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FOCUS // POLY-MATH’S NEW ALBUM ‘ZENITH’: HOW TO PUSH YOURSELF TO GROW THROUGH MUSIC

Iván Maldonado·November 19, 2022

It’s already known for everyone how big and talented the math/post scene in the UK is. After all...

FOCUS HEADLINE JAZZY AND WACKY NEW MUSIC

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FOCUS // YOWIE GETS REAL ABOUT MICROFICHE, MAGIC EYE PAINTINGS, AND DISDAIN FOR DOMINANT SONGWRITING TROPES TO CELEBRATE SYNCHROMYSTICISM‘S LONG AWAITED TAPE RELEASE

Michael Whiteside·November 18, 2022

Since their inception, Yowie have ruled a boundless field of quantum irreverence for all things conventional. They kicked...

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FOCUS // EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING LEFT UNSAID AND THE REMASTER OF WE ARE ALL SO INSIGNIFICANT

Michael Whiteside·November 4, 2022

When it comes to guns blazing, hard-to-believe-they’re-real guitar players, Nelson Brooks has been damn near the top of...

DARK AND HEAVY FOCUS RELEASE-O-METER

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FOCUS // RELAPSE INTO SILENCE: GETTING TO KNOW THE MANTRA DISCORD

Michael Whiteside·October 18, 2022

Southern California is known for a great many things. Beautiful weather, a host of tourist hotspots, and lately…...

DARK AND HEAVY FOCUS LIGHT AND NOODLY RELEASE-O-METER

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FOCUS // ANTIDOTES FOR NOSTALGIA: LOOKING BACK AT FOALS

Collin Smith·September 20, 2022

Lately I’ve been listening to Life Is Yours, the latest album by the UK rock act Foals. It’s...

FOCUS HISTORY

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FOCUS // INTO THE COUCH: NICK REINHART TALKS DISHEVELED CUSS, HABITUAL HARDCORE, PEDAL PREFERENCES, AND JAMMING WITH JIMMY CHAMBERLIN

Michael Whiteside·September 9, 2022

When somebody finally works up the gall to bring up math rock in a conversation, you can be...

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FOCUS // PEOPLE FOOD DELIVER THE GOODS WHEN IT COMES TO TASTEFULLY HEATED HONKERS AND FRIENDSHIP FUELED MATH ROCK

Michael Whiteside·September 6, 2022

We’ve said it before, we’ll surely say it again – as far as music publications go, we are...

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FOCUS // 36 HOURS FOR 30 MINUTES: AN ARCTANGENT TOUR DIARY FROM SEIMS

Simeon Bartholomew·August 31, 2022

SEIMS initially received our invitation to play the ATG main stage in 2020. We’d just come off the...

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FOCUS // CLOSURE IN MOSCOW ONCE AGAIN DRIVE US TO THE BRINK OF MANIA AFTER TEASING NEW MATERIAL

Michael Whiteside·August 29, 2022

To be honest, at least as of press time, we’ve heard less than thirty seconds of whatever it...

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FOCUS // SUNFLO’ER GIVE US THE BEAT ON RECORDING WITH URIAN HACKNEY, PERFECTING THEIR SOUND, AND THE DENSITY OF NEW YORK MATHCORE

Michael Whiteside·August 25, 2022

Potsdam’s punky mathcore stalwarts Sunflo’er release all these darlings and now me on Dark Trail Records any minute...

DARK AND HEAVY FOCUS RELEASE-O-METER

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FOCUS // THE INIMITABLE GARETT GLEASON AND NIKO WOOD TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES OF THEIR NEXT CHAPTER OF PURE SONIC WONDERMENT, WHEN ABUNDANCE FAILS

FOCUS // DAMON CHE AND KRISTIAN DUNN ON FORMING YESNESS, ESCAPING MATH ROCK, AND THE STORY OF THEIR UPCOMING DEBUT, SEE YOU AT THE SOLIPSIST CONVENTION

FOCUS // TEN TIMES PUNK ROCK GAVE MATH ROCK A RUN FOR ITS MONEY PART THREE: THE RECKONING

RELEASE-O-METER

NEW MUSIC // FANG ISLAND ANNOUNCE REISSUE BOXSET COMPLETE WITH A FINAL SONG AND VIDEO

NEW MUSIC // SILVERGLASS TURNS HEADS WITH MIDWEST EMO CYBERFOLK FROM IRELAND

NEW MUSIC // THE ARMED CONTINUE TO REFRACT IN TRANSCENDENT LIGHT WITH THEIR CHISELED NEW EP, EVERLASTING GAZE

REGULARS

Stage Kids – Recess (2020)

Standards – Fruit Island (2020)

Delta Sleep – Younger Years (2019)

EXCLUSIVES

EXCLUSIVE // REVEALING DENUDE, FEATURING MEMBERS OF PIGLET, MURDER IN THE RED BARN, AND MORE

EXCLUSIVE // American Draft Celebrate 25 Years Together With New Single Premiere and Album Announcement

EXCLUSIVE // ANTHERS CELEBRATE FRIDAY THE 13TH WITH BLOODTHIRSTY NEW SINGLE “GGBB”

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NEW MUSIC // FOX LAKE OFFICIALLY EMBARK ON “THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY” WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO

NOT ANOTHER FECKING GIG REVIEW // TOEHIDER, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, AND NO SUCH ANIMAL AT THE URBAN LOUNGE

FOCUS // CHRISTOPHER DE CINQUE AND MICHAEL BARRETT OF CLOSURE IN MOSCOW GIVE US THE DOWNLOAD ON RECORDING SOFT HELL, THE MAGIC OF PISS TAKES, AND THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF EXTRACTING ART FROM SUFFERING

Gear

GEAR // MARCOS MENA ON PARTNERING UP WITH GROUND CONTROL AUDIO, INNOVATION IN THE PEDAL INDUSTRY, AND USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO EDU-TAIN THE MASSES

FOCUS // NATIVE AUDIO’S MIKE TROMBLEY ON REVERSE ENGINEERING, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE POWER OF PRESERVING THE BLACKFEET LANGUAGE THROUGH EFFECTS PEDALS

NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW // NATIVE AUDIO BRINGS ECHOES OF THE PAST TO LIFE WITH THE AAKII CHORUS AND VIBRATO PEDAL

GAMES

GAMES // GAME RECOGNIZE GAME, SEQUENCE #1: A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF A BRIEF STINT WRITING FOR A POPULAR GAMING PUBLICATION

GAMES // 32 ORIGINAL SCORES AND SOUNDTRACKS THAT MIGHT REMIND YOU OF MATH ROCK, PART TWO

GAMES // THE AXIS UNSEEN CELEBRATES THE DAWNING OF SPOOKY SEASON WITH DEMO LAUNCH AND RELEASE DATE TRAILER

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FOCUS // POLY-MATH’S NEW ALBUM ‘ZENITH’: HOW TO PUSH YOURSELF TO GROW THROUGH MUSIC

FOCUS // YOWIE GETS REAL ABOUT MICROFICHE, MAGIC EYE PAINTINGS, AND DISDAIN FOR DOMINANT SONGWRITING TROPES TO CELEBRATE SYNCHROMYSTICISM‘S LONG AWAITED TAPE RELEASE

FOCUS // EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING LEFT UNSAID AND THE REMASTER OF WE ARE ALL SO INSIGNIFICANT

FOCUS // RELAPSE INTO SILENCE: GETTING TO KNOW THE MANTRA DISCORD

FOCUS // ANTIDOTES FOR NOSTALGIA: LOOKING BACK AT FOALS

FOCUS // INTO THE COUCH: NICK REINHART TALKS DISHEVELED CUSS, HABITUAL HARDCORE, PEDAL PREFERENCES, AND JAMMING WITH JIMMY CHAMBERLIN

FOCUS // PEOPLE FOOD DELIVER THE GOODS WHEN IT COMES TO TASTEFULLY HEATED HONKERS AND FRIENDSHIP FUELED MATH ROCK

FOCUS // 36 HOURS FOR 30 MINUTES: AN ARCTANGENT TOUR DIARY FROM SEIMS

FOCUS // CLOSURE IN MOSCOW ONCE AGAIN DRIVE US TO THE BRINK OF MANIA AFTER TEASING NEW MATERIAL

FOCUS // SUNFLO’ER GIVE US THE BEAT ON RECORDING WITH URIAN HACKNEY, PERFECTING THEIR SOUND, AND THE DENSITY OF NEW YORK MATHCORE

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