Math Rock - what the flip is it
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Not... precise enough? I dunno, they're often associated, but I don't really think of them as that, either. It's the time sigs and so on.
Anyway, as we all know, DLJ invented emo. Ahem. There's an article somewhere on the 'net that says that, so it must be true. Probably written by JR...
They're a post-punk/hardcore band to me, but hey, genres are great, aren't they...
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
Were Bitch Magnet math rock? I LOVE Bitch Magnet
What did peeps in Bitch Magnet go on to do ...? Brain is telling me they became someone else ...
damnhippie
shark sandwich
if you rate music the correct fashion, where 10 is AC/DC and 9 to 0 is everything else in descending order of how much like AC/DC it is - then math rock is basically 0.
What did peeps in Bitch Magnet go on to do ...? Brain is telling me they became someone else ...
all over the shop, David Grubbs especially - Gastr Del Sol, lots of arty stuff. Then suddenly Jim O Rourke, Tortoise and Will Oldham get involved. And Dave Pajo ended up in Stereolab and and and
well it depends if you include the bands that AREN'T math rock as math rock. If math rock includes Bastro and Drive Like Jehu, it's a good 8.
cliche guevara
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Sorry Dub, forgot your word was Gospel.
No, of course, sorry, you're right. The fact that I listened to all this stuff when it came out, saw the bands, bought the records, read the interviews, counts for nothing.
Sorry to intrude, as you were
cliche guevara
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No, of course, sorry, you're right. The fact that I listened to all this stuff when it came out, saw the bands, bought the records, read the interviews, counts for nothing.
Sorry to intrude, as you were
I interpret DEP as math rock/metal, and Drive Like Jehu (the guitaring at least) as mathrock, and I'm certainly not alone.
cliche guevara
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I'm a bit young to have been into Drive Like Jehu when they were around, so perhaps it's only a label that was applied to them with hindsight.
cliche guevara
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Haha, good one! Don't think many other people are gonna get that though, unless you explain the context. Tell you what, it can be our own personal little joke, yeah?
As I said, there's people out there who say DLJ invented Emo, so...
But if you like the music, it doesn't really matter what labels people use, does it?
cliche guevara
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
It was.
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
math rock - much messing about with time signatures, often asymmetrical, creates tension (not always pleasurable imo) between urge to rock out and intellectual override. feels like it's classical music expressed in a popular music idiom featuring amplified (or occasionally acoustic) guitars and drums. tends not to use overdubs or other studio trickery. often instrumental. very dry, including emotionally. interesting to note how its musical intellection somehow refers to emotion obliquely - often a problem/feature of self-consciously musical music, thought somewhat tempered here by the use of popular music idiom & urge to rock out.
love the way that from 3 minutes on it's all based around 1 note. i've got the cd version of this and the live performance is pretty much note for note exactly the same, as i would expect with math rock.
there's quite a few videos from a remarkable outfit active around 2000/2001 called oxes on youtube but the sound quality on them seems to be pretty dire. impressive performances though.
love the way that from 3 minutes on it's all based around 1 note. i've got the cd version of this and the live performance is pretty much note for note exactly the same, as i would expect with math rock.
there's quite a few videos from a remarkable outfit active around 2000/2001 called oxes on youtube but the sound quality on them seems to be pretty dire. impressive performances though.
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
I've never even heard of mathrock. Although, when I was at school, my classmates and me wrote a maths song:
Maths, glorious maths!
Just how do they do it?
Surds, pie charts and graphs!
There's just so much to it!
Thank goodness it's maths today,
Start spreading the word,
It's maths, glorious maths, magical maths,
Glor-i-ous maaaaaths!
That one used to really get on our teacher's nerves
Maths, glorious maths!
Just how do they do it?
Surds, pie charts and graphs!
There's just so much to it!
Thank goodness it's maths today,
Start spreading the word,
It's maths, glorious maths, magical maths,
Glor-i-ous maaaaaths!
That one used to really get on our teacher's nerves
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
bouncer_the_dog
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excellent. I confidently predict I don't like it. ty
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