NEW MUSIC // PAVLOV’S BELL INVESTIGATE THEIR NIGHTMARES AND EMERGE WITH THE ALBUM OF YOUR DREAMS
“One night, Antonio had this nightmare where he woke up in a cold sweat feeling that the album...
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Infinite Shrug – [ep] (2020)
A riff appears in front of you, swooping around purposefully in the undergrowth. The leading edges of its...
EXCLUSIVE // Ground Patrol channel the abstract in their newest video ‘Quake’
Is it or is it not an irony that a Sydney-New York instrumental math rock duo named Ground Patrol get most of their inspiration patrolling the skies? Each of their album covers is a breathtaking aerial view of natural architecture, each snapped from a plane. According to guitarist Kyle Sanna, it's all part of the band's scope.
FOCUS // Paranoid Void: from Osaka to abroad
Over the last year, Paranoid Void have put each and every iota of their spare time into organising one of the greatest undertakings of a band: the booking of an international tour...
FOCUS // tortuganónima discuss their name, their influences, and their road stories
Chile witnessed the birth of a band which, since 2014, has been standing for all South American math rock around the globe: tortuganónima. The four Chilean boys join a range of distinct genres to their sound, such as free jazz, post hardcore, emo and math rock. They have a very fruitful career, with a very long list of accomplishments, including several tours around South America, US, Europe and Japan, and opening for toe in their most recent visit to the country.
EXCLUSIVE // Monotrope deliver mind-boggling instrumental math-rock in their new video ‘Prismatic Symmetry’
Monotrope is set to release their second album, Immutable Future, on November 21, and we’re thrilled to have the exclusive premiere for their music video for the aptly titled 'Prismatic Symmetry'. The band’s debut album, Unifying Receiver, was a real treat for fans of 90’s influenced more angular styled math rock, and Immutable Future further develops the band’s sound and style.
EXCLUSIVE // LITE doubles down on new single, video
LITE have spent nearly two decades perfecting not just a sound, but a process. Since 2006’s Filmets, the...
EXCLUSIVE // Get Weird With Alarmist In Their Studio Session of ‘Lactic Tang’
Dublin City's benevolent jazz/math wizards Alarmist, alongside NY production artist Afghaniscan, have put together a video for "Lactic Tang," one of the band's more 70's fusion inspired tracks off their debut Sequesterer, released earlier this year.
VIDEO // Behold the off-kilter riff fest in Øgïvęš Big Band’s new single ‘Tethra’
Øgïvęš Big Band is not just an exercise in exotic symbology, it is a supergroup in the Bristol underground prog and math scene. Comprising the troupe are guitarist Ben Harris (Øgïvęš, ANTA, Rainbow Slicer), bassist Ben Holyoake (Lambhorn), and drummer Oli Cocup (Lambhorn, My Octopus Mind). Sharing a passion for musical experimentation and the avant garde, the trio set out to warp all your favourite heavy rock tropes and throw your expectations back in your face.
EXCLUSIVE // Listen to some of the face-melting cuts off Body Hound’s instrumental masterpiece ‘No Moon’
In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5, Billy Pilgrim is a war veteran with a peculiar predicament: he's got himself 'unstuck in time'. WHAT. 'All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist'...