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Interview | Jack Green and Fraser Briggs from @wearestillaband.bsky.social @garydavidson.bsky.social caught up with Fraser and Jack of UK blackened post-hardcore trio Still. They talked about the roots of the band, the second album, A Theft, and much more. echoesanddust.com/2025/02/jack...

Review | Kosmodome - Ad Undas by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "Kosmodome have a long way to go by proving themselves they can take it up a notch and see which direction and which path to walk towards. Let’s see where the next chapter will lead them to." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/kosm...

Review | Rattle - Encircle by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social "Essentially Rattle is all rhythm and chant and yet it is totally unlike that shaking hoodoo mania thing, completely different to all the spooky drones and incense types." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/ratt...

Live Review | Geneva Jacuzzi at MOTH Club, Hackney Elise Price was foaming like a hot tub as the Disco Goths partied at the MOTH! bit.ly/GothDisco @stereosanctitypr.bsky.social

Review | Bedsore - Dreaming the Strife of Love by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "There are more ideas to come & hopefully, the real game has just begun for Bedsore to see what kind of brainstorming momentum they’ll have in the years to come during the roaring ‘20s." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/beds...

Exclusive Album Premiere | Versus Machine – II Watch the skies! Four planets are in alignment as the Versus Machine land their new album with a mighty splash. Hear it here first. bit.ly/VERSUSII @usthemgroup.bsky.social

Interview | Harry from Split Dogs Gavin Brown caught up with Split Dogs vocalist Harry to talk about their new release Here To Destroy and how the band captured the raucous energy of their live show onto the record and much more. echoesanddust.com/2025/02/harr...

Review | Takuya Kuroda - Everyday by @zivljub1.bsky.social "Everyday might have a simple title, but there is nothing mundane or simplistic in Kuroda’s music. Again." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/taku...

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Exclusive Video Premiere | Dead Meadow – Dead Tree Shake One track, one beguiling forest of psychedelia in this mesmerising, monochrome lyric video. Taken from Voyager to Voyager out March 28 via Heavy Psych Sounds bit.ly/Dead-Meadow

Review | Tim Hecker - Shards by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social "As always with Hecker it's emotional but rich and complex, allowing for multiple possibilities." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/tim-... @krankyltd.bsky.social

Review | Bong-Ra - Black Noise "Turn up Black Noise to the full and let the outright sonic darkness reign supreme, the way the music of Bong-Ra always has done." - By Gavin Brown echoesanddust.com/2025/02/bong...

Under the Influence with @vidavella.bsky.social Vida Vella will release debut album 'Panorama' on 21st March. We asked Luis Illades from Vida Vella about some releases that have influenced Panorama a lot. echoesanddust.com/2025/02/unde...

Review | Frankie Sunswept & The Sliver Moons - Nostalgia by @zivljub1.bsky.social "It all could have turned into incredible musical chaos, but instead, the band on a whole are able to keep in sensible and musically tight." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/fran...

Interview | Mark Kloeppel from Scour Gavin Brown caught up with Scour guitarist Mark Kloeppel to discuss the release of their debut album Gold, Scour's live shows, the band's black metal influence and what his other band Misery Index have got planned next. echoesanddust.com/2025/02/mark...

Review | André Drage - Journeyman bhy @zmnathanson.bsky.social "This might be the album we need for 2025." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/andr...

Review | Wren - Black Rain Falls by @garydavidson.bsky.social "The UK's finest purveyors of sludged up post-metal return with another extraordinary album which manages to step up from a previous point of perfection." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/wren...

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Video Premiere | Verbian – Fruta Caída Do Mar Live and dangerous, pulsating prog and post rock from Porto's power trio. Taken from their forthcoming album Casarder via @lostfuturerecords.bsky.social bit.ly/FrutaMar @usthemgroup.bsky.social

Review | Don Falcone - One of the Spirits Burning: A Musical Memoir "One of the Spirits Burning: A Musical Memoir is an unusual book, it is part musical autobiography, part guide book, part instruction manual!" - By Tim Forster echoesanddust.com/2025/02/don-...

Exclusive Video Premiere | Emmaleen Tanglweed – 'Wailing Trees' Astonishing debut from a bluegrass queen of the night with Rooibos roots. . From out of the shadows a new goth star rises over the savanna. From her forthcoming double-album release via @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social bit.ly/Emmaleen

Under the Influence | Sometime in February Ahead of the release of Sometime in February's new album 'Where Mountains Hide' on InsideOut Music, we asked the band about 3 releases that have influenced them a lot in their musical career.  echoesanddust.com/2025/02/unde...

Review | Tumbleweed Dealer - Dark Green by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "It might be the album’s answer to the Midnight Movies of the late ‘60s and 1970s where it still continues to thrive, and we got something special with this bad boy." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/tumb...

Interview | Sab Grey from Star Carr and Iron Cross Gavin Brown had the pleasure of catching up with Sab Grey, who is the bassist and vocalist of Star Carr, to talk about the band, their new album, tales from his previous band Iron Cross, and much more. echoesanddust.com/2025/02/sab-...

Review | The Awakening - The Awakening by @zivljub1.bsky.social "It can all work if you inject a hefty dose of individuality into it all, and that is exactly what Nyte and The Awakening do on this self-titled album." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/the-...

Review | Richard Dawson – End Of The Middle by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social "End Of The Middle is another extraordinary achievement for Dawson (or Rich), it's compassionate, smart and unfailingly human." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/rich... @dominorecordco.bsky.social

Review | Telepathy - Transmissions by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "This is the band that are really giving us the adventure that is quite challenging, but worth exploring." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/tele...

Review | Uulliata Digir - Uulliata Digir by Patsker Omaer Beguin "Uulliata Digir weaves complex song structures with strange twists, collecting various emotional outbursts and shaping a fascinating avant-garde temperament." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/uull...

Live Review | Cattle Decapitation at Electric Brixton " Travis is right up the crowd dishing out hugs and screeching melodically into their ecstatic faces. . . Cattle Decapitation set a very high standard indeed for extreme metal shows in 2025. " By Joe Norman 📷Diana Revell bit.ly/moometal

Echoes of the Past | White Willow - Signal to Noise by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "White Willow’s Signal to Noise deserves to be on top of the list of albums with repeatable, desirable listens." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/echo...

Live Review | Alcest at Electric Brixton "Some bands would run out of steam over a twenty-five year career, but Alcest have developed their sound so perfectly that there will never be another metal band who sounds quite like them. . ." By Joe Norman bit.ly/éthérée @nuclearblast.bsky.social

Exclusive Track Premiere – Olivares (with Vaz Oliver) – 'Stadion' Immersive, cinematic Kosmiche that boldy goes beyond the Vangelis nebula and into the unknown. Taken from debut album Olimpiad, releasing Feb 14 via @brokenclover.bsky.social bit.ly/OliStad @usthemgroup.bsky.social

Review | Helen Ganya - Share Your Care by @zivljub1.bsky.social "The seemingly incompatible sounds she comes up with throughout the album sound like they have always belonged together, exactly as Ganya envisioned them." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/hele...

Review | Jonathan Hultén - Eyes Of The Living Night by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "Hultén has proven to be such an amazing artist on his own term to keep the pace up with more and more incredible results." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/jona...

In which I write poorly about a great record.

Review | Marshall Allen - New Dawn by @stuartbenjamin.bsky.social "One Hundred Year Old Man. Marshall Allen appropriately celebrates a hundred solar rotations by drawing on the cosmic energies of the universe and the paths forged by Sun Ra." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/mars...

Review | Saor - Amidst the Ruins by Patsker Omaer Beguin "Saor delivers here almost one hour of stunning music that opens a mysterious world where nature roars and rules." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/saor...

Interview | Richard Johnson from Drugs Of Faith Gavin Brown caught up with Drugs Of Faith vocalist and guitarist Richard Johnson, who gave us an insight into the new album 'Asymmetrical' and the history of the band. echoesanddust.com/2025/02/rich...

Review | you, infinite - you, infinite by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "The right album at the right time for to release their sole self-titled debut by kicking things off for 2025 with a big bang." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/you-...

Review | Peace Flag Ensemble - Everything Is Possible by @zivljub1.bsky.social "What we get is a cool, calm and collected combination of improvisation and composition that any late-night listener will keep close to their chest (and play medium of choice)." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/peac...

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Review | Body Count - Merciless by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "Merciless isn’t just a fantastic album, it is as brutal, harder, skull-crunching, gangsta rap, political, and the dystopian nightmare that’s unfolding in front of our very eyes." echoesanddust.com/2025/02/body...

Video Premiere | Cross Bringer - Desolation Hypnosis Black metal band Cross Bringer will release their second album Healismus Aeternus on February 21 through @consouling.bsky.social (EU) and @silentpendulum.bsky.social (USA). Check out their new video here: echoesanddust.com/2025/02/vide...

Featured Video | @wearetheshops.bsky.social – 'You're My Favorite Drugs' Haunting, taunting, whispering romance washed up on a wave of moody, broody electro-noir from a Mr-and-Mrs duo living on Canada's "Isle of Arts". Your favourite record this February. . . bit.ly/YMFD @visionmusicpr.bsky.social

Kick-started my foggy brain and got something written in January (just) New Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is wonderful - might just be the balm you need. @dominorecordco.bsky.social

Review | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Purple Bird by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social "Great from top to bottom, front to back. Honestly, while it joins an impressive discography it's up there with his very best." echoesanddust.com/2025/01/bonn... @dominorecordco.bsky.social

Festival Review | @rockawaybeach.bsky.social 2025 Celebrating its 10th year, Rockaway has cut a shape of aural excitement from the mundane cloth of New Year’s celebrations, balancing classic legacy acts with forward-thinking new bookings. By @jamesthornhill.bsky.social📷 Shaun Gordon bit.ly/Rock_away

Review | Motorpsycho - Motorpsycho by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "The chemistry is there, the arrangements may take a while to understand from their previous two albums, but its quite an interesting listen, top to bottom." echoesanddust.com/2025/01/moto... @motorpsychofamily.bsky.social

Exclusive Video Premiere | Versus Machine – 'Sea Foam' The PA Power Trio drop every kind of rock into the genre-bender till it overflows with waves of frothy guitar goodness. Big breakers from a band breaking big. Taken from February's forthcoming LP II. bit.ly/Sea_Foam @usthemgroup.bsky.social

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