EXCLUSIVE // Stream ‘Lotus and Mace’ from math rock supergroup Skryptor, featuring members of Dazzling Killmen, Craw and STATS
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HISTORY
All articles pertaining to the history of the math rock genre.
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 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.
The History of Math Rock Pt 3: Take Five to Find Out Why ‘Time Out’ is the First Math Rock Album
In the first couple decades of a new century a genre music formed that became popular with the youth of the time who enjoyed underground non-mainstream music. Part of the sound of this music was forged from using innovative music technology that recently became available as well as specific playing techniques and styles not being used in other forms of contemporary music.
100 great math rock albums you’ve never heard
Spanning four decades and multiple countries, this definitive collection of math rock albums represents the obscure, the under-appreciated, and the relics.
MATH ROCK RETROSPECTIVE // Breadwinner (1990-1992)
A historical look at pioneering math rock heavyweights Breadwinner. Featuring rare audio from Butterglove, a pre-Breadwinner math rock group.
MATH ROCK RETROSPECTIVE // Pigment Vehicle (1988-1998)
Pigment Vehicle are unfortunately one of those bands whose mark has corroded with time. Due to its size, the annals of math rock are almost entirely restricted to the internet, and unfortunately the Canadian math rock quartet disbanded long before the digital age, and too small for a cult of dedicated fans to revive them.
MATH ROCK RETROSPECTIVE // Lynx (1997-2001)
It’s hard not to talk about Lynx without immediately bringing up Dave Konopka, who played guitar in the band before going on to play in one of the most important bands of the last decade regardless of genre in Battles, but got his start crafting a unique sound with Lynx in the late 90’s that laid seminal influence for the kind of sounds math rock was evolving into.
The History Of Math Rock Pt 2: “You’ve Got To Learn How To Prog Before You Can Math”
In Part 2 of our History Of Math Rock series, we explore the roots and development of the prog rock era in the 1970's, a movement that was essential in shaping the later math rock genre.
The History Of Math Rock Pt 1: “So I Guess Black Flag Is ‘Math Rock’ Now?!”
In this very special Focus feature, we present to you the first article on the internet devoted specifically to the history of the genre of math rock. In this first instalment we trace the first elements of math rock stemming somewhere between hardcore punk in Los Angeles, and No Wave in New York.
