by Alexey EremenkoOn Mistici dell'Occidente, Baustelle strike close to the point where post-punk and goth rock separated -- not such a big surprise, perhaps, for a band whose name draws on Bauhaus, if inadvertently. The good thing is, they pull it off without turning the record into a retro-rock exercise that is content with reproducing what other people have done before; the not so good thing is that, while Mistici dell'Occidente does not sound obsolete, it's also less thrilling when it comes to actual songwriting. This is less obvious on the uptempo rock songs that form the bulk of the record -- the guitars combine the energy of '80s goth rock with a jangly sound of Television, early R.E.M., or even Mission of Burma, but avoid sounding either too … Read more