From ... Sent Fri, Jun 4th 1999, 18:05
From ... Sent Fri, Jun 4th 1999, 18:05
>Somebody said this as part of a description of tortoise: >>"math rock" > >Hm. Math rock: that sounds simultaneously intriguing and suspicious, like >Nickelodeon Gak. > >If anybody can rattle off some other bands to look for that could be >considered "math rock" I'd be grateful. A few off the top of my head: Don Caballero (buy everything), Storm&Stress, Table (hard to find, but worth the search), Bastro (future Gastr Del Sol/Tortoise members playing white-knuckled mayhem with many interesting time changes; beware first EP, recorded w/drum machine), 90 Day Men (from Chicago; ignore the "singer"'s British affectations), Colossamite (start w/"All Lingo's Clamor"), Dazzling Killmen (anything), Lustre King (new LP has many great moments, but more bad ones), Johnboy (start w/"Claim Dedications"), Stinking Lizaveta (think instrumental-period Black Flag with beards; start w/"...Hopelessness And Shame"), early Slint, Rodan (Slintastic), Bitch Magnet (start w/"Ben Hur"), Hurl, Crain, Honor Role/Breadwinner/Butterglove (all great & cut from the same tattered Voivod patch), Iceburn, um... There's lots more, but I'm behind a desk and can't bother worrying about it at the moment. The definiton's sort of broad, but think loud post-hardcore bands playing w/finesse, infrequent elliptical (and generally bad) lyrics, numerous asymmetric time signatures, and six degrees of separation from Chicago or Louisville. King Crimson's "Red" appears to be a template. 7/4, AB >Appealed and appalled, >-chris >idm content: Tom Jenkinson is a talentless hack ;)