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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Finally read Stephen King's The Stand. This was quite a journey, not sure if any other King book I'll read will match this. #stephenking #thestand @stephenking.bsky.social

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Woke up and first thought I had was about the band Pontiak. And how great they were and if they're still together (they are, just on hiatus). Guess I'll have a Pontiak day today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-Y...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 24/07/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 09/07/2026

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...

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Goodbye Bear Stone, hopefully see you next year again!

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is my son's band 😍

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 17/06/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 01/06/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 02/06/2026

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

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 03/06/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 04/06/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 04/06/2026

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

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 04/06/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 05/06/2026

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

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 05/06/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDan @dan.echoesanddust.com · 07/06/2026

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. tidal.com/playlist/c90f4543-2332-4f…

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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.

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 29/05/2026

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...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 19/05/2026

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...

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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!

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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.

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Finished reading this book today, it was good.

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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.

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

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

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 28/04/2026

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

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 15/04/2026

Review | The Heads - yourprettyplaceisgoingtohell by Martyn Coppack "Two decades on from their last album, The Heads fifth is a heady stew of the sounds that make them such a vital force in psychedelic music." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/the-...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 16/04/2026

Review | Crippled Black Phoenix - Sceaduhelm by @teamhorse.bsky.social "This album truly lifted my spirit and is a contender for album of the year." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/crip...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 21/04/2026

Review | Gout – Actual Bastard by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social "Actual Bastard brings hopelessness, self doubt, nihilism, psychic dread, social anxiety and all yer best boys over for a bag of cans and a pitch black laugh." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/gout...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 21/04/2026

Review | VLMV - There Will Come Soft Rains by @teamhorse.bsky.social "This is at times a mournful listen, but the songs may offer a little hope to lost souls, with their ornate beauty." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/vlmv...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 22/04/2026

Review | Lightning Bolt / OOIOO - The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral by @teamhorse.bsky.social "Literally a game of two halves, this release. For the Lightning Bolt half, it’s another blast of sublime aural extreme greatness." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/ligh... @thrilljockey.bsky.social

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 22/04/2026

Interview | Chris Haslam and Paddy Shine from Gnod Gavin Brown caught up with Gnod’s Chris and Paddy to hear all about the sound and art of their new album, what is next for Gnod and celebrating their twenty year existence as a band. echoesanddust.com/2026/04/chri... @rocketrecordings.bsky.social

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Bloody hell, why is there a "Independent Green Voice" Scottish political party?? In my post-Roadburn tiredness I accidentally selected that instead of the Scottish Green Party. And they are apparently quite right wing. I have to apply for a new postal voting form now!

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Just like to say, Roadburn has been a fucking blast. Best line-up post-covid years.

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I think there should be a rule for festivals. Number 1: when there's a Japanese band playing you should go and see them as they're always awesome.

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Yellow Eyes waking us all up on the second day of #roadburnfest. @roadburnfest.bsky.social #rb26

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SVDD76 @svdd76.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This is quickly becoming my favourite @pigsx7.bsky.social gig ever. The sound on the @roadburnfest.bsky.social main stage is HUGE!! @rocketrecordings.bsky.social

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 13/04/2026

Review | Immolation - Descent by Martyn Coppack "It’s an album which towers tall over the recent death metal revival and shows how it should be done." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/immo...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 14/04/2026

Review | @sugarhorse.bsky.social - Not A Sound In Heaven by @teamhorse.bsky.social "Sugar Horse pull off the unlikely feat of sounding like OMD and Ministry at the same time." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/suga...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 14/04/2026

Review | Green Carnation - A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis by @zmnathanson.bsky.social "Sanguis is harder, edgier, powerful, and it still manages to see what the band will do next for the third and final chapter in the Dark Poem saga that waits for us." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/gree...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 14/04/2026

Review | Aggressive Perfector - Come Creeping Fiends by Martyn Coppack "If you like metal, then this album is for you. It’s unabashed in its delivery, and more fun than an afternoon eating pizza, watching Return Of The Living Dead 3." echoesanddust.com/2026/04/aggr...

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EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com · 14/04/2026

Interview | Sid Ryan from Grade 2 Gavin Brown caught up with Grade 2 bassist/vocalist Sid Ryan to hear all about their new album and all manner of Grade 2 related topics from Hellcat Records to the Isle Of Wight. echoesanddust.com/2026/04/sid-...

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