NEW MUSIC // FALSE POCKETS MAKE A RUN FOR REAL EXCELLENCE ON NEW ALBUM SELFISH PROPHECIES
Last month we helped Rochester, NY’s False Pockets release their first single, “Quarter Life Crisis Diapers” into the...
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NEW MUSIC // THINGS AMAZING AND ELDERS SPLIT SKULLS WITH NEW SPLIT EP
Last week, Eastern seaboard math rock champions Things Amazing and Elders split skulls with a new split EP....
NEW MUSIC // THE ARMED CONFOUND THE MASSES, REACH FOR GREATNESS ON NEW ALBUM
After much fanfare, The Armed have released the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy of mathcore. As potent as...
FOCUS // Alpha Male Tea Party Unveil Their Dark New Album ‘Infinity Stare’
We've witnessed a band slowly morph from the full-body lab suit wearing on-stage shenanigans, the hauling of cereal boxes into festival crowds, the humourously long song titles like 'Your Happiness Was Stored On A Hard Drive And Is Now Corrupt' and 'You Eat Houmous, Of Course You Listen To Genesis'. In 2020, Alpha Male Tea Party is refined, mature, dynamic and still bloody listenable.
NEW MUSIC // REVELATIONS THROUGH TAUTOLOGY WITH EL TEN ELEVEN’S KRISTIAN DUNN
“When I’m up there, I’m really focused on checking all my gauges, getting on the radio with other...
NEW MUSIC // CATBAMBOO “SWINDLE” FANS WITH FUSION SHRED AND KILLER NEW PRODUCTION
Catbamboo, known for their lush fusion licks and energetic style, have doubled down on stylish shred for their...
Infinite Shrug – [ep] (2020)
A riff appears in front of you, swooping around purposefully in the undergrowth. The leading edges of its...
NEW MUSIC // Get your juice on with TANG
TANG, Central Oregon’s newest math-heavy export, find themselves aptly named on their newest EP, Tiny Daniel. The importance...
VASA – Heroics (2020)
As the adage goes, ‘you work hard, you play hard’. Sure, a tad confusing when applied to music....
Memory of Elephants – Beachballin’ (2019)
A number of weeks ago, having embarked on a brief perambulation, I suffered the deep misfortune of falling victim to a kidnapping; a posse of ruffians forced a hood over my head and scooped me into the back of a transit van and I saw nothing until I awoke; alone, my surroundings, a pleasant yet unsettlingly corporate board room. There were some biscuits in a little dish so I took one. “Hmm”, said I, “These biscuits taste as though they have been produced with Kworn™ High Quality Meat Substitute”.