END OF YEAR REPORT // The top 50 math rock albums of 2018
The 50 best math rock albums of 2018 are here, folks. You voted for 'em. Let's do it....
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EXCLUSIVE // Stream Land Wars’ debut album right now
Sometimes a band will come along with an album for which the term ‘release’ doesn’t do it justice and...
FOCUS // A history of Rob Crow’s many (many) musical projects
Indie rock god Rob Crow has become somewhat of a demigod in the math rock realm. His collaborations have included Zach Hill, Spencer Seim, Carson McWhirter and Nick Reinhart. We take a proper dive into Rob Crow's back catalogue in this new focus feature...
FOCUS // Delving into Matt Calvert: a brief exploration of Typewritten and musicianship
What makes a virtuoso; an incredible musician? Query google, “world’s greatest guitarist”, and doubtless your browser will be awash with well-maned men sicking up harmonic minor scales, gurning into the abyss
FOCUS // 10 albums to get you into ‘math mexa’
Mexico is renowned worldwide for a lot of different things: beautiful landmarks, Corona and tequila (and drunken people...
EXCLUSIVE // He Was Eaten By Owls have constructed another musical and conceptual epic. Stream the entire album…
Kyle from He Was Eaten By Owls is not one to shy away from an ambitious project. Take, for instance, the extravagant 2016 concept album Chorus 30 From Blues For The Hitchhiking Dead, an avant-garde chamber music experience featuring no less than eleven instruments delivered by a crew of 15 musicians.
MATH ROCK RETROSPECTIVE // Don Caballero (1991 – 2009)
A lot of people ask us about the name Fecking Bahamas, and also the podcast name ‘Room Temperature Suite’. Pundits of classic 90’s math rock will be quick to point out that these are references to the eminent math rock act Don Caballero.
Math Rock Releases of the Month // OCTOBER 2018
It wouldn't be an October monthly without any mention of Halloween. It all started with Samhain, an old Celtic festival where the townsfolk would light these big-ass fires and wear costumes to ward off spirits. Nowadays, its kids warding off nutrition by knocking on doors and begging for candy.
EXCLUSIVE // Watch Ogives Big Band’s new live session video
Ogives Big Band have been making a grand entrance with their recent session video for the track ‘Savage...
EXCLUSIVE // Members of Hikes have a side project called kellen. Listen to a track…
If you've been to a Hikes show, you know Nay Wilkins. You know his onstage charisma, his vocal range that knows no bounds. You probably also know guitarist Claire Puckett, also of Mother Falcon, who joined the band last year. You know a lot. But did you know they have a side new project?