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Give me some math rock please
Chad K.:
Math rock is a pretty widely used term. Some of these bands will be more song structure oriented, and some are pretty much only for musicians into hearing other musicians do weird, albeit annoying, things with music. I will guarantee, however, that all of these bands employ compound rhythms, stop/start riffs, and odd-meter timing in their song writing. So here goes-
Shiner- Try "Lula Divinia". It's their masterpiece. "The Egg" is pretty damn amazing, too. Great, catchy songwriting that's the size of a steamroller.
Jawbox- "For Your Own Special Sweetheart". In a similar vein as Shiner, but poppier.
Burning Airlines- "Mission: Control!" Basically Jawbox, with a few members changed.
Ring, Cicada- "Good Morning, Mr. Good" From the jazz-rock school. I love these guys.
Table- "Table". Short lived Chicago band. Good luck finding this one. It's great though.
Dazzling Killmen- "Face of Collapse"- Noisy, jazzy, aggressive, stop/start stuff that's annoying and wonderful all at once.
Grand Ulena- Darin Gray from Dazzling Killmen's new band. These guys are just plain nuts. Their songs have a logic all their own. It sounds like chaos with sudden bursts of a song that comes together all at once. Not for the faint of heart. There's an amazing youtube video of these guys. Listen to the whole thing before you dismiss it.
Yowie- St. Louis folks in the vein of Grand Ulena. They use micrtonal tunings and also sound like controlled chaos. They lack the aggressiveness of a band like Grand Ulena, and sort of remind me of what it would sound like if circus clowns started a math-rock band.
Don Caballero- "American Don". Damon Che. 'Nuff said.
Seven Storey Mountain- "Dividing by Zero". Sort of in the Shiner, Jawbox vein.
The Casket Lottery- Past members of Coalesce go all emo with stop start songs and sudden timing and tempe changes.
31 knots- Defeintely in the jazz-rock vein. These guys are great.
Houston- Closest to Shiner, these guys write BIG riffs. They were a great live band.
Faraquet- "The View From This Tower". I know it's already been mentioned. I'm mentioning it twice, that's how good it is.
Hope that gets you started.
CutMan:
Yay, now I get to learn more about one of the oddest ideas ever for a superficial genre!
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OH WAIT
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This topic has been pwned.
Ernest:
--- Quote from: 10101110 on 11 Dec 2006, 20:16 ---You'll probably want to add Minus The Bear to that list.
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Yeah I forgot them. I've been listening to them a little bit.
I should just say that I'm interested in stuff with time signature switches or just plain unorthodox time sigs. I'm trying to improve my drumming abilities.
Ernest:
Mathcore?
Will:
Well, if you don't mind music with screaming in it, Botch had some pretty interesting ideas too...which then translated into the two other bands I mentioned earlier, as they are both featuring former members of Botch.
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