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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, 2022We’ve said it before, we’ll surely say it again – as far as music publications go, we are...FOCUSVIDEO·0 Comments·0·65 views
FOCUS // 36 HOURS FOR 30 MINUTES: AN ARCTANGENT TOUR DIARY FROM SEIMS Simeon Bartholomew·August 31, 2022SEIMS initially received our invitation to play the ATG main stage in 2020. We’d just come off the...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·195 views
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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, 2022Potsdam’s punky mathcore stalwarts Sunflo’er release all these darlings and now me on Dark Trail Records any minute...DARK AND HEAVYFOCUSRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·116 views
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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, 2022As many of you already know, math rock’s beloved Giraffes? Giraffes! set sail for an East Coast tour...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·260 views
FOCUS // IN WHICH WE RECOVER THE LOST DELTA SLEEP INTERVIEW AND CELEBRATE ANOMALIA FEST Michael Whiteside·July 30, 2022When the pandemic was in full swing, Fecking Bahamas started doing livestream interviews on Instagram. On December 10th...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·82 views
FOCUS // KICKING OUT THE JAMS: MARCOS MENA ON KEEPING THINGS FRESH WITH THE LATEST STANDARDS RECORD Michael Whiteside·July 29, 2022Last week standards dropped their flavorful full length with Fruit Town, a tasteful smorgasbord of wacky guitars, melodic...FOCUS·0 Comments·0·185 views