The releases that rub us up the right way…
NEW MUSIC // MELT-BANANA IS SO BACK WITH THEIR ABSOLUTELY EXPLOSIVE NEW ALBUM 3+5
The last couple of years have seen an uptick in Melt-Banana sightings by way of live shows and...
EDITORS’ PICKS
NEW MUSIC // ANGUS BAYLEY HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING WITH DEBUT EP EVERYTHING’S DANGEROUS
We spoke to Angus Bayley not long ago after being blown away by the tightly wound robo-fusion of...
THE END OF THE YEAR REPORT // THE TOP 50 MATH ROCK RELEASES OF 2023
Today, a cigarette butt fell out of my sleeve straight onto the dining room table in front of...
FOCUS // THE PREQUEL: OUR TOP TEN RECORDS OF 2023 AND/OR AN ODE TO PHYSICAL FORMAT
Wait, top… ten? Gotcha! Don’t worry, this isn’t the impending Top 50 Math Rock Releases of 2023. That...
EDITOR’S PICKS: THE TOP 50 MATH ROCK RELEASES OF 2022
There’s no denying at this point that it’s been a relatively insane couple of years when it comes...
FOCUS // 21 RECORDS THAT MADE ME A BETTER LISTENER IN THE YEAR THAT CHALLENGED EVERYTHING
It boggles the mind that it’s actually been one whole year since I was texting Nikk my selections...
EXCLUSIVE // Vasudeva pack light but venture far with new single ‘Yamaha’
Vasudeva, a band that for many underground aficionados requires no introduction. Over their near-decade span, the band have...
Body Hound – No Moon (2019)
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Giraffes? Giraffes! – Memory Lame (2018)
Guitarist Joseph Andreoli explained the concept of Memory Lame to me. There was no “ah-ha!” moment after we...
Jean Jean – Froidepierre (2018)
I'm starting to feel like I've come a long way with French trio-cum-duo-cum-trio Jean Jean. I first reviewed Symmetry five years ago with the sadly defunct Musical Mathematics.