I seem to have a habit of disagreeing with “record of the year” predictions. So far this year I’ve reviewed five albums that have been widely called just that, and thought they were a bit meh. I’ve heard some cracking records but I haven’t at any time …

We’ve interviewed Mitch Booth before here at ech(((o)))es & dust. He was keen to get Sydney four piece instrumental/ visual progressive powderkeg Meniscus back to Melbourne before their European tour in a few weeks, so he became a promoter – as you …

 There are times that I like more progressive instrumental rock that tests you and plays with norms, like the incredible You Slut!. At others I want that feeling of being submerged in the comforting melodies of noodling tremolo guitars against wanderin …

Well they’ve done it again. MINIONTV’s third record in just over two years continues the quality of the others with their wonderful looping drums, powerful layers of guitar and synth, the prominent dancing bass lines, and that ability to get you out of …

We invited Steve of Fret! and Meinkinder to build on his contribution to our Record Store Day 2012 features and tell us more about his experiences bending sounds with whatever he could find. The results are fascinating – enjoy. It began in the early Ei …

Continuing our Hidden Currents series that examines the people behind the scenes, we talk to Mitch Booth who runs website Metal Obsession, promotes gigs and somehow finds time for a radio slot while holding down a day job. (((0))) Thanks for taking the …

Photo by Robert Geary There are few venues in Australia as good as the Espy in St. Kilda for seeing live bands. Running three stages spread over three rooms at the same time, generally free or for a few bucks, it would be impossible to love live music …

Australian instrumental rock band Dumbsaint have recently released their debut album. It is full of intriguing, intelligent music so we sent our man down under, Gilbert Potts, to talk to bass player James and find out a bit more about them. The results …

In the coming months, we are going to be introducing more articles about people like Lachlan Dale, head honcho of Australia’s Art As Catharsis Records. We want to explore what it’s like to be someone who is part of the cement holding the independent/un …

In the wake of the release of Jarek’s second album, the wonderful ‘Tree Of The Seas’, Gilbert Potts spoke to their lead man Jared about the creative processes involved in making the record. (((o))): Leafless trees are the predominant feature in your ba …

The first 15 seconds of this record give no real clue about what’s in store. Neither do the next, very different 15. In fact, by the end of the 25-odd minutes the album runs you might not even be sure what just happened. Other than you just heard Exhib …

Those of you following post-rock/post-metal/progressive rock are probably aware by now of the quality of bands and music coming out of Sydney. Living in the post-metal camp is three-piece Dumbsaint, whose new record, ‘Something That You Feel Will Find …

Who would have thought you could do so much in four short songs. Each so unique, so full of personality, yet coming together in a neat bundle. Post-metal really is peaking right now and Pelican claims its share of the view from the summit with “Ataraxi …

I first heard Jarek when I turned up to a sleepmakeswaves gig and they were playing first support. I was awestruck by the complexity and originality of their sound and the uniqueness of their instrumentation, not to mention their skill levels. I was ke …

Working on your own to create and perform music gives you a huge level of freedom. The freedom you get when shackled to a post. There’s no one to get in your way or to help stop you making a mistake. No one to share the credit and no one to help should …

Kellar love to experiment with sounds, and to share the results of those experiments. Having made plenty of loud guitar- and drum-based noise on debut “Beloved Dean of Magic”, Kellar return with a shift in sound on “Smokescreen” that is altogether more …

Well, this takes me back. That’s not to say that A Fight You Can’t Win sound like The Victims, Zippy and the Coneheads or The Trilobites, except the songs are short, sharp and you have no choice but to bounce around. It’s about how this makes you feel. …

This record was a real sleeper for me, with its mostly gentle flowing indie- and post-rock tunes of between around four and five minutes taking a while to get into. This was in part due to the slow pace and lack of direction of a couple of the tracks a …

Perhaps it was years of listening to classical music in my youth, following it note for note on the score, that I enjoy both the subtle and vast differences between instrumental rock bands. Yes of course there are similarities in post-rock, just as the …

In the first of a new series of articles featuring albums that perhaps flew under the radar when released but we think retrospectively deserve more consideration, Gilbert Potts looks back at Grün’s ‘Greenland’. ‘Greenland’ was released just before the …

In the same way that radio stations and music zines had trouble coming up with a genre and a name to describe early 65 Days of Static, Flicker State manufacture sounds that they like, no matter their origin, and bring them together to create their own …