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UncleBlazer
Jan 27, 2011

Delta Sleep have a new album out and I'm digging it.

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Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010
The Fall of Troy just announced a tour with motherfucking And So I Watch You From Afar on the Eastern leg (and Kylesa, who are rad but not thread-relevant, out West). Even better: they are playing Doppelganger in full.



:getin:

Harminoff
Oct 24, 2005

👽

Harminoff posted:




This can't come out soon enough!

And the first single off of this http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/07/02/419181798/vikings-choice-toe-my-little-wish

Also, if you go to their show I guess you can get a flash drive with access to the live show. At least that's what I gather from this broken english

quote:

the special flash drive to give you an access the live recording of the entire showed the tour exclusively at the venue!

wlokos
Nov 12, 2007

...
Via Luna just dropped a great new album, the fourth track is my favorite. Reminds me of Ghosts and Vodka and Rooftops.

http://feckingbahamas.com/exclusive-stream-via-lunas-new-album-heavy-light

Harminoff
Oct 24, 2005

👽
Oh hey look Mouse on the Keys recently released a new album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fbU39V0Ko

Harminoff
Oct 24, 2005

👽
Also, Looks like the new Toe album is available to stream!


http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/07/toe_streaming_n.html

Harriet Carker
Jun 2, 2009

Harminoff posted:

Also, Looks like the new Toe album is available to stream!


http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/07/toe_streaming_n.html

I bought it and gave it a listen. I consider their previous two albums to be among my very favorites. After my first listen, I feel like this is a more experimental album for them. Part of me feels like they didn't want be known solely as "that band with the insanely good drummer" because the drumming (apart from a few tracks) is really toned down and restrained. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I kind of missed their old rhythmic style. The last track in particular suffers for it, and My Little Wish is perhaps the standout track for me because of the drums. Song Silly is a little strange but it might grow on me. Track 9 (the one with the long Japanese name) is absolutely gorgeous and makes me thin of Nujabes. I want to see Toe do a mixtape of hip hop beats now! G.O.O.D. L.U.C.K. is the stinker of the album. I'm not sure what they were thinking with the cheerleading squad sound.

I'm obviously going to listen to it a hundred times more. I doubt G.O.O.D. L.U.C.K. will grow on me but I feel like I will fall in love with the rest.

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOvy2ivZDOE

New Toe's pretty fuckin' good, y'all :swoon:

Giga Gaia
May 2, 2006

360 kickflip to... Meteo?!
Saw Tera Melos tonight. Good show. Nick's guitar parts make a lot more sense when you see him do it live.

eSportseXpert
Jun 24, 2005

Stupid fucking white man.
Was at ArcTanGent festival in Bristol over the weekend:


I highly recommend looking it up next year for any UK folk into math and other prefix-rock. I had never been able to get into the more mathcore side of things when listening to it at home but good god seeing Dillinger Escape Plan live was absolutely crushing.

DJ Burette
Jan 6, 2010
I was there too, it was great. I was the guy walking around in the red cape on the Saturday with lights running down my arm later at the silent disco. Incredible atmosphere as usual and good performances from everyone I saw. Rollo tomassi and talons were probably the highlight for me.

I managed to go to the first one as well and that was equally good, seriously if you're in the UK it always has an amazing lineup and everyone is super chilled.

UncleBlazer
Jan 27, 2011

Gave it a miss this year as I definitely lean on post rock more.

How was delta sleep?

the Bunt
Sep 24, 2007

YOUR GOLDEN MAGNETIC LIGHT
Happy to see this thread around still!

my favorite mathy release this year, is probably Rolo Tomassi's Grievances https://rolotomassi.bandcamp.com/album/grievances it is very moody, neo-noir and romantic influenced chaotic hardcore with a lot of emphasis on piano-work.

or a slightly hidden gem, Mookie Island by Sea Monkey See. https://seamonkeysee.bandcamp.com/ very fun but also super gnarly tropical metal.

Bubblegum Octopus' Tough was also great. That's a musician who has really evolved and matured beyond what some would consider a gimmicky joke sound https://bubblegumoctopus.bandcamp.com/album/tough-2

Also, I'm super excited because next week I'm seeing Fall of Troy and And So I Watch You From Afar. FoT is playing all of Doppelganger, one of those "changed my high school life" albums.

I'd also like to briefly shill for my own band, because our debut EP is out in a few weeks and, well, we're mathcore (among other things). We're called Spires of the Lunar Sphere. we're heavily influenced by mid 2000s mathcore and artsy heavy music in general from that era, bands like HORSE the band, Daughters, Fantomas, #12, Arsonists Get All the Girls, etc. anyways, we just put a single out and i'd love to get decimated by math nerds in here. or yknow, complimented if its good.

http://spiresofthelunarsphere.bandcamp.com/

Noxious_Photon
Sep 9, 2015

Henchman of Santa posted:

The Fall of Troy just announced a tour with motherfucking And So I Watch You From Afar on the Eastern leg (and Kylesa, who are rad but not thread-relevant, out West). Even better: they are playing Doppelganger in full.

:getin:

Ooh looks like And So I Watch You From Afar is coming here to tampa this friday awesome, glad I saw this post a few days before then.

They came here a few years ago but last time for some reason only one guy showed up and didn't even play songs from there actual All Hail Bright Futures album and it was pretty lame, hoping for the entire cast this time.

the Bunt
Sep 24, 2007

YOUR GOLDEN MAGNETIC LIGHT
Fall of Troy was incredible last night in Orlando, and And So I Watch You From Afar was even better.

the opening band, Slothrust, was...pretty meh, imo. very 90s alt rock throwback. kind of reminded me of Breeders but with a frontwoman who is on a LOT of xanax.

ASIWYFA was absolutely flawless, insanely loud and INSANELY energetic. one of the most fun sets I've seen a band play, and their energy was infectious. I didn't even like Heirs, or the album before it, very much, but the songs they played from both opened up to me in ways I never imagined. definitely the highlight of the night for me.

Fall of Troy was on point too, to no surprise. If you've never seen them you really need to. Thomas Erak is simply a loving legend, period. his guitar sounds huger and heavier than the vast majority of hardcore/metal bands with two guitarists, and his vocals were never off either. His legato playing is ridiculously strong. He can play huge sections of songs without picking or tapping for what seemed like ages, instead using his picking hand to make flamboyant conducting motions and waves. He is quite a sexy performer and the effortlessness with which he performs everything is so fun. I hate all these tech-metal groups nowadays who put on the most boring loving shows just motionlessly fingering their guitars and looking bored, it's been a while since i've seen such a energetic performance of highly technical music

-Atom-
Sep 13, 2003

Contrarian Dick

Bad At Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqQGbSnSTA

UncleBlazer
Jan 27, 2011

Saw Space Blood tonight and holy poo poo were they fantastic. Really good live show

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010
The Fall of Troy and And So I Watch You From Afar were absolutely insane tonight. ASIWYFA are the best live instrumental band I've ever seen, although I wish they had played Set Guitars to Kill.

d0grent
Dec 5, 2004

Just stumbled on some proper fuckin' math rock. Anyone who likes those cleaner sounding bands like This Town Needs Guns and Minus The Bear should enjoy these guys.

They're called Invalids, here's their bandcamp:

https://invalids.bandcamp.com/

setfiretothecouch
Oct 21, 2008
local lehigh valley (pennsylvania) mathy-posty-rock... kinda like a more jagged and playful pele

https://broski.bandcamp.com/album/fresh-hell

d0grent
Dec 5, 2004

These guys share a jamspace with my cousin's band and they just got signed to a label good for them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbEgVY3Cs40

ferroque
Oct 27, 2007

Hey I just wanted to tell everyone I'm at Giraffes? Giraffes!, LITE, and TTNG in boston and I got in for free

UncleBlazer
Jan 27, 2011

I would be filled with murderous envy but ArcTangent is a week tomorrow.

Any other goons going?

Pork Lift
Oct 9, 2007

Winner of the 2012
:dong: Highway Traffic :dong:
Prediction Razzies

I'll be there! On Thursday and Friday at least. Might have to bail on Saturday as I have a gig of my own in Reading

DJ Burette
Jan 6, 2010
I won't be at Arctangent this year sadly, Boomtown is this weekend and I tried to do both last year but it was far too much for my body to really handle. The line up is drat good though as always, particularly American Football and MMISL.

If Giraffes? Giraffes! ever came across the pond I'd be there in a heartbeat though.

ferroque
Oct 27, 2007

DJ Burette posted:

If Giraffes? Giraffes! ever came across the pond I'd be there in a heartbeat though.

Unfortunately they don't really travel that much. They're from western mass and it's a rare sight seeing them in even eastern mass. Although I think I got the ball rolling for them to play in Lowell soon!

Idk if they realize how much of an online/international following they have. They usually are the familiar local opener for touring math rock/whatever bands

ferroque fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Aug 10, 2016

Pork Lift
Oct 9, 2007

Winner of the 2012
:dong: Highway Traffic :dong:
Prediction Razzies

I just got back from Arc Tangent and I'm still a bit emotional about Cleft if I'm honest. Might also be due to Godspeed blowing my goddamn mind shortly after... Or the fact I'm on like 3 hours sleep.

DJ Burette
Jan 6, 2010

Ferroque posted:

Unfortunately they don't really travel that much. They're from western mass and it's a rare sight seeing them in even eastern mass. Although I think I got the ball rolling for them to play in Lowell soon!

Idk if they realize how much of an online/international following they have. They usually are the familiar local opener for touring math rock/whatever bands

Yeah, I've been saddened for years by their lack of travelling but it is completely understandable. One day I'll get over and see all the US bands that never tour, Look Mexico managed to have a gig the day after I left Florida which I'm still smarting about!

There's a new American Football album coming out too which is pretty drat exciting, and a preview track already here. After seeing them already this year I'm pretty drat excited for some new music and more touring.

And for those of your returned from ArcTangent, have they changed the silent disco playlist on the last night yet? I'd be happy for them to keep the Mars Volta channel but having the main channel just play the same tracks every year was starting to get to me last year.

emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?
https://tfvsjs.bandcamp.com/album/zoi hey this is pretty good

d0grent
Dec 5, 2004

Cinemechanica just released a new album after 10 years of nothing, and it's really good! Definitely on the heavier side. It was even mixed by Converge's Kurt Ballou, so the production is pretty high quality too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjGkQhVvDcg



I enjoyed this a lot, thanks!

bone app the teeth
May 14, 2008

Harminoff posted:

Oh hey look Mouse on the Keys recently released a new album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fbU39V0Ko

This is so good.

Pork Lift
Oct 9, 2007

Winner of the 2012
:dong: Highway Traffic :dong:
Prediction Razzies

Hey look, this is new!

https://gugnoise.bandcamp.com/track/life-aquatic

Dan from the late, great Cleft on Baritone guitar, Tom from Alpha Male Tea Party on drums, vocalist is the guy from Peaks

im on the net me boys
Feb 19, 2017

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjhhhhhhjhhhhhhhhhjjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh cannabis
This one's a few years old now, but it showed up in my Discover Weekly and it's pretty nice. https://girlfriends.bandcamp.com/

Dog Jones
Nov 4, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
You absolute piss men allow the math rock thread to wallow on page 3, while the new Yowie album has been frightening and confusing me for hours at this point

https://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/synchromysticism

Cymbal Monkey
Apr 16, 2009

Lift Your Little Paws Like Antennas to Heaven!

Dog Jones posted:

You absolute piss men allow the math rock thread to wallow on page 3, while the new Yowie album has been frightening and confusing me for hours at this point

https://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/synchromysticism


:wtc: is this madness? whatever it is I'm into it

In other news I was just at Strangeforms which was loving awesome but I'm sad to report that Dan Beesley's (ex Cleft) and Tom Peters' (Alpha Male Tea Party) new band GUG is loving terrible and they wouldn't have been booked if it wasn't for the pedigree. Completely uninspired riff rock and Tom is a mediocre drummer at best. Everyone else was loving ace though, especially Axes who'd not played together since August, were really drunk and yet were tight as a drum.

Cymbal Monkey fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Apr 25, 2017

Harminoff
Oct 24, 2005

👽
Where's the best place to find out about new math rock releases? I used to just browse what(RIP) to find new math rock which was awesome.

I do have google play but can't figure out how to make a station of just instrumental math rock.

d0grent
Dec 5, 2004

I've had some success putting a bunch of my favorite tracks into a playlist in Spotify and then letting it play a radio based off those tracks. Probably won't give you instrumental only stuff though. You can skip tracks infinitely if you have premium though which is nice.

emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?

Harminoff posted:

Where's the best place to find out about new math rock releases? I used to just browse what(RIP) to find new math rock which was awesome.

I do have google play but can't figure out how to make a station of just instrumental math rock.

feckingbahamas is a pretty decent site for this

Cymbal Monkey
Apr 16, 2009

Lift Your Little Paws Like Antennas to Heaven!
It's PLUG time! Echoesanddust.com are looking for people who are into math rock and wanna review it. It's a super casual gig, no experience necessary, basically we get promos, you claim promos and write reviews. The main perk is you get free albums before their official release date and if you're lucky, press passes! (Guess who's not paying for ArcTanGent this year). There's no quotas for how much you review, the preferred timeframe for reviews is we like to get them up a few days before the release date (that's what PR prefers anyway). The main drawback is that I'm there.

If this sounds like something you'd be into, fire off an email to editor@echoesanddust.com.

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UncleBlazer
Jan 27, 2011

Cymbal Monkey posted:

Guess who's not paying for ArcTanGent this year

You definitely going? I looked at the line up and thought "maaaaaaaaaybe". Also assumed the Echos and Dust guys weren't interested. May go then.

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