FILM PIU’ BELLI VISTI NEL 2025

01 Il seme del fico sacro (2024, di Mohammad Rasoulof) 4.5/5

02 Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale (2022, di Edward Berger) 4.5/5

03 Una battaglia dopo l’altra (2025, di Paul Thomas Anderson) 4/5

04 Frankenstein (2025, di Guillermo Del Toro) 4/5

05 Conclave (2024, di Edward Berger) 4/5

06 A Complete Unknown (2024, di James Mangold) 4/5

07 Io sono ancora qui (2024, di Walter Salles) 4/5

08 Mission Impossible – Final Reckoning (2025, di Cristopher McQuarrie) 4/5

09 The Brutalist (2024, di Brady Corbet) 4/5

10 Il tempo che ci vuole (2024, di Francesca Comencini) 4/5

11 Cinque secondi (2025, di Paolo Virzì) 4/5

12 La città proibita (2025, di Gabriele Mainetti) 4/5

13 Lettera a Franco (2019, di Alejandro Amenàbar) 4/5

14 Shoshana (2023, di Michael Winterbottom) 4/5

15 Emilia Perez (2024, di Jacques Audiard) 3.5/5

16 Here (2024, di Robert Zemeckis) 3.5/5

17 Dracula – L’amore perduto (2025, di Luc Besson) 3.5/5

18 Le assaggiatrici (2025, di Silvio Soldini) 3.5/5

19 Sleeping Dogs (2024, di Adam Cooper) 3.5/5

20 The Order (2024, di Justin Kurzel) 3.5/5

CONSIGLI PER GLI ASCOLTI Nov-Dic 2025

 

HANNAH FRANCES (2025) Nested In Tangles

Genere: Avant-Folk, Folk-Jazz

Simili: Joni Mitchell, Anais Mitchell, Pentangle, Sharon Van Etten, The Weather Station, Sarah Jarosz, Joanna Newsom, Tim Buckley

Voto Microby: 7.6

Preferite: Life’s Work, Falling From and Further, Nested In Tangles

JENS LEKMAN (2025) Songs For Other People's Wedding

Genere: Indie-pop

Simili: The Magnetic Fields, Belle & Sebastian, Sondre Lerche, Pelle Carlberg, The Divine Comedy, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird

Voto Microby: 7.6

Preferite: A Tuxedo Sewn For Two, The First Lovesong, Wedding In Brooklyn, Two Little Pigs

KATHLEEN EDWARDS (2025) Billionaire

Genere: Americana, Country-rock

Simili: Allison Moorer, Shelby Lynne, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Jason Isbell, Kathryn Williams, Shawn Colvin

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Need A Ride, When The Truth Comes Out, Little Red Ranger

MAVIS STAPLES (2025) Sad And Beautiful World

Genere: Country-soul, Southern Gospel

Simili: Curtis Mayfield, Van Morrison, Robert Randolph, Naomi Shelton, Carla Thomas

Voto Microby: 7.6

Preferite: Everybody Needs Love, We Got To Have Peace, Sad and Beautiful World

MICAH P. HINSON (2025) The Tomorrow Man

Genere: Alternative Singer-songwriter

Simili: Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Shane McGowan, Bill Callahan, Conor Oberst, Vinicio Capossela, Nick Cave,  Black Heart Procession

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Think of Me, I Thought I Was The One, Mothers & Daughters

MIDLAKE (2025) A Bridge To Far

Genere: Psych Folk-Rock

Simili: Grandaddy, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, Tunng, Jonathan Wilson, Espers, Ryley Walker, Jim James, Jesse Sykes, CS&N, Barclay James Harvest

Voto Microby: 7.6

Preferite: Lion’s Den, Eyes Full of Animals, A Bridge To Far

OTHER LIVES (2025) Volume V

Genere: Dark-Pop orchestrale, Chamber pop

Simili: Moody Blues, San Fermin, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, The National

Voto Microby: 7.5    

Preferite: Read My Mind, Cisa Cisa, The Wake

PAUL TRUDEAU (2025) Lost Diamond Boy

Genere: Heartland rock, Americana

Simili: Bruce Springsteen, Brent Cobb, Chris Stapleton, John Mellencamp, Shooter Jennings, John Craigie, Taylor McCall

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Tiny Little Joke, Big Plan 3, Kindness of Strangers

SHARP PINS (2025) Balloon Balloon Balloon

Genere: Garage pop ’60, Lo-Fi Power pop

Simili: Guided By Voices, The Gnomes, Tony Molina, The Rubinoos, The Beatles, Big Star, Cory Hanson, Pretty Things, Silver Apples, Zombies

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Popafangout, Queen of Globes and Mirrors, Talking In Your Sleep

THE ANTLERS (2025) Blight

Genere: Dream pop, Chamber Pop, Indie Electronic

Simili: Other Lives, Low, Modest Mouse , The Weather Station

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Consider The Source, Pour, Carnage

THE AUTUMN DEFENSE (2025) Here And Nowhere

Genere: Chamber Pop, Adult Alternative Pop-rock

Simili: BC Camplight, Sufjan Stevens, Crowded House, The Decemberists, Father John Misty, Real Estate

Voto Microby: 7.8

Preferite: The Ones, I’ll Take You Out of Your Mind, Underneath The Rollers

THE DEARS (2025) Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!

Genere: New wave, Indie rock ‘80

Simili: Broken Social Scene, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, The Church

Voto Microby: 8.5

Preferite: Tears of A Nation, Our Life, Deep In My Heart, Tomorrow and Tomorrow

THE GNOMES (2025) Introducing... The Gnomes

Genere: Garage pop ’60, Psych-pop

Simili: The Kinks, The Beatles, The Easybeats, Big Star, Silver Apples, Zombies, Sharp Pins, The Prize

Voto Microby: 7.8

Preferite: Time Will Tell, I’ll Wait, I’ll Be There

THE LAST DINNER PARTY (2025) From The Pyre

Genere: Glam rock, Pop orchestrale

Simili: Kate Bush, Florence + The Machine, Queen, Sparks, ABBA, ABC, Todd Rundgren, Marc Bolan

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: The Scythe, Rifle, Second Best

THE THIRD MIND (2025) Right Now!

Genere: Psychedelic rock ’60-‘70

Simili: Jefferson Airplane, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Darkness, Darkness; Reno, Nevada; The Creator Has A Masterplan

TOM SMITH (2025) There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn't There In The Light

Genere: Acoustic Singer-songwriter

Simili: Matt Berninger, The National, The Blue Nile, Simon Joyner, Ben Christophers, Damien Jurado, Sivert Hoyem, Chris Eckman, Bill Fay

Voto Microby: 8.2

Preferite: Lights of New York City, How Many Times, Life Is For Living, Endings Are Breaking My Heart

TONY MOLINA (2025) On This Day

Genere: Lo-Fi Power-pop, Jangle guitar pop ’60-‘90

Simili: The Lemon Twigs, The Byrds, The Beau Brummels, The Left Banke, Silver Apples, The Zombies, La’s, Teenage Fanclub, Brian D’Addario

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Livin’ Wrong, Violets of Dawn, Despise The Sun, Broken Down

WILL HOGE (2025) Sweet Misery

Genere: Heartland Rock, American roots-rock, Singer-songwriter

Simili: Jesse Malin, Elliott Murphy, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Billy Joe Shaver, John Mellencamp, John Hiatt

Voto Microby: 7.8

Preferite: Last American Summer, Keeping My Windows, Sweet Misery

CONSIGLI PER GLI ASCOLTI Set-Ott 2025

 

ALLO DARLIN' (2025) Bright Nights

Genere: Indie Pop, Chamber pop

Simili: The Gentle Spring, Field Mice, Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Aberfeldy, Tracyanne & Danny, The Orchids

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: My Love Will Bring You Home, Cologne, Northern Waters

BLOOD ORANGE (2025) Essex Honey

Genere: Alternative R&B

Simili: Solange, Sampha, Serpentwithfeet, FKA Twigs, Yves Tumor

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: The Field, Mind Loaded, Thinking Clean, The Last of England

GRUFF RHYS (2025) Dim Probs

Genere: Indie-pop, Alternative Singer-songwriter

Simili: Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Super Furry Animals, H. Hawkline, Gwenno, Steve Mason, Jarvis Cocker, Badly Drawn Boy, Bill Ryder-Jones, Matt Berry

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: Taro #1 + #2, Can I’r Cymylau, Saf Ar Dy Sedd

JON BATISTE (2025) Big Money

Genere: Soul, R&B, Blues, Jazz, Dub

Simili: Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Allen Toussaint, John Legend, Ray Charles

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: Lean On My Love, Do It All Again, Lonely Avenue

LORD HURON (2025) The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1

Genere: Americana, Alternative Folk-pop

Simili: Great Lake Swimmers, Hiss Golden Messenger, Radical Face, Fleet Foxes, Uncle Tupelo, Dawes, Iron & Wine, Vampire Weekend, Blonde Redhead

Voto Microby: 8.2

Preferite: Fire Eternal, Bag of Bones, Is There Anybody Out There

OLAFUR ARNALDS & TALOS (2025) A Dawning

Genere: Indie Electronic, Avantgarde

Simili: Jòhann Jòhannsson, Dustin O’Halloran, Balmorhea, Jònsi, Sigur Ròs, James Blake

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: A Dawning, Bedrock, We Didn’t Know We Were Ready

ROBERT PLANT (2025) Saving Grace

Genere: Folk-rock, Americana

Simili:  Sarah Jarosz, Patty Griffin, The Mastersons, Woven Hand, Mark Knopfler, Alison Krauss

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: Everybody’s Song, I Never Will Marry, Too Far From You

SUEDE (2025) Antidepressants

Genere: Gothic wave, Dark wave

Simili: Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Cult, Sound, Simple Minds, Yungblud, Madrugada

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Trance State, June Rain, Dancing With The Europeans

THE BETHS (2025) Straight Line Was A Lie

Genere: Indie-rock

Simili: Wednesday, Illuminati Hotties, Wet Leg, Japanese Breakfast, Parquet Courts

Voto Microby: 7.7   

Preferite: No Joy, Mosquitoes, Til My Heart Stops

THE DIVINE COMEDY (2025) Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Genere: British Pop

Simili: Rufus Wainwright, Richard Hawley, Gruff Rhys, Cousteau, The Veils, Ed Harcourt, Badly Drawn Boy

Voto Microby: 7.7

Preferite: Achilles, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The Last Time I Saw The Old Man

TOM ODELL (2025) A Wonderful Life

Genere: Acoustic Singer-songwriter, Indie-pop

Simili: Aqualung, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Conor Oberst, John Lennon, Chris Martin

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: Don’t Let Me Go, Can We Just Go Home Now, Why Do I Always Want The Things That I Can’t Have

TURIN BRAKES (2025) Spacehopper

Genere: Folk-pop, New Acoustic Movement

Simili: Kings of Convenience, Simon & Garfunkel, C.S.&N., America, The Lemon Twigs

Voto Microby: 7.5

Preferite: The Message, Pays To Be Paranoid, Lullaby