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Live Festival Report/Words: Gianluigi Marsibilio

The Todays Festival has been over for a few days now but the feeling that, musically, it was such a rare festival continues to invade me.

I was in incognita at the festival, I had decided not to write about it, talk about it, but some things have given some hope in me, not only musically speaking, but humanly, because the Turin festival could be seen as a human experience of sharing.

The only flaw was to have left my sweet umbrella at security checks.

Now I will try to explain in short some live acts that left me speechless.

Bud Spencer Blues Explosion

An ancient spirituality which re-emerges between the magic and the Sanpietrini (typical Rome street paving) and burns in the harder and harder blues that can be brought to a stage in 2018.

Adriano and Claudio are a cornerstone, a deep satisfaction both for the ears and the body.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Listening to them is tantamount to having a moment of ecstasy in a jungle. Psychedelic and precision meet in an unconventional live setting. The punctuality of the double battery is disarming, the setlist is organic and makes the live performance a riot that fully reflects the nature of the Australian band.

Colapesce

A breath of your soul always comes out of your body during and after a seeing a live Colapesce. His live performance in 2018 is unique, the whole set of sounds and moments of the concert perfectly designed to transport everyone to a parallel universe. If you want to find out what it means today to see the singer-songwriter in Italy and immerse yourself in a unique project, go to Spotify and look for Colapesce.

Maria Antonietta

Speech at times specular to that made for Colapesce is repeated with Marie Antoinette, who even voiceless and sick, can make a whispered, delicate and elegant impression live. Her songs are flowers, like those scattered on the stage. The tour could be considered as her total quality leap, at last, and the Todays enjoyed every little moment of it.

The War On Drugs

One of the most solid live shows seen in Italy in 2018, already successfully passed at the Fabrique in Milan, the Americans are rewriting the definition of rock with a little rock n ‘roll wisdom and caution.

Granduciel is an enlightened leader, of what will be a legendary band over time, with whom to confront. The concert slips under the cloudy sky of Turin and with a melancholy that sometimes invades us all, the War on Drugs make us understand why in 2018 it is worth going to enjoy the last moments of summer at a festival.