Interview with Andrew Pearsall of Solkyri on ech(((o)))es & dust

Solkyri launched their new album Are You My Brother at Melbourne’s Public Bar and (((o))) was there. By Gilbert Potts

Support the artists you serve! – by Gilbert Potts

This album will have the most sedate music listener banging their head and throwing horns in no time and I wouldn’t be surprised if a taste of it triggers the birth of more than a few metalheads. – By Gilbert Potts.

Great North by Fourteen Nights At Sea Recommended by Gilbert Potts

While Shy, Low’s new release Binary Opposition doesn’t break new ground it’s difficult to fault the writing and performance. The texture, depth and emotion make this an enjoyable listen. – By Gilbert Potts.

Ech(((o)))es & dust talks to Alison Chesley of Helen Money about her music.

Live review of This Will Destroy You, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving and Arrows. The Zoo, Brisbane 19th March 2013

Our writer Gilbert Potts had a little chat with Bob Meadows of Pennsylvania based metal band A Life Once Lost about music, the guts it took to throw away a new album and start again and about life in general.

Glasgow solo artist Wullae Wright is in the process of writing and recording his fourth album and released a new single ‘UFO’ to give us a taster of what is to come.

Helen Money is metal cellist Alison Chesley and her new album “Arriving Angels” is not a must-have because it’s a metal album played on cello. It’s a must-have because it’s a brilliant metal album

Sydney’s Bird’s Robe Records recently announced the impending first-ever tour of Australia by Texan instrumental rock band This Will Destroy You. We caught up with guitarist Jeremy Galindo ahead of the tour.

I get the feeling this third album from post-black metal band Fen, “Dustwalker”, is meant to be intensely moody and bleak. Now I’m not saying it’s devoid of atmosphere, but to me it’s more melancholic with some anger thrown in at parts. In fact many pa …

The more post-metal sludge I hear the more convinced I am that it’s sitting at or very near the current evolutionary peak of rock and metal, and there, with one hand firmly grasping the flag as it fights for its share, is Cult of Luna. Nowhere else doe …

Guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Sometimes you just want pared-back, inventive rock. Tunes you can hum to but are not endless chorus. Riffs that are neither underdone nor overused. Rhythm that pops out of the groove often enough that you don’t get bored. V …

  Here at (((o))) we took a shine to “NAMES”, the latest album from (another) Chicago instrumental band An Aesthetic Anaesthetic. We sent Gilbert off in search of answers to to questions and found William Covert, their drummer, who gave us the sor …

Ever wondered what goes on in the heads of people who play improvised music? Here at (((o))) we did, so we asked Brighton noise peddlars Kellar to open themselves up to a Vulcan mind meld so we could see for ourselves. Come and have a look what we foun …

“Time heals all wounds”. It’s the solace people offer when they really don’t know what to say in response to someone’s loss because everyone knows there’s nothing anyone can do. For those who have suffered the loss it can be hurtful. Perhaps they don’t …

There have been many good strong instrumental rock releases this year, most of which I just didn’t find time to listen to or indeed know about. Luckily I have some very good imaginary friends on Twitter who recommend records to me, plus the stuff that …

At its high points this third album from Italian instrumental band Tomydeepestego is heavy, deep and intense. “Nero” has some great lighter moments too – the band clearly looking to add to the basic formula and provide some contrast to the heaviness. S …

When Sleep Lady’s album, ‘So Long Lonely Ghost’ arrived pretty much unheralded at E&D towers we were blown away, it’s a truly fantastic record that touches on many of the styles we love here and seldom has one record been received with such universal e …