Hailing from the dark valleys of South Wales and fizzing with abrasive attitude come Saturday’s Kids. They play adrenaline fuelled raw rock ‘n’ roll and we fucking love it here at E&D towers. Ahead of their upcoming UK tour we grabbed some time with Si …

Last Saturday night in Melbourne you could see four bands playing some of the best progressive experimental, instrumental rock that’s being played anywhere right now; all for the price of a couple of beers (or a ticket from a Melbourne parking meter). …

Way back in the spring of 2010 we got one of those out-of-the-blue CDs from a Leeds based singer songwriter called Matt Bentley that blew our socks off. It combined beautifully crafted songs with an angelic singing voice perfectly. Fast forward a few y …

So far, I am happy to report that 2012 has been a good year for music. We are barely in the 2nd month, but so far, I have been able to get my hands and ears on a bunch of exciting, diverse and plain old kick ass music. Continuing on a theme in my last …

The droning textures and shoegaze melodies that make up Aun?s go-to sound are present on ‘Phantom Ghost’; this 8-track collection, however, sees the Canadian duo, Martin Dumais and Julien LeBlanc, steering away from the deeper and darker territory they …

Howlin Rain hail from San Francisco and are possibly one of the best bands on the planet at the moment. That’s a bold statement, you may say, but one listen to ‘The Russian Wilds’ will soon have you proclaiming this FACT from every rooftop in every tow …

A couple of weeks ago we reviewed ‘War of Currents’ by Australian instrumental band Meniscus. We wanted to know a bit more about what was behind their sound, so Cameron (drums) and Marty (visuals) answered some questions for us. (((o))): The word ‘Meni …

We first stumbled upon Bleeding Heat Narrative while sheltering from the rain at last year’s Macmillan Cancer Care Big Mix festival and they totally blew us away. Since then they’ve gone from strength to strength; playing Green Man, Truck & Swn festiva …

I’ve heard a lot of good remixes over time, but most are throwaway tracks bunched together on a single or posted on Soundcloud and Bandcamp. In contrast, the way the latest EP from Flies Are Spies From Hell combines a couple of new songs with three rem …

Magnetic Island is a place within the Great Barrier Reef for all you fact fans, it is also the name of Lisa Liu’s (Renminbi) new band but that is where any sense of similarity ends. Which is a shame, as if they had considered the openness and expanse o …

‘… We sequenced the entire album before I tackled the lyrics, which was a new process for us.’ This is what Cursive’s frontman, Tim Kasher, told me in my interview with him a few weeks back. ‘New processes’ are all over the band’s forthcoming seventh …

I have to confess that I am a bit of a fanboy when it comes to Scottish musicians and bands. My fascination with all things Scottish began with Fish and Marillion (and Fish solo) in my teens, then bands like Teenage Fanclub in my early adult years, and …

In the second of our features on small, independent record labels I spoke to Callum from about-to-launch Manchester label Baptists & Bootleggers who are aiming to combine art, music & literature in a series of free releases. (((o))): Firstly give us a …

Short, brash and noisy. That’s how you describe this EP, and given how Holy have managed to shoehorn 8 tracks into 12 minutes, it seems fitting to not spend too much time dissecting it. Classic, shouty hardcore punk, giving a nod to Crass, Black Flag a …

Expectations were high when I settled down to listen to this four track EP from Newcastle instrumental band Young Liar. According to the PR, they are ‘post rock saviours’ who sound like Neu!, Explosions in the Sky, Nine Inch Nails and Errors. Not sure …

The first thing that strikes you about this album is, considering the bleak mood throughout, how much fun it actually is. It seems like Lanegan has managed to straddle the divide between industrial carnage and pumping disco whilst keeping things firmly …