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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...

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FOCUS // STAYING HUMBLE: ANDO SAN ON HIS LATEST EP, PRODUCTION VS GUITAR, AND THE RAPPER THAT INSPIRED HIM TO TAKE HIS CRAFT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Michael Whiteside·August 12, 2022

It’s a breezy, heated morning over here in the desert, yet somehow it seems like a truly perfect...

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FOCUS // GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! ON SURVIVING TOUR, MATH ROCK LONGEVITY, AND THE SONIC SIGH OF RELEASE BEHIND DEATH BREATH

Michael Whiteside·August 10, 2022

As many of you already know, math rock’s beloved Giraffes? Giraffes! set sail for an East Coast tour...

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FOCUS // IN WHICH WE RECOVER THE LOST DELTA SLEEP INTERVIEW AND CELEBRATE ANOMALIA FEST

Michael Whiteside·July 30, 2022

When the pandemic was in full swing, Fecking Bahamas started doing livestream interviews on Instagram. On December 10th...

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FOCUS // KICKING OUT THE JAMS: MARCOS MENA ON KEEPING THINGS FRESH WITH THE LATEST STANDARDS RECORD

Michael Whiteside·July 29, 2022

Last week standards dropped their flavorful full length with Fruit Town, a tasteful smorgasbord of wacky guitars, melodic...

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FOCUS // JOSEPH A. PERAGINE REFLECTS ON EARLY INFLUENCES, MENTAL HEALTH, AND WRITING HIS MOST MATH ROCK ALBUM YET

Michael Whiteside·July 21, 2022

For the true philomaths among us, we’ve got a real treat today. Joseph. A Peragine recently put out...

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FOCUS // A GLOWING, GARGANTUAN DEEP-SEA FOG MACHINE: CHILDSPEAK SHEDS LIGHT ON THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND IT’S NAME

Michael Whiteside·June 28, 2022

A couple months back, you might remember a little flourish of coverage regarding Boise, Idaho’s fantastic Tree Fort...

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FOCUS // LET’S SWIM GET SWIMMING REFRESHES THE UK SCENE WITH A MILKY NEW RELEASE

Iván Maldonado·June 1, 2022

We love duos, no question about it. There is something special about them. It’s probably the simplicity of...

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FOCUS // POUND ON POUND: EXAMINING THE DUO’S HARROWING VORTEX OF TECHNICAL SLUDGE AND ALGEBRAIC LOW END

Michael Whiteside·May 31, 2022

If you pay attention to the heavy music scene, it’s fairly likely that you’ve already heard about Pound....

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FOCUS // CALCULATING INSANITY: MATHCORE INDEX ON THEIR UPCOMING FESTIVAL AND A NEW GENERATION OF CHAOTIC BANDS

Michael Whiteside·May 20, 2022

It’s no secret that we love heavy music. There’s just something comforting about all those walls of sound,...

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FOCUS // JASON BARTELL REVISITS THE SHORES OF FANG ISLAND

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

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EXCLUSIVE // PAPER MICE BARE THEIR SOULS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM NNAMDÏ ON THIS BRILLIANT “PRIVATE DANCER” COVER

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

REGULARS

Stage Kids – Recess (2020)

Standards – Fruit Island (2020)

Delta Sleep – Younger Years (2019)

EXCLUSIVES

EXCLUSIVE // PAPER MICE BARE THEIR SOULS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM NNAMDÏ ON THIS BRILLIANT “PRIVATE DANCER” COVER

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

VIDEO

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

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GEAR // TEN TIMES GLENN FRICKER CALLED US A DUMBASS WHEN WE REALLY NEEDED TO HEAR IT

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

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GAMES // GAME RECOGNIZE GAME, SEQUENCE #2: HOW VALVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE MARKETPLACE WITH HALF LIFE 2 AND THE LAUNCH OF STEAM

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

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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

FOCUS // STAYING HUMBLE: ANDO SAN ON HIS LATEST EP, PRODUCTION VS GUITAR, AND THE RAPPER THAT INSPIRED HIM TO TAKE HIS CRAFT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

FOCUS // GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! ON SURVIVING TOUR, MATH ROCK LONGEVITY, AND THE SONIC SIGH OF RELEASE BEHIND DEATH BREATH

FOCUS // IN WHICH WE RECOVER THE LOST DELTA SLEEP INTERVIEW AND CELEBRATE ANOMALIA FEST

FOCUS // KICKING OUT THE JAMS: MARCOS MENA ON KEEPING THINGS FRESH WITH THE LATEST STANDARDS RECORD

FOCUS // JOSEPH A. PERAGINE REFLECTS ON EARLY INFLUENCES, MENTAL HEALTH, AND WRITING HIS MOST MATH ROCK ALBUM YET

FOCUS // A GLOWING, GARGANTUAN DEEP-SEA FOG MACHINE: CHILDSPEAK SHEDS LIGHT ON THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND IT’S NAME

FOCUS // LET’S SWIM GET SWIMMING REFRESHES THE UK SCENE WITH A MILKY NEW RELEASE

FOCUS // POUND ON POUND: EXAMINING THE DUO’S HARROWING VORTEX OF TECHNICAL SLUDGE AND ALGEBRAIC LOW END

FOCUS // CALCULATING INSANITY: MATHCORE INDEX ON THEIR UPCOMING FESTIVAL AND A NEW GENERATION OF CHAOTIC BANDS

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