Festival Review | @roadburnfest.bsky.social 2026 by @svdd76.bsky.social "A very late look back at Roadburn 2026, where redefining heaviness once again meant something different for everyone." echoesanddust.com/2026/07/fest...

Festival Review | Bear Stone Festival 2026 A remote Croatian valley, loud amps, great music and the spirit of desert rock reborn. @svdd76.bsky.social looks back at another unforgettable Bear Stone Festival. echoesanddust.com/2026/07/fest...

#nowplaying Fluisteraars - Jacht der Mysteriën. This is another excellent album from one of my favourite (Dutch) black metal bands!

Goodbye Bear Stone, hopefully see you next year again!

I'm back at Bear Stone Festival in Slunj, Croatia again this weekend. Best festival location in the world!

This is my son's band 😍

EchoesAndDust@echoesanddust.com · last mo.

Review | Million Moons - You Be Good, I Love You by @teamhorse.bsky.social "This beautiful hymnal to the animal kingdom is one of the finest produced albums I think I have ever heard from the instrumental genre. Glorious." echoesanddust.com/2026/06/mill...

Festival Preview: Bear Stone Festival 2026 by @svdd76.bsky.social Croatia's Bear Stone is back with another tasty line-up of psychedelic, stoner, doom-heavy influenced bands for a weekend of river-side sets, off-grid vibes, and serious underground discoveries. echoesanddust.com/2026/06/fest...

Review | Boards of Canada - Inferno by @teamhorse.bsky.social "Inferno is a worthy addition to Boards of Canada's wondrous back catalogue." echoesanddust.com/2026/06/boar...

Review | @convergecult.bsky.social - Hum Of Hurt "Hum Of Hurt is another brilliant Converge album and shows yet another side of the band once again." - By Gavin Brown echoesanddust.com/2026/06/conv... @epitaphrecords.bsky.social @deathwishinc.bsky.social

Review | Elder - Through Zero by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "This is an album built for deep listening, an odyssey of sound that will be discussed for months and years to come." echoesanddust.com/2026/06/elde...

Review | @fuckedupband.bsky.social - Year of the Monkey by @teamhorse.bsky.social "Year of the Monkey is simply stunning in terms of concept, execution and invention. Incredible." echoesanddust.com/2026/06/fuck...

Live Review | Blackwater Holylight at The Hug and Pint, Glasgow. "Portland’s finest absolutely killed it tonight and, judging by the blissed-out smiles on folk as they leave the room, no-one could say otherwise." By David Bowes. bit.ly/BlackwaterHoly @stereosanctitypr.bsky.social

Review | Voivod - Symphonique by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "Symphonique isn’t just a live album. It’s a full‑blown mental IMAX experience, a concert unfolding inside your skull." echoesanddust.com/2026/06/voiv...

Festival Review | @desertfest_london 2026 "This year, only able to attend for two days. . . I largely replaced the breezy grooves of the California desert with bruising industrial, weird and putrid death metal. . . it was glorious." By Joe Norman 📷Teiger by Tim Bugbee bit.ly/DesFest26

Review | Sleepbomb - Songs in The Key of Conan by @garydavidson.bsky.social "Like Conan but wish it had a soundtrack based on doom and psych tinged instrumental post-metal? Well Sleepbomb have just the thing for you." echoesanddust.com/2026/06/slee...

This has inspired me to put together a playlist of stuff we were listening to 30 years ago that you might like if you like the new Boards of Canada etc. Ft Plaid, Aphex, Black Dog, Polygon Window, Pete Namlook, FSOL & many, many more. https://tidal.com/playlist/c90f4543-2332-4fd8-b809-60c9cb12f4be

Satyr Barbarossa@satyrbarbarossa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⚪️ sun electric 🟡 30.7.94.live ☁️ #ambient 🌐 #techno #musicsky some more nineties magic to rise & shine on sunday ⏺️ apollo records, 1995

We rescued 2 new cats, two brothers from Romania. This is Blue, the smallest of the two. His bigger brother Smudge has been hiding since they came home yesterday.

Going in completely blank, haven't heard a single note of the new @boardsofcanada.bsky.social yet. #vinyl #nowplaying

Under the Influence with @hammockmusic.bsky.social In support of Hammock’s new album The Second Coming Was A Moonrise, the duo share the three key influences that guided its sound and themes. echoesanddust.com/2026/05/unde...

Interview | I from Doodswens Gavin Brown caught up with I. from Dutch black metal band Doodswens for an extensive chat about their new self-titled album, its themes and the darkness of the music of Doodswens. echoesanddust.com/2026/05/i-fr...

Those Damned Blue‐Collar Tweekers by Primus came on cos of the Deezer algorithms and now I'm my second listen of Frizzle Fry, struggling to keep the air drumming under control. That album was the reason for me to start playing drums 35 years ago!

#nowplaying Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World. #vinyl

Sitting in the Air France lounge at Paris, waiting for my Edinburgh flight. No More China visits till September! Next trip will be the mighty Bear Stone Festival in Croatia in July.

Finished reading this book today, it was good.

My Chinese students comparing me with Jack Black again. I tally don't see it though. 😂

Quick snap from China 🇨🇳. Today I did a formative individual practical test with my first year science students and it couldn't have gone any better. I'll have a nice cold beer in the China sunny weather to congratulate myself.

Very proud of my wife @jules-vdd.bsky.social who is one of the non-skating officials and currently the jam timer in the Men's World Roller Derby World Cup in France. Screenshot of the live game between USA and Australia, Jules floating on the right side of the track in this image. #mrdwc #MRDWC26

#nowplaying Sunn O))) - Sunn O))). #vinyl @subpop.bsky.social

Live Review | Moni Jitchell • Believe In Nothing • Canaan Balsam - The Wee Red Bar @svdd76.bsky.social went to see the excellent mixed bill of loacl(ish) bands at the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh. echoesanddust.com/2026/04/moni... 📷Alan Swan Photography

Someone's happy I'm back home from Roadburn.