Gilbert Potts
I’m Gilbert Potts and I live in Melbourne, Australia, the centre of both sport and music in the universe. As I have little interest in sport I listen to as much new music as I can. I found that I could write about this music and share it with others in late 2011 when asked by Dan, the boss of e&d to do just that.
I like to stand near the front at gigs, but sometimes I don’t.
Thanks to everyone who makes music – it’s what separates us from aliens.
Articles by Gilbert Potts
At the start of the year we spoke with Alex, bassist and laptopist from Sydney progressive instumental rock quartet sleepmakeswaves. A lot has happened since then and Alex has now kindly put aside a couple of hours to let us know how things have gone t …
There are times when instrumental math-rock can get a little tedious. Complexity can sound as though it’s done for the sake of it rather than to make music for aural pleasure, but when it’s done well it can be delicious, as You Slut! have shown us. The …
Here at ech(((o)))es and dust we love independent, alternative and underground music. The reason you and I can enjoy the great music we do is because of the time and effort put in and the sacrifices made not only by the artists but those who support th …
We had a chat with Alithia while they took a short breather between European tour legs and recording their new album. (((o))): According to your bio there’s been various people come and go from the band since you formed. You make a point about the expe …
Arbor Lights are a four-piece instrumental rock band who hail from Birmingham in England, where heavy metal was conceived. To many, post-rock consists of the usual four or so bands and Arbor Lights will probably get lumped in with EITS and Mogwai, but …
Melbourne band AlithiA has just landed in Europe for a tour before recording their first full-length. I discovered them at Progfest and after a brilliant short set decided to review their EP from 2010 “A Realm O’Null” for our ” Echoes from the Past” se …
When it comes to some of the big names in underground and independent bands Australia often has to wait a long time for a tour. Something to do with us being thousands of miles from anywhere and a relatively small population. On the eve of the first to …
Photo: Chantel Bann We recently reviewed “Cartography”, the new record from solo instrumentalist Hinterlandt and wanted to find out more about Jochen Gutsch, the man behind this solo intrument project. A deeply thoughtful person, we’re sure you’ll find …
We spoke to Melbourne instrumental rock band Bear the Mammoth about their EP, about their gear, about who they’d love to play with and a whole lot more. (((o))) In the internet age it’s good to have a band name that people can google easily and Bear t …
Progfest Melbourne. Ne Obliviscaris, Red Paintings, Chaos Divine, Mushroom Giant, Quiet Child, Toehider, Alithia, Kettlespider. 8 September 2012 This year’s Progfest Melbourne showcased 22 experimental, progressive, psychedelic and art rock and metal b …
This is the third release from Brighton band Kellar and once again sees a shift in theme and style with synth joining the improvised guitar and pedal drone of the previous release “Smokescreen”. There’s even some melody of sorts and tuneful rhythm from …
The latest album from Hinterlandt, “Cartography”, sees Sydney-based, German-born solo performer Jochen Gutsch retaining his trademarks but finding something more listenable than his record from last year, and more diverse than 2009’s “All Things Consi …
This record sounds a lot like Explosions in the Sky. I rarely make this direct comparison because most times when I read it I think it’s the wrong one to make. Not all post-rock bands sound like Explosions, Mogwai, Godspeed and Sigur Ros, and those ban …
In the fourth of a new series of articles featuring albums that perhaps flew under the radar when released but we think retrospectively deserve more consideration, we look back at Front End Loader’s “Ritardando”. Records have personalities don’t they? …
For the latest in our Hidden Currents series we asked Mike Solo to tell us about the Bird’s Robe Collective, an entity that supports, promotes, manages, releases records and everything else behind the scenes that allows the progressive bands we love t …
I love when you’re at a gig and a support band who you have never heard of before blows you away. Lunaire did that to me. Their ethereal shoegaze wall of fuzz and reverb with indiscernible and haunting vocals just grabbed me and set me up for a great n …
You know how you drive or train through a cutting sometimes and can see the different layers of soil, clay, slate and other previous crusts of the earth. Some layers are only there a few seconds, most change thickness, approach and decline. They tell …
This tidy little EP of just over 15 minutes by Melbourne band Cat or Pillar packs a whole lot of fun into four indie/prog rock songs of vocals, guitar, drums, keys and bass. Although influenced by the likes of Radiohead, Explosions In The Sky and The M …
It’s been a long time since I took drugs. A long, long time. Nothing has tempted me to pull a cone for many years, although if I was going to do it for any reason, that reason would be to listen to ‘Come Midnight’ stoned. And it would probably be out i …
After nearly ten years playing to dedicated fans, Melbourne’s Ne Obliviscaris have released their debut record, ‘Portal of I’, which we reviewed last week here at ech(((o)))es & dust. To find out more about what makes them tick, we had a chat with …
