EXCLUSIVE // Listen to El Ten Eleven’s New Single ‘We Don’t Have a Sail But We Have a Rudder’
We’re getting pretty close to the new El Ten Eleven record. Off what will be their seventh(!) studio...
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EXCLUSIVE // JCDX///’s new a/bum ‘reka’ is a /eft-of-center sonic assau/t ///
If you’re in an experimental noise band, your chances of giving a fuck are slim. It’s kind of...
EXCLUSIVE // Watch Ground Patrol perform improv math rock in their video ‘RUN’
Math rock is by nature an unpredictable genre. But some bands just want to take it that extra mile. Ground Patrol is Kyle Sanna (guitar) and Alon Ilsar (drums), a duo based between New York and Sydney, Australia...
EXCLUSIVE // Listen to brand new UK duo Too Piste’s first single ‘Distresso’
After being introduced to math rock through bands like Hella, Planets and Lightning Bolt, it became clear to me that duos played a big role in the genre.
Math Rock Releases Of The Month // June 2018
To quote our overlords Don Caballero: 'June is finally here'. Well, it was. And it brought with a string of wonderful odd-timed releases. We got some sterling contemporary albums from math-rock-leaning veterans...
EXCLUSIVE // Space Blood return from the dead for a UK tour
You may have heard that Chicago oddsters Space Blood have seemingly punched through their coffins and returned to the world of the living to play the mighty ArcTanGent festival in Bristol this year.
EXCLUSIVE // Listen to ART the Band’s new single ‘Well Priced Victorian’
Toronto Jazz/Funk wizards ART the Band have just come to us with their second single release of Spring 2018, ‘Well...
Math Rock That Time Forgot: The Story of Glans, How They Became Lynx, and an Exclusive Album Premiere 20 Years in the Making…
This is the story of Glans, a math rock band lost in the annals of time. It's a story that involves Dave Konopka of Battles, the underground Boston math rock scene, and an exclusive premiere of an unreleased album 20 years since its original recording.
SNEAK PEAK // Stream Koenjihyakkei’s blazing new single ‘Djebelaki Zomn’
Over 30 years ago, a band called Ruins formed in Tokyo and steadily became one of the most...
EXCLUSIVE // Listen to ‘I Was A Fucking Jet Engine’, the newest track from Lost In The Riots
Once upon a time I lived in Leeds. One of the first shows I went to was the StrangeForms Festival, put on by our now lovely pals in Bad Owl Presents.