Save Us From the Archon

How Terrible, the Undergrowth's Jaws That Tangle (2012)
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Saw a blog post describe this band as similar to Chon so I had to check them out. After listening through it once I can see this is an album I am going to have to come back to again. This is the band's debut album and they killed it! Glad to see this scene is growing, get this album!

Periphery

Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012)
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This band's got talent, no matter how you look at it. Each song is filled with so much variation, from  danceable train rides to bone crushing heaviness. I think Spencer's vocals have found their place in the band, many times reaching epic levels. The lyrical content is filled with powerful and motivational messages; that's what's going to stick to me.

Eleanor Quigley

The Captain Chair (2012)
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Eleanor Quigley is a local East Lansing, MI two piece band. Both of the band members are good friends of mine so if you would take a look at their new EP and show them some love that would be awesome. Mostly math rock with a couple of metal/grindcore tracks at the end.

Circa Survive - Suitcase

 Violent Waves (Aug 28th, 2012)

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And it's here, Circa Survive announces their fourth full length album will be released August 28th and a fall tour will follow. The first single entitled "Suitcase" is available for free on their official page. I have watched this band grow and am amazed at their persistent hard work, and they do it all for the fan. I'm proud to call myself a Circa fan and can't wait to hear the rest of the album.

Dilute

Grape Blueprints Pour Spinach Olive Grape (2002)
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The Gypsy Valentine Curve (2001)
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Minus the Bear

Planets of Ice (2007)
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Menos el Oso (2005)
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They Make Beer Commercials Like This (2004)
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Highly Refined Pirates (2002)
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Marvin Nash

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Post Rock band from Southern Mexico City, unfortunately I don't have too much more information on them, but after giving these tracks a listen I started to really enjoy it so maybe you will too.

Pastoral

Pastoral (2012)
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Finally some piece of mind, math influence without so much misleading chaos. Lots of acoustic fingerstyle picking. Posting this early in the morning and it's pretty hot out. I think I may have to soak in some sun and some smoke while listening to this album. 

Willow

The Roanoke EP (2012)
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Three piece experimental band from Rhode Island, this EP was released last month. Cool, refreshing, ambient, mathy. Show them some love for a buck.

Toe - The Future is Now EP

The Future is Now EP (2012)
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Toe released their fourth EP today! Toe is easily one of my favorite instrumental groups so if you still have yet to hear them I highly recommend checking them out. Check out my earlier blog posts for more of the band's discography here.

Tubelord

Our First American Friends (2009)
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Romance (2011)
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I'm hearing lots of similarities between this band and Wot Gorilla?. Goofy and poppy math rock with some really zaney vocals. Check them out on bandcamp as well, they are giving away an EP for free.

Weye

Friends, Family, and Others (2010)
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You'll never know what's coming next with this band, completely unpredictable. This is why I love math rock. Weye pulls lots of inspiration from  Piglet and Pelican. Free download at their bandcamp page.

Periphery - Make Total Destroy

Newest single of the upcoming Periphery album!

The Cabs

一番はじめの出来事 (2011)

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Mirror

On, Then, In (2007)
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Recollection (2010)
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Cyclamen

Senjyu (2010)
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Japanese djent??? Well okay, I have yet to give it a listen as I just downloaded like four hundred albums in the last hour but I swear I'll get back to this and write at least a little something.

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Nurumayu 
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Another Japanese math rock trio that digs sick drum beats, finger tapping, and cats. They are giving away these three EP's for free over at their blog, although its totally in Japanese so I made them a little more available for you right here, enjoy. 

Té

 If That Is What Is Being Thought, Liberated

 Sound Talks the Depth of [Musical] World (2006)

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Té is a well respected Japanese post/math rock 5 piece.  They are known for breaking the barriers of post-rock and for including a heaviness in their albums that some would describe as mathcore.

Check this dude's blog out for more of Té's albums, this is one of the few I found in English.

Sajjanu

Pechiku!! (2009)
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More Japanese math rock! From the band's Last.fm page:

"Sajjanu is a ripping new unit from Tokyo that performs incredibly complex through-composed compositions with few if any repetition. Performed with an intensity and power that is absolutely staggering, this trio of two guitars and drums sounds like a full orchestra and is one of the most exciting young bands in Japan today."

3nd

View From Here (2007)
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From Last.fm:
    "3nd is an instrumental post-rock band from Tokyo, Japan. The band was started by Hayamizu at the end of 2001, recruiting members that already were in respective bands. 3nd (三度; sando) is Japanese for “three times”."

Nuito

Unutella (2008)
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From Last.fm:
     "Nuito are an experimental math rock/post-rock trio who formed in Kyoto, Japan in 2004. Their music is defined by tapping guitars, slap bass and spastic drums. Nuito rapidly changes time signatures and insert new melodies in the middle of their songs, creating a very unique sound. Their experimental attitude is not about musical destruction or collaboration, but reconstruction."

Mudy on the Sakuban

Mudy in Squall (2011)
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Pavilion (2010)
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Kidnie (2009)
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VOI (2008)
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Rega

Million (2009)
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Rondorina (2008)
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Meet Rega, a four piece jam band from Japan. Lots of math rock influence but they pull inspiration from techno, IDM, and breakbeat. This is my ideal party music, but too bad no one else would be able to stand it! They remind me of LITE in a lot of ways. It looks as if a new album is scheduled to come out sometime this year as well, entitled Soft and Plum. I'll be on the lookout for it, but until then you should listen to both these albums and show your support for this amazing music scene.

Mouse on the Keys

 An Anxious Object (2009)
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Sezession (2007)
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Time for a Japanese math rock dump. Mouse on the Keys is a Tokyo based three piece instrumental band. They fuse jazz elements with math rock style. Incredible piano layers over swift drumming leaves the songs swelling with energy. Check it out!

Cast Spells

Bright Works and Baton (2009)
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 Hmmm I somehow just discovered that David Davison of Maps and Atlases has his own solo EP out. Using the singer/songwriter approach, David writes 6 songs just under the 3 minute mark. Artistic, catchy, and sung by the beautiful voice of David himself, what's not to like?