A few weeks ago we received an email announcing the opening of The School of Music Business in London. Many of the people down to be tutors at the school were people that we knew from running the site and being around ‘the business’ for the last 10 years or so; this piqued our interest so Dan sat down with the founder Matt for an in depth chat about the state of the music business and how we can all do more to help the future generations of musicians.

We’re always keeping an eye out here at E&D for people doing things differently or taking a novel approach to an old problem, so when Stephanos from We Are The Underground got in touch about an event they are putting on in April it was sufficiently intriguing for us to find out more. Dan sat down with him and popped a few questions.

Back in 2011 Killington Fall were one of our favourite bands on the London post rock scene but then abruptly called a halt to things as various ‘real life’ obligations got in the way. Five years on they are back so I took the opportunity to catch up with Max from the band and see what was going on. By Dan Salter

Column inches by the billion have been generated over the last week in tribute to this unique man. We debated whether we really needed to add to the noise but ultimately Bowie affected so many of us, and so much of the music we listen to, it seemed callous not to at least give a space for some of our writers to express in their own words what David Bowie meant to them. Here are a few stories.

Jack Chuter is the author of the recently released Storm Static Sleep, regarded as the first ‘complete’ history of post rock. As most of our regular readers will know, we cover a fair bit of what is thought of as post rock on the site so this was relevant to our interests. We sent our editor to sit down with Jack in a busy Dalston coffee shop to try and dig below the surface of the meaning of post rock. By Dan Salter

Richard concludes his Cosmic Roundup of the year by talking to our very own Editor Dan Salter about the site and what the fuck happened in music in 2015.

Rather than review the record in a traditional sense we asked our writers to each contribute a short piece on what Mogwai mean to them persoanally. This caused a considerable degree of consternation in the camp and much discussion as to how on Earth you distill two decades of music in to a couple of paragraphs. This is what they had to say.

We sat down with the guys from Talons a few hours prior to them taking to the main stage at ArcTangent to talk about new albums and the problems of writing as a geographically disbursed band. By Dan & Hannah

Polymath were one of the craziest, funniest bands to play ArcTanGent 2015, so, naturally, we jumped at the opportunity to talk inflatable bananas and new releases with them. Hannah & Dan with the questions.

Pocket Apocalypse have emerged as one of our favourite new bands over the last 12 months. So after watching them storm the PX3 stage, Dan grabbed a few minutes of shelter with them in the press barn and popped a few questions.

Hopefully this stands as a precursor as to where this band is heading next and if so I am very excited for what they might produce. As it is, it is easily one of the finest ‘post rock’ records that 2015 has offered up so far. By Dan Salter

A lot of music comes across my desk and through my ears as editor of this website so it is very rare when I receive something that genuinely sounds like nothing else I’ve heard before but that is exactly what Tiny Fingers have done with The Fall and it should be treasured. It is unique, it is compelling and it is absolutely fucking magnificent. By Dan Salter

A few weeks ago Gavin from worriedaboutsatan got in touch to say they had done a mix for a project called Rail Cables. A quick glance at the Rail Cables Bandcamp page reveals that they make “seasonal compilations featuring new music inspired by train travel” and that tweaked our interest even further so we asked Stuart, the main man behind the project, what it was all about. By Dan Salter

For the last few years Cut Loose Promotions have gradually been building a reputation as one of Scotland’s finest promoters of post rock and related weird music. Recently they branched out in to creating their own multimedia offering with CutLoosetv. On the eve of the announcement of their biggest project yet, we caught up with main man Kyle Chesney for a bit of a chat and a sneaky peak at the new video.. By Dan Salter

This month saw Her Name Is Calla celebrate a decade as a band. Ten years at the coal face of being an independent band in the twenty first century is a mighty achievement so it seemed like a good time to take a moment to step back and appreciate one of the finest bands this country has produced in that decade. By Dan Salter

Regular readers will already know one of the things we’ve been focusing on this year is the health, or otherwise, of the eco-system of independent venues, so when Tali Clarke contacted us to say she’d been making a film about the sad demise of the 12 Bar, a legendary venue in Soho’s ‘Tin Pan Alley’ Denmark Street, we were keen to catch up with her and find out a bit more about the project. By Dan Salter

Sometimes, when you’ve waited so long for something you’re looking forward to so much, anticipation can ruin an experience; it can build up your expectations to a level that reality can not hope to meet. Fortunately seeing Marriages for the first time, something which I have waited over three years for, was one of those rare occasions when the reality not only met all my expectations but far exceeded them. By Dan Salter

If ArcTangent feels like a gathering of the clans for this rapidly coalescing community then Strangeforms is surely the premier precursor event now. Great people in a fantastic place and extraordinary music. I don’t really look for much more than that in life. By Dan Salter

“Great things must at first wear terrifying masks in order to impress themselves onto the hearts of humanity.” – Flowers Of Evil speak to Dan Salter about philosophy, influences and Wrestlemania.

As part of our ongoing coverage of Independent Venue Week we spoke to Beverly Whitrick of the newly formed Music Venue Trust to find out what the state of the industry is and why we need an organisation like theirs. By Dan Salter

The second Independent Venue Week kicks off tomorrow (24th Jan) and is back far bigger and better than last year. It’s an initiative that we are fully behind here at E&D so we thought it would be a good idea to catch up with Sybil Bell and find out more. By Dan Salter