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.
hank God September is over. We can finally put this highly-publicized bickering between rappers Eminem and MGK to rest. We can hang up our coats or start putting them on, depending on what hemisphere you're on. Seasons are changing. But hey, at least the level of quality math rock records ain't. Here's a wrap up of what went down in September.
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...
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.
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...
Another month has rolled past and with it a bunch of extraordinary releases. We eagerly awaited the new Mouse On The Keys LP, the highly anticipated Standards EP...
Well, last month we started something that proved to be rather popular with you folk. Ya like ya new math rock releases in bite-sized summary form? Well, we're totally happy to oblige going forward! It's the end of another month and, as we nod our goodbyes to the international Commonwealth Games and embrace North Korean denuclearization, here is a round up of our favourite releases from April.
March has been a fantastic month for fresh tunes, with many exciting debuts and unexpected returns from hiatus; and we'd be absolutely buggered right-to-left trying to complete write-ups for every single album...