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FOCUS // DON OF A NEW ERA: Damon Che AND ASH PEARSON ON RESTORING DON CABALLERO’S DISCOGRAPHY

Michael Whiteside·November 16, 2021

Last year, the Don Caballero fan page started off like any other. Nostalgic pics, rare footage, behind the...

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FOCUS // WHERE MAN KNOWS NOTHING: WE MAKE FIVE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE ARMED’S ULTRAPOP LIVE

Michael Whiteside·October 9, 2021

Several months ago, The Armed dropped one of the most charismatic records of the year. Ultrapop has remained...

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FOCUS // MARCOS MENA OF STANDARDS ON THEIR NEW VIDEO, NEW DRUMMER, AND UPCOMING EP

Michael Whiteside·September 1, 2021

Last week, standards released a video for their juicy new single “Papaya.” With golden ‘nanners, cardboard cutouts, and...

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FOCUS // Chicago Math Rock Legends Volta Do Mar Discuss Their History, The Chicago Music Scene in the 90’s, and Their Newly Remastered Catalog

WILLIAM COVERT·August 7, 2021

We at Fecking Bahamas were very excited to hear news from Chicago math rock veterans Volta Do Mar...

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FOCUS // PATTERN RECOGNITION WITH CAR BOMB AND XYTECHRA’S GREG KUBACKI

Michael Whiteside·May 4, 2021

Describing the Greg Kubacki sound is a dense, onerous task. From the tech-heavy mathematic assault of Car Bomb...

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FOCUS // SOUND OF A SCENE: ENTRESOL ON HARSH NOISE, EPISTOLARY HORROR, AND COLLABORATING WITH BODY VOID

Michael Whiteside·April 27, 2021

I first experienced Entresol years ago in an unsuspecting coffee shop. Just across the train tracks in a...

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FOCUS // THE BICYCLE DAY PLAYLIST SPECIAL

Michael Whiteside·April 19, 2021

Bicycle Day was born April 19th, 1943. Albert Hoffman was leaving work, feeling relatively normal. For the past...

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FOCUS // THE STRANGE YET PRACTICAL WORLD OF MATH ROCK DESERT ISLAND PEDALS VOL. 1

Michael Whiteside·March 16, 2021

“What’s your desert island pedal?” It’s a question that has troubled us since the dawn of time-based effects....

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FOCUS // 21 RECORDS THAT MADE ME A BETTER LISTENER IN THE YEAR THAT CHALLENGED EVERYTHING

Michael Whiteside·December 15, 2020

It boggles the mind that it’s actually been one whole year since I was texting Nikk my selections...

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FOCUS // SMELLING ALL THE ROSES: OUR EPIC CONVERSATION WITH FLORAL’S NATE SHERMAN

Michael Whiteside·December 2, 2020

Floral is one of those band that has surely reached your ear by now. Since 2014, the band...

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FOCUS // IN THE NAME OF BLOOD: SIERRA VEINS REFLECTS ON HER NEWEST ALBUM’S INNER WORKINGS

FOCUS // FLAGRANT: TRACE AMOUNT ON DAILY DYSTOPIA, FINDING FLOW IN INDUSTRIAL CARNAGE, AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE HORRORS

FOCUS // TAKE US TO THE BAHAMAS FEST: TAK YAMAMOTO ON BOOKING THE BIGGEST BAHAMAS FEST YET

RELEASE-O-METER

NEW MUSIC // POLY-MATH GET WILDER AND WEIRDER WITH EXPERIMENTAL THE HALTING PROBLEM EP

NEW MUSIC // SEIMS CUTS STRAIGHT TO THE CORE OF US WITH THE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED V

NEW MUSIC // TOWN PORTAL TAKES US SOMEWHERE NEW WITH GRINDWORK

REGULARS

Stage Kids – Recess (2020)

Standards – Fruit Island (2020)

Delta Sleep – Younger Years (2019)

EXCLUSIVES

EXCLUSIVE // GET SWOOPED BY GULL AND SLIPPERY NEW SINGLE “PRIMORDIAL SIN”

EXCLUSIVE // CULT AND CULTURE PODCAST TO RELEASE COMPILATION WITH SMASHED PLASTIC FEATURING THE EXPLOITED, HIRS COLLECTIVE, THE LOCUST, SWING KIDS, AND MORE

EXCLUSIVE // YOWIE DEFIES ALL WITH A FULL STREAM OF TAKING UMBRAGE AND THREE PART Q+A

VIDEO

EXCLUSIVE // WILLIAM COVERT KEEPS VIEWERS ENTRANCED WITH VIBEY VIDEO FOR “TRANCERS”

EXCLUSIVE // DEAF CLUB AND INDECLINE COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF 9/11 WITH INCENDIARY VIDEO FOR “PAIN IN THE ASSERY”

FOCUS // BACK FROM THE LAB PT.2: PAVLOV’S BELL PUSH THE SCIENCE ROCK ENVELOPE WITH PHYSICS ISN’T FAIR AND SHARE A LIVE TRACK-BY-TRACK ANALYSIS

Gear

GEAR // A EULOGY FOR THE VOX VDL-1, OR HOW THE SEARCH FOR A NEW LOOPER SENT US BACK TO THE BEGINNING

GEAR // MEASURING SUCCESS: DESIGNING THE S-6, ADAPTING TO TARIFFS, AND EMBODYING NOISE ROCK WITH FLORIAN SCHNEIDER OF MILLIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS

GEAR // NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: RUNNING WILD WITH THE NOKILL PEDAL CO BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ

GAMES

GAMES // SPOOKY SEASON CODED: WHICH CASTLEVANIA OST IS THE MOST MATH ROCK?

GAMES // SPOOKY SEASON CODED: WHICH DOOM SOUNDTRACK IS THE MOST MATH ROCK?

GAMES // SPOOKY SEASON CODED: UNPACKING THE VALUE OF HORROR IN 2025 WITH THE BRUTAL AND BEAUTIFUL BACK AND FORTH OF DEAD ISLAND AND DYING LIGHT

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FOCUS // DON OF A NEW ERA: Damon Che AND ASH PEARSON ON RESTORING DON CABALLERO’S DISCOGRAPHY

FOCUS // WHERE MAN KNOWS NOTHING: WE MAKE FIVE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE ARMED’S ULTRAPOP LIVE

FOCUS // MARCOS MENA OF STANDARDS ON THEIR NEW VIDEO, NEW DRUMMER, AND UPCOMING EP

FOCUS // Chicago Math Rock Legends Volta Do Mar Discuss Their History, The Chicago Music Scene in the 90’s, and Their Newly Remastered Catalog

FOCUS // PATTERN RECOGNITION WITH CAR BOMB AND XYTECHRA’S GREG KUBACKI

FOCUS // SOUND OF A SCENE: ENTRESOL ON HARSH NOISE, EPISTOLARY HORROR, AND COLLABORATING WITH BODY VOID

FOCUS // THE BICYCLE DAY PLAYLIST SPECIAL

FOCUS // THE STRANGE YET PRACTICAL WORLD OF MATH ROCK DESERT ISLAND PEDALS VOL. 1

FOCUS // 21 RECORDS THAT MADE ME A BETTER LISTENER IN THE YEAR THAT CHALLENGED EVERYTHING

FOCUS // SMELLING ALL THE ROSES: OUR EPIC CONVERSATION WITH FLORAL’S NATE SHERMAN

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