Friday, November 14, 2008
Loma Prieta - Last City (2008)
Screamo / Hardcore / Prog-Punk
San Francisco screamo act Loma Prieta rub elbows with prog, but it’s mostly overshadowed by standard overdoses of sub-grindcore screaming.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Porcupine Tree - We Lost the Skyline (2008) [LIVE] and Nil Recurring (2007) [EP]
Prog-Rock / Hard Rock / Acoustic / Experimental
In Absentia or Deadwing are likely to be the first Porcupine Tree albums on anyone’s plate, but their massive back catalog is solid all the way through. The Tree’s two most recent releases carry the torch.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bolt - Movement and Detail (2005)
Instrumental / Progressive Math Rock / Indie
Bolt’s mathy prog-rock isn’t quite “take no prisoners” rock by numbers, but it does put rocking first and foremost, and will accept homework questions from envious tone geeks after class.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Arusha Accord - Nightmares of the Ocean EP (2008)
Technical Metal / Prog
Not for the faint of heart, the music of The Arusha Accord is heavy like a calculus exam, and does justice to all those folks who like to compare heavy metal to classical music.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Watersigns - Watersigns (2007) [FREE MUSIC]
Rock / Instrumental / Technical
Hard-edged music theorists Watersigns forego a singer in favor of wandering guitar suites that toe the line between technical/math rock and pop repetition.
