math rock

  • Stream: Fang Island- Major This new album from the Rhode Island-based group Fang Island could not have come at a better time of year. These psychedelic math rockers have a penchant for face melting guitars and anthemic, singalong choruses that evoke the summer months, and their new full length album

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    Pink Magick by GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! An intense show of instrumental power on the new GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! album, Pink Magick. From what I understand, it’s the Northampton band’s third full-length album. If you’re into intricate drums with driving beats and colorful layers of math rock guitar leads, then

  • Stylistically, I think Tripper is an exciting return to Hella’s old, stripped down form. Some fans may see it as a bit of a regression, but that’s only half of the truth. The duo throws in some overdubbed guitars and bass, and manages to utilize some of the

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    Tripper by Hella Back to duo status, California’s Hella recently dropped its fifth album, Tripper. The band has allowed fans to stream the album on Bandcamp, which is a nice trend I’m seeing with all new Zach Hill-releated projects. Of course, I hope this give people an incentive

  • Headless

    Earlier in the month, California math rock group Hella announced that they would be returning with a new album. On their last LP, 2007’s There’s No 666 In Outer Space, the group boasted five members in their lineup. For the new album, entitled Tripper, they’re back to

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    Admittedly, I wasn’t a huge fan of Maps & Atlases latest album Perch Patchwork. Maybe the band’s sweet and friendly approach to the intricacies of math rock wasn’t sitting well with me at the time I listened to this album. It certainly doesn’t sound that bad

  • highway to health by pneu I don’t know who the crazy mullet-haired boy is in the picture below, but he sure makes for a good album cover–especially when that cover is fronting an album of insanely tight instrumental rock. The band is pneu, and the album is highway

  • Echo On The Hills Of Knebworth by Tera Melos California rock trio Tera Melos has released a 51-minute skull-craker titled “Echo On The Hills Of Knebworth.” The piece is completely improvised, and was left over from the studio sessions of Patagonian Rats. Stream the entire thing above. The band has