(((O))) Tag: Sander van den Driesche

Festival Review: Roadburn Festival 2025

Echoes and Dust heavy music editor Sander van den Driesche was at this year’s Roadburn Festival, and he finally found some time to write about his experiences.

Festival Review: Core. Festival – Day 3

Day 3 of Glasgow’s Core. Festival was another big success with a much more metal-focused line-up.

Festival Review: Core. Festival – Day 2

A look at day 2 of Glasgow’s Core. Festival with Part Chimp, Mclusky, Employed To Serve, Holy Mountain, Machukha and more.

Festival Review: Core. Festival – Day 1

Our editor Sander van den Driesche is at Core. in Glasgow this weekend, and on the first day he saw some impressive sets from Show Me The Body and more.

Bear Stone Festival – Day 3

An impression of the 3rd day at Bear Stone Festival, including more hot weather, AcidSitter, Nemeček, 1000mods, Colour Haze, Kadavar and more.

Bear Stone Festival – Day 2

Here are some highlights of Bear Stone Festival’s second day, including Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, High on Fire and many more.

Bear Stone Festival – Day 1

Day 1 impressions at Bear Stone Festival, including A Gram Trip, Jantar, Entropist and Slowtorch.

Bad Breeding – Contempt

Simply put, we need bands like Bad Breeding, they show us that we should never take things for granted and we should continue to be angry with the establishment and keep continuing the ongoing fight.

Festival Preview: Bear Stone Festival 2024

Hidden in the Croatian outback Bear Stone Festival is about to take place for the 3rd time. With a focus on the stoner, doom and psychedelic rock genres, Sander van den Driesche has a look at this year’s line-up.

Roadburn Festival 2024

Our metal editor Sander van den Driesche went to Roadburn Festival last April, and was happy to report that after last year’s experimental line-up this year’s festival had a great balance between traditional heaviness and more experimental artists.

Ufomammut and Thraa – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow

Sander van den Driesche travelled to Glasgow to watch Ufomammut present their latest album Hidden on their 25th anniversary tour. Support was provided by Manchester drone duo Thraa.

Marin Lalić from Bear Stone Festival

This year in July Croatia’s latest stoner/psychedelic rock festival Bear Stone Festival takes place for the 3rd time. Sander van den Driesche asked festival organiser Marin Lalić some questions to find out more about the festival.

Festival Review: Core.

So was the first instalment of Core. Festival a success? In almost every respect, yes.

Festival Preview: core.

A new exciting underground heavy music festival in Glasgow.

Festival Review: Roadburn Festival 2023

Sander van den Driesche went to Roadburn Festival 2023 to witness the next step in the festival’s evolutionary journey.

The Road to Roadburn: A conversation with Ashenspire, healthyliving and Maud the Moth

Sander van den Driesche caught up with Scott McLean, Amaya López-Carromero and Alasdair Dunn to talk about Ashenspire, healthyliving and Maud the Moth playing at Roadburn Festival.

The Road to Roadburn: 25 Years of Rocket Recordings

This month Rocket Recordings turn 25 years old, which they celebrate at Roadburn Festival. We asked a bunch of Echoes and Dust crew and psych scene stalwarts to pick their favourite Rocket album.

The Road to Roadburn: Chris Dodd from Bad Breeding

After two previous unsuccessful attempts, Bad Breeding is finally playing at Roadburn this year. Sander van den Driesche caught up with singer Chris Dodd to talk about Human Nature, Roadburn Festival and much more.

Festival Preview – Roadburn Redux

Roadburn Festival returns this year as ‘Roadburn Redux’, which takes place online with loads of things to choose from. Echoes and Dust looks ahead to see who and what is involved this year.

Mercury Boys – Return to Cinders

Mercury Boys relives the proto-rock spirits on Return to Cinders, demonstrating nicely that rock is not dead, it’s certainly much alive and kicking.

Tim Macuga from Consumer & Have A Nice Life (+ Consumer exclusive track premiere)

Our editor Sander asked Tim Macuga from Consumer/Have A Nice Life some questions to find out more about Consumer and their new upcoming album ‘In Computers’.

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