instrumental

Tortoise’s back in form with their latest offering Beacons of Ancestorship. We’ve got the music while Time Out Chicago has the track by tracks.

Inspired by Sputnikmusic’s Math Rock Genre report I’ve selected a few math/instrumental rock tracks both old and new. Adebisi Shank, DD/MM/YYYY, The Dragon Rapide (RIP), Cheval de Frise, Mudy on the Sakuban

Always late to write about the stuff that’s snowballing in our mailbox. Not much to write home about but managed to find some that’s worth your attention hopefully. Get in for Stonephace, Beware of Safety, Dejnarowicz and The Frost Heaves.

After years of being a PC poweruser I’ve bought a macbook and changed ranks a few weeks ago. I’ve since become an itunes user after ditching my ultimate music playing setup of winamp & copernic desktop search, and I can’t say I’m happy at all. Seems the rating stars are the only welcomed addition and to commemorate this here are five 5 star tunes.

Anyways, today we have Vincent Black Shadow from Baltimore, with a gnarly stoner rock mixed with punk & psychedelics. NYC based I Love you Airlines is a nu-age rock/glam duo with electronics, didn’t like the other songs but this one is pretty catchy.

15 Battles – Mirrored (Warp Records) : Everybody’s been talking about “Mirrored” this year, and they kind of deserve it for getting their oddtimed dissonant music to find strange acclaim from mainstream circles as well as mathheads.
14 Deejay OM – Reheated Naan and Curry (Galapagos4) : A fine hybrid of Indian samples mixed with beats. Somehow liked it much more than Madlib’s take. Past

Cuneiform never fails to impress us with a steady supply of brilliant albums. Here’s a new album, by the band that I still haven’t been able to pronounce correctly : Ahleuchatistas. The North Carolina power trio belongs to the increasing number of brilliant progressive math rock albums that I’ve been listening to this year, full of odd times, shifting rhythms, janglnig guitars and other extremities.

Today is the day for unconventional indie bandnames!
Sorry No Ferrari’s The Get Down Syndrome is instrumental math-rock with complex riffs & sign changes, just the way we like our rock (and our math!). They’re a relatively young band from the USA (where else?) and these 2 songs are from their second EP released on StickFigure Distro, you can get this 5 tracker for $4.