It’s time for another update to our Spotify playlist! This week we’ve enlisted the help of longtime Rock Sins contributor Matt Hill to help us pick some metal gems and he’s done us (and all of you) proud with some choice older offerings (including Machine Head, Hypocrisy, Scorpions and Testament). He’s also picked out some…
Post-Rock is the ultimate Marmite genre. For some it is a limitless exploration of musicality through carefully expanding soundscapes and subtle rhythms, but for others it is tedious, pretentious and a waste of time. When a band eschews vocals and is completely instrumental, then you have one of the least accessible propositions on your hands….
The Japanese post-rock outfit, Mono, brought their tour to Leeds recently to play in Left Bank. A wonderful choice in venue for the somewhat eclectic mix of acts playing tonight. As the doors to the venue open, we are greeted to the sound of Bristol based cellist, Jo Quail (7) who has already started to…
Always favourites of ours here at Rock Sins, Japanese ambient / post-metal legends Mono have announced one of 2019’s early must hear albums, as they return with their upcoming record Nowhere Now Here. The album, recorded by the band with Steve Albini, will drop on January 25th 2019 through Pelagic Records. Mono have teamed up…
For their huge twenty fifth anniversary edition, the Meltdown Festival which takes place at London’s famed Southbank Centre have invited legendary frontman of The Cure, Robert Smith, to help curate the festival. To put it mildly, he’s done rather well. Today’s first announcement of the line up for Meltdown Festival 2018 has a stunning array…
