I think it's actually "italians" fault... The situation here in terms of new bands/artists (new as in=not well known by the italian audience) is not much good...lots of small clubs fight to stay alive, and don't have much money to invest promoting/organizing gigs that possibly won't get much attendants, and the bigger ones always go after the bands that assure them a good number of paying customers and they DON'T invest the money gained to set up "alternative" gigs. There are still a few nice venues but I guess it's not easy for an artist to set up a proper tour, and coming over for just a single date would probably be to much of a loss in economical terms (not to be overlooked when planning a tour...). This is probably a pretty common situaton overall, but the most annoying thing is that when a little club hosts a really nice and interesting gig from a relatively unknown artist there' a good chance NOBODY except the guys involved in the organization and a bunch of other people from the city where the venue is will know it...bah.
btw, tell him to set up a gig @ Unwound club in padova, thanks
