Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, London"Slayeerrrr! Slayeaaargh!!' There was only one name echoing around Alexandra Palace on Friday, the first of three days of the I'll Be Your Mirror festival, part of the All Tomorrow's Parties portfolio of events away from the ... more info

Guardian Music — (EMI)Anyone who thinks the music of Sigur Rós is indistinguishable from the relaxation Muzak sold in new-age, tie-dye shops will find much to support their argument in the Icelandic quartet's sixth album. It has none of the upbeat pop-guitar irre... more info

Guardian Music — Fill your ears with metal and more by listening to this mixtape put together by the curators of this month's I'll Be Your Mirror festivalFans of South Park, as well as anyone with an interest in metal, will be familiar with the Slayer tune Raining Bl... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)It's 20 years since instrumental post-rock trio Dirty Three formed in Melbourne. Between them, violinist Warren Ellis, guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White have played with some of rock's most revered acts, from Nick Cave to PJ Ha... more info

DrownedInSound — Capturing three musicians of virtuosic ability at the (continued) height of their powers, Toward The Low Sun arrives as a return to form which the Dirty Three never actually lost - only a ‘return’ in the sense that we’ve had to wait seven long ... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Marinaccio DOWNLOAD:Dirty Three - Rising Below (MP3) In 2012, the sagacious Australian instrumental trio Dirty Three are awakening after seven years of inactivity. But that isn't to say Warren Ellis, Jim White, and Mick Turner have sat and.... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)Even fans of Australia's the Dirty Three might admit that their sound has a limiting constancy about it. The trio's restless instrumental rock has pitted Jim White's free beats against Mick Turner's guitar against Warren Ellis's libertar... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They say:ATP are very pleased to confirm our return to Asbury Park, New Jersey USA with a new I'll Be Your Mirror event, the Saturday night of which will be headlined by The Afghan Whigs (who have reunited after... more info

Said the Gramophone — Dirty Three - "Rising Below" Edmund was at his father's apartment building, a building filled with many retired people and elderly couples that jog. Edmund's father Peter was a member, in fact a co-founder, of the Helping Hands committee, a... more info