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FOCUS // FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT AND READY YOURSELF FOR TURBULENCE WITH SPACE COROLLA’S NEW FULL LENGTH

Iván Maldonado·January 13, 2023

2022 has ended with a rather large and superb list of new releases in the math rock (and...

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FOCUS // WE FINALLY SAT DOWN WITH OUR MOM TO TALK ABOUT MATH ROCK, AND THE RESULTS MAY OR MAY NOT SURPRISE YOU

Michael Whiteside·December 23, 2022

It’s probably happened to many of us – you’re sitting at the dining room table, surrounded by family...

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FOCUS // NEW YORK NOISE PRODUCTION LEGEND MARTIN BISI ON HIS NEW ALBUM, THE TENETS OF LAND USE ACTIVISM, AND WHICH MEMBER OF SONIC YOUTH WAS THE BIGGEST PUNK

Michael Whiteside·November 24, 2022

If you’re the kind of person that collects records, or at least examines the liner notes, Martin Bisi...

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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...

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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 // BACK FROM THE LAB: PAVLOV’S BELL RETURNS WITH EVIDENCE OF A NEW SINGLE, A NEW EP, AND THE RETURN OF A FOUNDING MEMBER

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FOCUS // FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT AND READY YOURSELF FOR TURBULENCE WITH SPACE COROLLA’S NEW FULL LENGTH

FOCUS // WE FINALLY SAT DOWN WITH OUR MOM TO TALK ABOUT MATH ROCK, AND THE RESULTS MAY OR MAY NOT SURPRISE YOU

FOCUS // NEW YORK NOISE PRODUCTION LEGEND MARTIN BISI ON HIS NEW ALBUM, THE TENETS OF LAND USE ACTIVISM, AND WHICH MEMBER OF SONIC YOUTH WAS THE BIGGEST PUNK

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

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