math rock

Botch’s Mathcore Masterpiece ‘We Are the Romans’ Remains Reflective of Millennial Groupthink

Botch’s Mathcore Masterpiece ‘We Are the Romans’ Remains Reflective of Millennial Groupthink

This reissue of a groundbreaking, out-of-print album, Botch’s We Are the Romans holds the emotions of its time, the musical incarnation of millennial anxiety.

Ron Anderson Releases Demos Foreshadowing His 2011 Masterwork ‘Secret Curve’

Ron Anderson Releases Demos Foreshadowing His 2011 Masterwork ‘Secret Curve’

Ron Anderson’s The Ashfield Session features early takes of the Secret Curve material from Anderson’s famed PAK trio. This thing will blow your mind.

Black Midi Continue Their March Into Madness with Excellent ‘Hellfire’

Black Midi Continue Their March Into Madness with Excellent ‘Hellfire’

With their third LP Hellfire, Black Midi continue to put out adventurous and challenging music that keeps listeners on the tips of their toes.

Mall Girl’s ‘Superstar’ Successfully Blends Math-rock with Pop Sensibilities

Mall Girl’s ‘Superstar’ Successfully Blends Math-rock with Pop Sensibilities

Norway’s Mall Girl combine powerful math rock with alt-pop dreaminess on their debut album Superstar, where languid melodies reside with fast tempos and technical playing.

Alt-Rocker Justin Mayfield Gives Traditional Armenian Folk Music the Hipster Treatment

Alt-Rocker Justin Mayfield Gives Traditional Armenian Folk Music the Hipster Treatment

Alt-rocker Justin Mayfield talks about Ghedtair Composite, a hypnotic blend of Armenian folk standards mixed with a math-rock meets indie-folk hybrid.

Black Midi Avoid the Sophomore Slump on ‘Cavalcade’

Black Midi Avoid the Sophomore Slump on ‘Cavalcade’

Black Midi’s Cavalcade is a great LP, and though not a fully brilliant or complete masterwork, it will leave many others imitating these guys sucking wake.

Black Midi’s ‘Cavalcade’ Is Spellbinding and Circuitous

Black Midi’s ‘Cavalcade’ Is Spellbinding and Circuitous

Black Midi’s Cavalcade displays superlative skills, fierce chemistry, and avant-garde vision, offering spellbinding performances while also falling prey to sonic tautologies and circuitousness.

Slint Release Alternate Mixes of “Breadcrumb Trail” and “Good Morning, Captain”

Slint Release Alternate Mixes of “Breadcrumb Trail” and “Good Morning, Captain”

Slint are sounding even better as the long years go on and on. It's a testament to the source material that we're still revisiting, remixing, and re-releasing all these decades later.

Between the Grooves: lowercase – ‘Kill the Lights’

Between the Grooves: lowercase – ‘Kill the Lights’

Between the Grooves examines lowercase's Kill the Lights, a great marriage of slowcore and post-punk: raw, angry, sullen, and very much alive almost all these years later.

Steve Albini: A Biographical Collage

Steve Albini: A Biographical Collage

Everyone's favorite noise rock curmudgeon, Steve Albini sounds off as he prepares to release an eerie score to a horror film.

Indie Rockers SAME Aim for the Stars on ‘Plastic Western’

Indie Rockers SAME Aim for the Stars on ‘Plastic Western’

SAME's debut full-length, Plastic Western, flirts with everything from Pavement to post-rock.

First Installment in El Ten Eleven Trilogy Good But Too Clinical

First Installment in El Ten Eleven Trilogy Good But Too Clinical

Tautology I's six songs lack the musical sorcery of post-rockers usually mentioned in the same breath as El Ten Eleven.