Big Bill Shakespeare went on a lot about names. “A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet” sticks with me from school ‘til now, and for the most part it’s true, but one ponders sometimes whether the Bard’s famous quote can be applied totally to mu …

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 …

There’s a great many of us extended Echoes and Dust family, who like nothing better than recommending each other new musical discoveries. It’s a sense of sharing and community I relate to that extends to various other sites. Sometimes, and I apply this …

I have been waiting a long time for this release since Amenra signed for Neurot Recordings in July 2011 and finally I am able to listen to the first result of this new partnership. Neurot are best known as the label that releases Neurosis and Ufomammut …

A New Orleans nightclub, an excitable uncle on Christmas Day, a Victorian carnival, a jazz musician literally melting into the floor of a stage, a different, more contemporary carnival, a cartoon character being chased, a choir of clowns banging symbol …

The Philadelphian psych-rockers Bardo Pond have been active in the experimental rock scene for more than twenty very productive years. Just giving their thick discography a quick glance becomes a rather daunting experience. The strange thing is that ‘D …

Whilst I’m sitting in seat 8F of British Airways flight BA0782 from London Heathrow to Stockholm Arlana, it only seems fitting to listen to the latest release on ConSouling Sounds named ‘Samsara’ by Swedish band Snailking. I have never heard of this ba …

When an album is classed as being in the ‘cello pop’ genre, you can be fairly certain you’re dealing with something you’ve not heard before. That’s certainly the case with Swede Linnea Olsson’s debut, ‘Ah!’. Opener ‘The Ocean’ is a lush neo-classical c …

‘Unknown Rooms : A Collection of Acoustic Songs’ is Chelsea Wolfe’s third release and it’s a softer inspiring addition to her discography. Prior to ‘Unknown Rooms’, Wolfe was known for a blend of doom rock and gloomy folk that usually featured a full b …

When I was in my teenage years I experienced what I would class as a rather cliché but very real drug-induced musical revelation. One night, after smoking a large quantity of poor quality and unethically-sourced hash behind the local school, I slithere …

Having followed Mother of Six practically since their inception, Wrexham’s finest (and possibly only) space rock/doom metal band have slowly coalesced into a powerful force and are now churning out psych rock anthems that betray a cunning knack of song …

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 …

One of my favourite things about the creative process between a group of people in a band with various influences is the diversity of input to the overall sound. If the balance between everyone having the same direction and having a broad range of uniq …

The best thing about being seriously passionate about music is that the discovery of an artist or band new to you can change your whole day. You then spend your time researching the band, finding out about their other albums, looking up their live perf …

When the updated list with new releases to review was sent out, I was lucky enough to be the first one to reply and pick this much-anticipated release by American experimental doom/sludge metal band Neurosis. In retrospect I quickly realized the daunti …

The start of Tilly & The Wall’s fourth album arrives with a kaleidoscope of sounds, and for a band who don’t have a drummer it makes a lot of noise. Listen to it while staring at the crazy abstract cover art and you’d be forgiven for seeing eyes blinki …

How often do you get to listen and review post-rock from a part of the world more known for its religious hatred, lack of human rights and obsession with Rebecca Black? Ok, I might have made up the last point but you get the idea. Not often. Across The …

There’s an old adage that goes on about throwing in everything but the kitchen sink, meaning that things are on the verge of collapsing under the sheer weight of ideas. Tame Impala seem to suffer from this with an album which, although in parts is fant …

Moon Duo are comprised of San Francisco-based singer/guitarist Ripley Johnson and keyboardist Sanae Yamada. The duo are back again for the band’s fourth release entitled ‘Circles’. Moon Duo is an eclectic and curious beast blending catchy repetitive me …

You’re in for a real beat treat. Today we’re digging into Red Pine which is John Stuckey based in Leeds, UK. ‘City Limits’ is his debut release and it’s an EP packed with a wide range of styles within the electronic genre. It opens with ‘I Am Someone’, …

I love ISIS. For me this band captures everything I look for in music. Their very lengthy conceptual songs usually take you from beautifully arranged almost hypnotically instrumental compositions to blasting heavy (post-)metal structures with a heavy s …