Don't bands like "Shipping News" qualify as math rock? I'm not super savvy to that genre, but I've heard many people to refer to it... Shipping News' CD is probably the only one I own. I'll cc my brother. He seems to know all the genre names and definitions much better than I do... pants. At 10:12 AM 12/7/98 -0600, Heather Marie Propes wrote:
"math rock?!!!!" tell me more, Chris, I must know about this!
Heatherita
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Try the Champs (or CH4MP5, if you'd rather). they're always being described as "math rock". Sort of a reclaimation by smart people of heavy metal technical wizardry and complexity. btw, if it means anything to anyone, Tim Green (of Nation of Ulysses fame, and producer of many fine albums) is in the combo. And they're about the furthest thing from B&S i can imagine. t. At 11:19 AM 12/7/98 , Chris Butler wrote:
Don't bands like "Shipping News" qualify as math rock? I'm not super savvy to that genre, but I've heard many people to refer to it... Shipping News' CD is probably the only one I own.
I'll cc my brother. He seems to know all the genre names and definitions much better than I do...
pants.
At 10:12 AM 12/7/98 -0600, Heather Marie Propes wrote:
"math rock?!!!!" tell me more, Chris, I must know about this!
Heatherita
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At 11:19 -0500 12/7/98, Chris Butler wrote: [Don't bands like "Shipping News" qualify as math rock? [I'm not super savvy to that genre, but I've heard many [people to refer to it... Shipping News' CD is probably [the only one I own. [ [I'll cc my brother. He seems to know all the genre names [and definitions much better than I do... [ [pants. [ i was just about to mention shipping news. i beleive a general definition of math rock is any indie-rock-type-music using bizarre time signatures that seem to change almost randomly. well, at least that's basically how my boyfriend put it. i'm not really sure i could think of a better way. -kerry "everybody loves me goes away and i'd kill myself if that would make them stay." -the jesus and mary chain +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Math rock is a term generally thrown around those bands from the Chicago-Louisville line, a lot on Touch and Go and Quarterstick. Bands like Rodan, Slint, June of 44 spring to mind immediately, but I would also throw in those groups like Tortoise, Trans Am, Gastr del Sol. Recently, however, I've seen the term pop up for groups that are hovering on the brink of metal, fairly conventional stuff. It may come to be used for any "post-rock" instrumental band that shifts tempo a lot. I'm not sure about an exact definition of math rock, but it usually involves a limited melody (all instruments being somewhat equal) with unusual time signatures that can often change dramatically throughout a song. Not always instrumental, but usually. Chris Butler wrote:
Don't bands like "Shipping News" qualify as math rock? I'm not super savvy to that genre, but I've heard many people to refer to it... Shipping News' CD is probably the only one I own.
I'll cc my brother. He seems to know all the genre names and definitions much better than I do...
pants.
At 10:12 AM 12/7/98 -0600, Heather Marie Propes wrote:
"math rock?!!!!" tell me more, Chris, I must know about this!
Heatherita
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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Peter Butler wrote:
Math rock is a term generally thrown around those bands from the Chicago-Louisville line, a lot on Touch and Go and Quarterstick. Bands like Rodan, Slint, June of 44 spring to mind immediately, but I would also throw in those groups like Tortoise, Trans Am, Gastr del Sol.
I used to be the biggest Big Black fan on my block, spent 1 1/2 years D.J-ing at WHPK, yet Math Rock passed me by. Wait'll I tell Ander, he's an Algebraic Geometer. Woohoo! Heather +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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