Articles by Dan Salter
Featuring 10 artists spanning genres from indie rock to electro pop, long time E&D faves, independent and ethical record label Reckless Yes is marking their return after a 2 year hiatus with compilation Among The Wildflowers. Give the full album an exclusive listen here on Echoes and Dust.
I want to pay them back with this milestone of a decade of being alive when I shouldn’t be with a Wrongpop Bandcamp compilation album to raise funds AND awareness for Anthony Nolan. The release date is August 1st, exactly ten years to the day I was released from hospital. The album will be available for that month only, taken down and the money given to them.
Last heard slinging fuzzed-out doom on their 2019 album, From The Ghost Grey Depths, July 5th will see the official worldwide release of Mourning Light, the brand-new studio album from the London-based trio Old Horn Tooth.For any fans of the genre that …
Photo credit: Suzi Corker (suzicorker.com)Next month (Feb 23rd) ‘Feedback’, the debut Rocket Recordings album by Thee Alcoholics – the London 5 piece formed by ex Hey Colossus member Rhys Llewellyn – is released. Obviously, as long time fans of both HC …
Totnes-scene post-rock/post-punk band Abrasive Trees, who feature a couple of members (Matthew Rochford and Ben Roberts) of the of the creators of one of E&D’s favourite albums of the year Silver Moth, have announced the premiere of their latest wo …
Longtime faves Ich bin Finn released their new alum ‘Breakfast Pizza’ on Friday (Aug 11) through Roadkill Records. and it is a banging collection of Americana inflected grungy punk. We thought it would be the perfect time to pick their brains as to what has influenced their sound.
A group of creatives in London have joined forces to create an all-new anthem supporting women’s football teams in the UK ahead of the summer season. Heading up the female-led collective as Creative Director is singer-songwriter Anna Johnson, a student …
The wonderful Ich bin Finn release the second single from their fantastic new album, Breakfast Pizza via Roadkill Records. ‘Fire’ is a raucous post-grunge anthem about knowing you’re dating someone that doesn’t actually like you very much. Mixed and ma …
Looking Suite is the solo vehicle of Chris Holland, formerly of Math Pop legends Tribal Fighters. With this project, he switches his focus to lush, drifting ambient soundscapes punctuated by twinkling guitars but also retains his ear for a quirky, catc …
Longtime E&D faves, Gum Takes Tooth are back, and most welcome a return it is too! ‘Small Arms’ is the first track to be taken from their upcoming album, Recovery Position (out April 21st through Wrong Speed Records).. “In the throes of …
If there is any justice in this world, POPNOTPOP should put Rookes up there alongside Billynomates & Self Esteem as one of the pop icons of our time.
Stalwarts of the modern ‘psych’ scene, California-based psychedelic-rock legends The Asteroid No.4 released their new album ‘Tones of the Sparrow’ last week (25th March) via Club AC30.Heavily inspired by the UK shoegaze scene including My Blo …
Dan Salter (Editor) This one really, really hurts. Of all the passings of musicians in the last few years, of which there have been far to many, hearing of the untimely death of Mark Lanegan has hit me harder than anyone since David Bowie. Just finding …
Tribes of Medusa are a Brooklyn-based, husband and wife duo who create dark ambient/doom/goth metal music. With an impressive discography to date, Adriana thought it was time to catch up with the duo and find out more about their music, what led them to making music together and more.
After 3 years, New Zealand based Alicia Merz breaks her silence with her 5th Birds of Passage album ‘The Last Garden’, released on November 5th through Denovali. Alicia doesn’t share much with the public, except through her music, and so this album off …
The new expansive collaborative project picks up where their former band The Infinite Three left off. When that trio’s drummer Paul Middleton passed away suddenly in October 2019, the surviving members Daniel Knowler and Sam McLaughlin decided the band …
Christina Lopez is most well-known as the drummer and music director for gothic synth-pop outfit Empathy Test but, she is also a drummer, programmer and backing vocalist for in violet, and has provided live and session drums for John Parry, Eves The Be …
The Holy Road is the brainchild of Jonathan Stolber, an artist we discovered almost a decade ago when he was supporting perennial E&D faves Her Name Is Calla in his previous incarnation as To Bury A Ghost. We were blown away that night and have kep …
The mighty Fashoda Crisis are back with their first new music since 2014’s Almost Everyone is Entirely Average at Almost Everything and they are angrier than ever! As Sim from the band said “In the interim, we’ve had Brexit, we’ve had Tory landsl …





