I am christening the type of music that AMTP make after-math – Like post-rock, post-punk, post-prog, etc, and so on. These AMTP cats take the precise complexity of the math rock genre, which we happen to really like round these parts, and mix in the pounding, roiling grunge of industrial and metal. By Jake Gillen

These are some solid musicians that play some pretty good, nostalgia-friendly tunes. – By Jake Gillen

I am really happy that I stepped out of my Post-rock, Post-Punk, Post-prog preference bubble and picked this album to review. It’s a refreshing listen and there is almost nothing on this record that I don’t consider pretty good. By Jake Gillen

“It has longevity and relevance to this day, more than twenty years later, and was a definite sign of what was to come in heavy, punk-influenced music” – Jake Gillen on Sugar’s ‘Copper Blue’

The tongue-in-cheek, albeit acerbic, humour reminds me that I don’t need to analyze the shit out of it, that I can still have a more emotional reaction to it…that music can and should be fun. By Jake Gillen

Jake Gillen takes a galnce at Fulminant, the latest offering from Brighton noise duo Kellar.

Arms of Tripoli, of Los Angeles, California, is something of an instrumental post-rock supergroup, with members coming from a number of other instrumental bands, and these folks are the real deal.

I can’t remember a time when I was not a fan of Ian MacKaye. First, Minor Threat made thinking-person’s Hardcore, as well as being a huge contributor to the movement that became known as Straight Edge. Then, later in the 1980’s, Fugazi appeared and mad …

Some of us here at Echoes And Dust were recently discussing whether it’s easier to review music that you like or music that you are not so keen on. During the course of the conversation, a fellow scribe said something that reminded me of this quote fro …

A couple of years back, through the miracle that is the Internet (it’s a series of tubes), I was able to find and befriend some really great folks that are in the UK, and specifically the Manchester area, that are actively innovating, creating and shar …

Math Rock is one of those genres (or genre, if that is plural for genre) that’s really pretty difficult to define; The Mighty Wikipedia says that it’s usually guitar-centric, influenced by prog giants like King Crimson and Rush, and is characterized by …

I’ve been labouring away on this review for over a week now, mostly because I want to make sure that my words do the album, ‘Lost Songs’ by …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead (henceforth just Trail of Dead), justice. I have always maintained …

It has been way too many months, for me at least, since I have been able to review an album here on E&D, and I have missed it a lot.Have you missed me? I hope not too much. That’s a lie, I like being missed! The subject of my review on this go-round is …

So now we have a view from across the pond for you. San Diego based Jake Gillen has been one of E&D’s most prolific & inspiring contributors over the last few years; here he speaks to a couple of the old friends that made him the musical guru he is tod …

I am sort of late to the party that is ‘On VHS’ by The Fierce And The Dead, or at least late in writing about this instrumental gem. I have been unable to write about music recently, even when the music is as good as what TFATD are making. I will write …

It has hardly been a full month, as I write this, since I had the privilege of reviewing the excellent ‘Mindhammers’ EP from Leeds, UK-based sound smiths, Hawk Eyes. I’ve used words like visceral, ballsy (which is American for big bollocks), and ‘jugge …

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 …

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 …

Music and I have a sort of love-hate relationship. Well, of course I realize that I am giving human traits to music and that is just silly, but I want to illustrate that my never-ending quest for new music can be painful and costly at times, but can al …

I discovered Hawk Eyes, formerly known as Chickenhawk, last year around the time they changed their name, or maybe a couple of months before. You see, I was sleuthing about, trying to find more and newer and better and louder music, following the untim …

Sometimes, even a grumpy old pessimist like me finds music that is so beautiful that I can’t help but be inspired and uplifted by it. The music that is the subject of this review, in CD form, was actually a gift from our Intrepid and Fearless Leader at …