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[Peter Butler]

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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