Thank 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…
Hail The Sun – Mental Knife
File Under
Post-post-post-hardcore, emo, indie, progressive
Sounds A Tad Like
The Fall Of Troy, Chiodos
Price
$10USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Chico, California
BANGLADEAFY – Ribboncutter
File Under
Noise rock, math rock, experimental, electronic
Sounds A Tad Like
JS Lowax, Zeus, Pound
Price
$7 digital / $12 CD / $22 vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
New York, New York
Options – Vivd Trace
File Under
Indie, pop, math rock, vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
AM Overcast, Brownie Mountain
Price
$8 digital / $15-17 vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
Chicago, Illinois
BAVE – The Gosh of Hellfire
File Under
Math rock, two-piece
Sounds A Tad Like
100 Onces, Lobster, Monster Machismo
Price
$7USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Mothers – Render Another Ugly Method
File Under
Indie, alt-rock, math rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Speaking Canaries, Bellini, Autoclave
Price
$8 digital / $12 CD / $22-25 vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cleft – Live Inside Stag & Hounds
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, turbo prog, two-piece, live
Sounds A Tad Like
Alpha Male Tea Party, Bicurious, Too Piste
Price
£2 (Bandcamp)
Location
Manchester, England
READ MORE ABOUT ‘CLEFT: LIVE INSIDE STAG & HOUNDS’ HERE
Bat House – Stop Dying
File Under
Alternative, math rock, post-punk, indie
Sounds A Tad Like
Feed Me Jack, The Most
Price
$9USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
The Nietzsche – Finals.
File Under
Post-hardcore, mathcore, chaotic hardcore, metalcore
Sounds A Tad Like
The Red Chord, Botch
Price
$5USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Odessa, Ukraine
WILDCARDS
GruGrü – “333”
File Under
Prog rock, zeuhl, wonky, jazz, funk
Sounds A Tad Like
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Gong
Price
€10 (Bandcamp)
Location
Montpellier, France
Don’t Disturb my Circles – Lower Canopy
File Under
Mathcore, punk, hardcore
Sounds A Tad Like
Every Time I Die, Joliette
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Kurushimi – What Is Chaos?
File Under
Metal, jazz, experimental
Sounds A Tad Like
Lye By Mistake, Naked City
Price
$8AUD (Bandcamp)
Location
Sydney, Australia
Mount Stealth – Mount Stealth / EP3
File Under
Instrumental, post rock, math rock, electronic
Sounds A Tad Like
Gallops, Battles
Price
€8 digital / €10 CD / €20 vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
Luxembourg
archipiélagos – guermantes
File Under
Post rock, feel-good, emo
Sounds A Tad Like
Tom’s Story, tide/edit, Japanese post rock
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Soaked in Disillusion – Counter
File Under
Hardcore, powerviolence, metal, mathcore
Sounds A Tad Like
Car Bomb, Sectioned, The Number Twelve Looks Like You
Price
$7USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Culver City, California
Middle Mountain – Folk Physics EP
File Under
Instrumental rock, math rock, post-rock, looping
Sounds A Tad Like
Shy Low, This Will Destroy You
Price
$5USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
How to draw A castle – help EP
File Under
Math rock, indie, pop, emo
Sounds A Tad Like
The Cabs, Enemies
Price
¥400 (Bandcamp)
Location
Kochi, Japan
Penguinsmeat – Penguinsmeat
File Under
Post-rock, electro rock, dance, math rock, prog
Sounds A Tad Like
toe, Three Trapped Tigers, The Samuel Jackson Five
Price
$7USD (Bandcamp)
Location
St.Petersburg, Russia
Kuu! – Lampedusa Lullaby
File Under
Jazz, art rock, noise, math, prog, female vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
Bent Knee, Jaga Jazzist
Price
€17.50 CD (actmusic.com)
Location
Berlin, Germany
Moonsong – Lethologica
File Under
Art rock, indie, psychedelic, shoegaze
Sounds A Tad Like
Pinnacles, Gloe, Nothing
Price
$7 digital / $10 CD (Bandcamp)
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Outbred – Raz
File Under
Mathcore, hardcore, punk
Sounds A Tad Like
Every Time I Die, Joliette
Price
20PLN (Bandcamp)
Location
Poznan, Poland
Regulus – I Thought You Said This Was A Petting Zoo
File Under
Indie, punk, math rock, emo
Sounds A Tad Like
Fearless Leader, Curse League, Gulfer
Price
$4USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Austin, Texas
Yotsuhaka – 箱には
File Under
Math rock, shoegaze, experimental, female vocals
Sounds A Tad Like
Sora Tob Sakana, kyojaku
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Japan
Spitehouse – Guided By Vices
File Under
Post-hardcore, math rock, shoegaze, post-punk, black metal
Sounds A Tad Like
sewingneedle, Prawn
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Providence, Rhode Island
U.S. Nero – Why Don’t They Cherish the Moon?
File Under
Post-punk, grunge, math rock, noise, surf, dream punk, garage, indie
Sounds A Tad Like
Bat House, Cash Pony
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Berriloom and the Doom – No Human No Cry
File Under
Post-hardcore, alt rock, math rock, avant-pop, grunge, emo, shoegaze
Sounds A Tad Like
Gulfer, Mutiny on the Bounty
Price
€4 (Bandcamp)
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Proofs – Out There (In Here)
File Under
Math rock, post-hardcore, post-punk
Sounds A Tad Like
Pele, The Redneck Manifesto
Price
$8USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Seattle, Washington
Masiro – Geodesics
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, prog metal
Sounds A Tad Like
Town Portal, Oceanic
Price
£5 digital / £8 CD (Bandcamp)
Location
Oxford, England
Zitrone – Old Fi(x)lm
File Under
Post-hardcore, emo, punk, math rock
Sounds A Tad Like
The Cabs, Low-pass
Price
¥300 (Bandcamp)
Location
Osaka, Japan
New Character – New Character
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, power pop, dreamy, indie, emo, alternative, post-rock
Sounds A Tad Like
tide/edit, Enemies, Dilute
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Palmdale, California
Blanca Grande – The Book of Conar
File Under
Noise rock, punk, math rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Shellac, U.S Maple
Price
£5.97 digital / £13 vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
Scotland
Letsby Avenue – Letsby Avenue!
File Under
Indie, pop, math rock, twiddly
Sounds A Tad Like
The Redneck Manifesto, Enemies
Price
name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Esprit d’Escalier – Esprit d’Escalier
File Under
Post rock, math rock, progressive,
Sounds A Tad Like
Austin TV, Yonen
Price
€3 (Bandcamp)
Location
Orléans, France
Subtropolis – Automatic Touchless
File Under
Punk, math rock, noise rock, two-piece
Sounds A Tad Like
Cleft, Space Blood, Pinkwash
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Missouri
a-tota-so – a-tota-so
File Under
Math rock, instrumental, post rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Alright The Captain, Cheap Jazz
Price
£5 digital / £6 CD / £12 vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
Nottingham, England
READ MORE ABOUT A-TOTA-SO HERE
Green Tree Novelty Tea – The Lion’s Suite
File Under
Punk, jazz, math rock, ‘black prog’
Sounds A Tad Like
A sinister and mathy Pixies
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Akron, Ohio
Iden Gakusha – Geisha
File Under
Prog metal, djent, mathcore, japanese, shamisen
Sounds A Tad Like
Kurushimi, Trioscapes
Price
$10USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Willoware Jackson – Can You Repeat the Question?
File Under
Folk, funk, math rock, indie
Sounds A Tad Like
Maps & Atlases, Dutch Uncles
Price
£5 (Bandcamp)
Location
Northern Ireland
Five Pound Pocket Universe – Brain Bubble Party
File Under
Jazzcore, mathcore, noisecore, grindcore, avant-garde, video game music, experimental, sax
Sounds A Tad Like
Fantômas, Naked City
Price
15CHF (Bandcamp)
Location
Zürich, Switzerland
Ezarr – Berries
File Under
Instrumental, math rock, post-rock, solo
Sounds A Tad Like
Japanese post rock
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Jakarta, Indonesia
Grand Fishing Opera – My Emotional Holidays
File Under
Midwest emo, twiddly, math rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Gulfer, Prawn
Price
$1USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Dagestan Republic, Russia
WILDCARDS
Gygax Attacks – Gygax Attacks
File Under
Experimental rock, glitch, progressive
Sounds A Tad Like
This… has no parallels.
Price
Name your price (Bandcamp)
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
João Pais Filipe – João Pais Filipe
File Under
Acoustic techno, drums, minimal, hypnotic, meditative, solo
Sounds A Tad Like
Ricardo Martins, OliveTreeDance
Price
€3 (Bandcamp)
Location
Porto. Portugal
Microwaves – Via Weightlessness
File Under
Prog rock, space rock, noise rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Voivod, Thantifaxath
Price
$7USD (Bandcamp)
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Arusha Accord – Juracán
File Under
Prog metal, tech metal, mathcore
Sounds A Tad Like
Between The Buried And Me, The Dillinger Escape Plan
Price
£5 (Bandcamp)
Location
Reading, England
Opposite Day – Divide By Nothing
File Under
Punk, noise rock, experimental, wonky, art rock
Sounds A Tad Like
Cardiacs, DEVO
Price
$5 digital or CD (Bandcamp)
Location
Austin, Texas
anObj – Live Studio Session
File Under
Post-hardcore, noise rock, math rock, prog, lost album, 2008
Sounds A Tad Like
These Arms Are Snakes, Broughtons Rules
Price
$7CAD digital / $20CAD vinyl (Bandcamp)
Location
Montreal, Québec
Vennart – To Cure A Blizzard Upon A Plastic Sea & Copeland
File Under
Indie, pop, rock, math rock, progressive
Sounds A Tad Like
Cardiacs, Oceansize
Price
£8 (To Cure A Blizzard Upon A Plastic Sea)
£3 (Copeland)
Location
Manchester, England