Exclusive Album Premiere | Køcaze – D’Or et de Sang
Brooding and brilliant Belgian brew. This is not simply dream pop or dark pop, nor is it doom gaze or dark wave, but something utterly unique. This is Chant Noir, and it will leave you spellbound. @dunealtar.bsky.social

bit.ly/Chant_Noir

Am I the only one reading White House tweets in Bane’s voice in my head?

Feature | StrangeForms – A Not So Strange History... Part1
"STRANGEFORMS FEST will be 10 this spring. That, I think, deserves some kind of retrospective thingy. So, yeah, here it is. And there will be pictures. . ."
By Bruce Cowie bit.ly/Strange_1 @nathbrudenell.bsky.social

Live Review | Alabama 3 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
"Alabama 3 are true believers, in their radical politics and loose outsider stance, but most of all in the healing and transcendent power of music. . . "
By @ouchmonkey.bsky.social bit.ly/A3atO2 @sonicpr.bsky.social

Exclusive Album Premiere | Verbian –Casarder
Riff-rich prog and post rock from Porto's power trio, Casarder is a surreal sonic safari. Released tomorrow via @lostfuturerecords.bsky.social, but hear it here first. bit.ly/VerCas @usthemgroup.bsky.social

Live Review | Gleb Kolyadin – Piano Smithfield
"He plays bent into a crescent, almost in prayer over the ivories, moving with the sweeps of the music as a plant moves in the breeze..." By Elise Price 📷 Leon Barker bit.ly/41FXcwW @charliecawood.bsky.social @londonproggigs.bsky.social

Live Review | @wardruna.bsky.social • @joquailcello.bsky.social at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social
"At their best, as tonight, Wardruna gigs are far more than a concert – they’re a celebration of nature imagined and remembered..." By Gaz Cloud bit.ly/Kvitrafn @rarelyunable.bsky.social

Live Review | Ichiko Aoba at @theglasshouseicm.bsky.social

"With cat-paw softness,
she conquers the world, not by
storm, but with whispers…"

A review in haikus by Charlie Gardner
bit.ly/sakurasilence

Review | Parastatic - Concrete Reborn by @martyncoppack.bsky.social

"Parastatic are riding the crest of a wave of fantastic creativity with new album Concrete Reborn, and have laid out a claim for one of the albums of 2025."

echoesanddust.com/2025/04/para...

Review | Blood Abscission - II by David Bowes

"These five offerings strike a keen balance between tradition and modernity, emotional weight and raw power, making II one of early 2025’s standout metal releases."

echoesanddust.com/2025/04/bloo...

Review | Dead Things - Rum Do by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social

"Is Lancashire's history as blood soaked as Midsomer? In the meantime this is, ahem, killer stuff."

echoesanddust.com/2025/04/dead...
@crackedankles.bsky.social

Review | BÅKÜ - Soma by @garydavidson.bsky.social

"For the last 20 years France has produced some of the finest post-metal around. With Soma, BÅKÜ do a tremendous job of continuing that legacy with an astoundingly powerful debut album."

echoesanddust.com/2025/04/baku...