Two evenings of experimental and daring music transport festival-goers at St John-at-Hackney and Kings Place.

This is an uninterrupted, dynamic journey to the purity of sound, to decomposition, rather than its opposite, to the destruction of music in the search of silence

Did I know the No Hay Banda Trio before I stepped into Rich Mix in sadly up-and-coming Shoreditch? Yes. Was I at all aware that Clare Savage and Bellatrix were hiding a monstrous talent in their minute figures? I do now.

Black Sabbath, Faith No More, Soundgarden and more: a tale of music and Independence.

The grey, liquid rays may envelop the bodies on stage, but the music, tonight, travels faster than the speed of light.

The passing time has left the band’s musicianship untouched, so much so that one could be forgiven for occasionally thinking that, outside, on the now dark streets of London, the IRA is still planting car bombs.

Alex Franquelli never wanted to see Slint live, but thankfully he changed his mind for tQ and went along to the Forum for their recent ATP gig.

Alex Franquelli reports back from the trio's London show at Netil House this week.