EXCLUSIVE // Watch Bicurious’ new video ‘Japanese Puppy’
Usually if I hear the word 'Dublin' within the math rock milieu, it usually means good things. Alarmist. Adebisi Shank. The Redneck Manifesto. Whelan's. Dublin Bay Prawn Festival.
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Math Rock Releases of the Month // AUGUST 2018
August, or as we like to pronounce it 'Arctangent', was an absolute killer this year. We've seen some big release from acts like toe, tide/edit and Delta Sleep. We've also had the pleasure of witnessing the annual niche rock festival extraordinaire that is ATG. The seasons are changing across the world around but before we move forward let's do a comprehensive recap of the month that was. As with previous instalments, click a tab below to see our favourite releases of August...
EXCLUSIVE // Get a listen of Cleft: Live Inside Stag and Hounds (in support of Dan’s ongoing cancer treatment)
Live inside Stag & Hounds by Cleft The first time we met Cleft was in the damp, mossy...
EXCLUSIVE // Stream the new album from Miles Paralysis (feat. members of A.M Overcast, Such Gold, Taking Meds)
We love our selves a good merger. Peanut butter and jelly. Salt and caramel. Maybe not Exxon and...
Math Rock Releases of the Month // July 2018
July conjures up many different things: independence, faux-Christmas, and cold Antipodean weather. For us, it conjures up triumph. You see, in response to the plethora of math rock coming out, we've been battling with the challenge of making these oft overwhelming monthly wrap-ups as palatable for you guys as possible.
EXCLUSIVE // Giraffes? Giraffes! release video for ‘Hug of Death’ and announce US tour dates
Guitar and drums duo GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! require no explanation on this site. They’ve taken the math rock, instrumental,...
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...
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.