February 2012
4 posts
Review: Tatterattles - Tatterattles EP
Open e-mail. Read press release. Look at the name Tatterattles. Let images of Tera Melos and Battles come to mind. Play EP. Realise that it’s definitely not that. Check it out anyway. Slowly fall in love with said EP. Write review. And now here we are.
A single pluck in Handsmedown almost made me cry. Not a single note had ever done that to me before. It took a while to sink in. Maybe...
Album Review//Love Among the Mannequins – ‘Radial...
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<a href=”http://loveamongthemannequins.bandcamp.com/album/radial-images” data-mce-href=”http://loveamongthemannequins.bandcamp.com/album/radial-images”>Radial Images by Love Among The Mannequins</a>
Let’s get this out of the way, Love Among The...
Musical Mathematics: *Exclusive Stream* Former... →
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Musical Mathematics are proud to present ‘Judd Nelson’, the brand new single from the Irish alternative rock four piece Former Monarchs.
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Album Review//Hymns – ‘Cardinal Sins / Contrary...
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It’s always risky for a band to release a double album at any point in their career. To do it for your debut – as a two-piece, no less – seems nothing short of audacious. Further more, to call yourself Hymns, make use of church organs in your music and then describe yourself as atheist rockers smacks of intentional provocation. But despite all this, there’s no denying...
January 2012
6 posts
Top 50 Albums of 2011
Alright, it’s that time of year again. It’s the time when pretty much every music publication publishes its albums of the year list, and I intend to follow suit. Wait, no it’s not. I’m incredibly late to this party I’ve invited myself into. This is embarrassing. It’s almost February 2012, and I’ve only just posted my Best of 2011.
This lateness is mostly...
Album Review//Johnny Foreigner – ‘Johnny Foreigner...
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Brummie noisemakers Johnny Foreigner’s Johnny Foreigner vs Everything seem to have purposefully named their album as a confrontation, and given frontman Alexis Berrow’s infamously outspoken blog that has been known to irritate the likes of Rick Martin of NME, it’s not a surprising choice. But what at first glance may seem to be merely the intentionally confrontational Youtube...
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Single Review//Blacklisters – ‘I Can Confirm’
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Blacklisters’s new single is exactly what you’d expect. It’s a mind-fucking, ear-murdering masterpiece of uncontrollable noise from Leeds’ finest. Taken from their upcoming debut album that’s due out sometime in 2012 (hopefully it will be before the world ends); it’s an excellent teaser to what will be one of next year’s truly skull-crushing releases.
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Review: Knorx - Opportunity Never Knorx Twice
Knorx knorx. Who’s there? Knorx. Knorx who? Knorx featuring Joe and Jamie of Tubelord and Tobias Hayes of Shoes & Socks Off / Meet Me In St. Louis fame. Oh how wonderful, do come in. I was just boiling some tea.
So, Knorx featuring the Joe and Jamie of Tubelord and Tobias Hayes of Shoes & Socks Off / Meet Me In St. Louis fame, what brings you here to our quaint little house? I...
December 2011
8 posts
FREE Contract Advice. No More Signing Deals that...
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I am setting up a FREE advice email for any bands out there that have been sent a written contract to sign by a label, booking agent, marketing firm, label scout, manager - whatever. I’m begging all bands to NEVER just sign without first getting some real advice and understanding of what it is you are agreeing too. I started Sargent House as a manager and in that time I have seen...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Loney, dear (8)
Los Campesinos! (4)
Alphabeat (3)
M.I.A. (2)
The Lonely Island (2)
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MM Christmas Hamper//Happy Bidding
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MM Christmas Hamper
We’ve rummaged round the Musical Mathematics office to bring you as much of our produce as we could find, including many items that we deemed to be sold out! So get bidding to win this amazing Christmas hamper (hamper not included) courtesy of your favorite music zine!
Start bidding HERE
This Hamper includes…
Zine 3 + Poster
Zine 4 + Poster
Zine 5 +...
youdontknoweverythinglikeido asked: Hey man, Musical Mathematics is rad and it seems you've done all of the best reviews on it! Spot on with the Dad Rocks! album, it's incredible. I spoke to him at a London show recently and he's a really really nice guy too. Anyway... Kinda lame doing this but was wondering if you'd take a quick listen to my band, let me know what you think? We're called Glass Mazes, just...
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Musical Mathematics: Album Review//Tubelord –... →
After almost exactly two years since their quite excellent debut album, Our First American Friends, Tubelord are now releasing their long awaited follow-up under the Big Scary Monsters/Holy Roar/Blood & Biscuits record label collective, Pink Mist.
As was hinted in their Tezcatlipoca EP, this was never going to be OFAF Mark II. They’ve moved from a math rock, Biffy Clyro-esque, ‘pop song...
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Review: Dad Rocks! - Mount Modern
You know that feeling when an album you’ve been waiting so eagerly for the past few months for actually turns out to be utter crap? Well, that feeling can go suck a line of asses because that’s not what happened with Mount Modern, the debut album of Snaevar Njall Albertsson (Mimas frontman) under the moniker of Dad Rocks!
At the core of it, Mount Modern retains many of the traits...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Colour (37)
PJ Harvey (33)
Johnny Cash (22)
Dad Rocks! (20)
A Place To Bury Strangers (9)
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November 2011
10 posts
Musical Mathematics//Free Compilation - 'Third...
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Musical Mathematics//Third Time’s a Lady
VARIOUS ARTISTS/21 TRACKS
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This is the third free compilation album from Leeds based alternative music Zine Musical Mathematics.
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Tracklist…
1. Three Trapped Tigers/Cramm
- Blood and Biscuits
- Rock/Electro/Experimental
-After a trio of interesting EPs...
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A Homecoming Of Sorts
I will be in the UK (in York, most of the time) between 21st-26th December. It’s great that I’m spending the holidays with some of my favourite people in the world, but as it’s Christmas, I’m gutted that there aren’t many gigs at all.
If you have a gig (preferably in the Leeds/York area) around that time, give me a shout. It’s been a while since I’ve done...
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Review: Ornament Tournaments - Tacheles
Ornament Tournaments, with an excellent name which rolls off the tongue, have released their debut album Tacheles, and it’s a corker of of an introduction to the three-piece from Horsham. Last month I interviewed the band, talking about the album, the band, and all sorts of other good stuff. You can read the interview here.
The record starts with ‘Crab Face’, which is reminiscent of melodic...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Pulled Apart By Horses (5)
Penny and the Poppet (5)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (4)
Foals (4)
The xx (4)
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*PRE-ORDER* Zine #4
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The fourth issue of our physical Zine is the biggest and best yet. Including features, interviews, reviews, columns, movies and even games!
This issues features…
Dad Rocks!, Shapes, &U&I, Tubelord, Trapped in Kansas, Wot Gorilla?, Nation Of Shopkeepers, La Dispute, Conquistadors, Pick Your Weapon, On Your Horizon, PLUS so much more.
Includes a free A3 2 colour...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Dad Rocks! (153)
BATS (11)
65daysofstatic (7)
Bob Dylan (7)
Data.select.party (5)
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Musical Mathematics: Single Review // Yes We... →
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I was pretty gutted when Folkstone’s finest, Elephants, decided to call it a day. So imagine my delight that certain members would be teaming up with ex-members of another animal band (Wolves). So what do you get when you breed an elephant with a wolf? What, you don’t think it’s possible? Oh you skeptic, hear us exclaim in unison; indeed it is possible. Indeed,...
Musical Mathematics: EP Review//Ed Wood Jr -... →
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Ed Wood Jr was a man who became a cult figure, not because he was a great director or writer, but because he was so utterly shite at what he thinks he does best. But what does this have in common with his French duo namesake? Not a whole lot, as I can tell.
‘Silence’, their upcoming EP, is an…
Read the rest of my review and the link to buy the LP on Musical...
Musical Mathematics: EP Review//Bombers - 'Film... →
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Bombers. What an apt name. They come, they drop a bomb on you, and they’re gone. With songs that range from 1.30 to 2.30, you can listen to the whole EP in your fag break. Post-punk with a pinch of Art Brut-ish indie, it combines a frenetic sound with witty, dark lyrics sung with devil-may-care vocals. These Brummies rely on a very rate of high hooks per minute to pull...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30) →
BATS (7)
Foals (4)
Big River Sounds (2)
blacklisters (2)
Beyond Fiction (2)
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October 2011
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Dad Rocks! (33)
Tubelord (15)
&U&I (15)
Ed Wood Jr (11)
Bombay Bicycle Club (9)
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Musical Mathematics // Single Review//NGOD - 'Bait... →
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Musical Mathematics favourites NGOD have come out with their brand new single ‘Bait Head’, and it’s a corker. Made up of tracks ‘Probably Not’ and ‘Bait Head’, it’s an excellent alt pop rock offering reminiscent of the likes of The Xcerts and The Attika State.
Probably Not’ starts proceedings in fine fashion. It’s a wonderfully crafted track, so much so that you...
Musical Mathematics: EP Review//LA2019 – ‘Deco’ →
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What if, as food for thought, instead of Daft Punk we had Sigur Ros do the soundtrack for Tron: Legacy, or instead of Vangelis, we had a very synth-obsessed Explosions In The Sky soundtrack for Blade Runner? What’s that? You’ve been wondering the same thing too? Well, wonder no more, for LA2019’s Deco EP will satisfy that curiosity.
This EP debut from London-based producer...
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Interview: Ornament Tournaments: Christmas Trees,...
Not too far in the recent past, Musical Mathematics released Ornament Tournaments’s Flower as a free download. Tacheles, of which Flower is a part of, is Ornament Tournaments’s debut album, released last month. It’s an excellent first effort, with math and pop rock influences driving the whole record (review coming soon). A recommended buy, and at a mere ₤3, it’s a...
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Musical Mathematics: EP Review//Living Commontree... →
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In my desire to simplify everything, I have concluded that all post-rock bands are members of one or two schools of thought: the slow-burners, or the head-bangers. In the slow-burners camp, you’ve got the likes of Explosions In The Sky, Jeniferever and 65daysofstatic, and in the headbangers side, you’ve got …And So I Watch You From Afar and Talons. Whether you agree with...
New Music Video Time: Talons - Impala
Talons’s Hollow Realm was, in my opinion, the best album of 2010. Released on Big Scary Monsters in the UK and Topshelf Records in the US, it sounded like what the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse would listen to get themselves pumped up for their tasks at hand.
The video for Impala, directed by Frederick Lloyd, employs animal masks the band have been known to wear in live performances. The...
September 2011
7 posts
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LOOK AT ME: Dad Rocks! - Meet remixer #9 - Jay M....
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Full name: Jay M. Johar Country/City: Brunei Favorite meal: Indo Mie Instant Noodles Last listened to: LA2019 - Deco EP Link to your music: htp://www.soundcloud.com/mujahidjohar
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-25) →
Tall Ships (19)
Ed Wood Jr (12)
Meet Me In St. Louis (7)
Ólafur Arnalds (6)
Bottlesmoker (4)
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Musical Mathematics: Album Review//Squarehead -... →
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I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not very knowledgeable on the recent revival of the American surf pop sound, influenced mainly by The Beach Boys, and spearheaded by the likes of The Drums. But from just listening to Irish three-piece Squarehead’s Yeah Nothing, I can only surmise that it’s a good thing.
Infectious rhythms, vocal harmonies and sing-along choruses are...
6 Mistakes Musicians Make With Social Networking →
About a month ago, I wrote a guest post for BruneiTweet’s excellent Brunei-centric website, ProjekBrunei.com. Naturally I chose to write about music and social networking, seeing as I spend so much time on both. While I claim to be no expert on both (and you are free to disagree on any of the points I’ve made), these are - in my opinion - the 6 most common mistakes bands do when...
New Music Videos: Three Trapped Tigers - Reset /...
It’s the Big T Music Video Weird-Off! Well, not exactly, but it easily could have been. Two of my favourite bands starting with the letter T have both come out with quirky videos that complement the songs they accompany perfectly. Three Trapped Tigers feature a surreal origin story of a Superman/prophet-like Matt Berry, and Tubelord has gone for a showcase of household items with a running...
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Free Downloads: Wake Me Up When All The September...
As per usual whenever I haven’t posted in a while, I make a post apologising for my long absence and then I provide you with a list of legal free downloads for you all to greedily click away and listen without spending a dime AND being guilt-free about it.
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Shapes - The Pasture, The Oil
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Musical Mathematics: Review//B>E>A>K - 'The Yellow... →
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Sunderland-based B>E>A>K is fun, fun, fun. The Yellow Edition, the latest in a series of releases by them titled The Life Of Birds, follows that theme of danceable instrumentals layered with trumpets and organs, flowing guitar lines and some groovy bass.
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August 2011
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Musical Mathematics: Album Review//LightGuides -... →
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Glaswegians LightGuides are a recent signing of one of my favourite labels Alcopop Records, and as with all things Alcopop, there is an emphasis on the ‘pop’. Taking their cues from fellow Scottish rockers The X-certs and Biffy Clyro, LightGuides play loud anthemic rock with admirably tight…
Read the rest of my review on Musical Mathematics
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35 Albums You Should Buy From PIAS-Affiliated...
I have no doubt that you have indeed heard about the riots in UK that started out in London. In the midst of that, the Sony/PIAS warehouse was burned to the ground, destroying catastrophic amounts of physical records stocked by independent record labels. The full list of record labels affected are available HERE.
Countless people’s livelihoods are affected here, not to mention the prospect...
Devil Matt: 30 ace albums to buy from PIAS... →
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SO…..my thoughts and massive, heartfelt best wishes go out to everyone associated with the awful Enfield Sony warehouse fire yesterday (8th Aug 2011). Many good friends and colleagues have been affected, bands i love and labels i work with/would love to work with/have been buying records from…
WatchI like this song/video.
I can’t wait to get the 7” of this I just won off Wichita. Free things rock
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Dad Rocks! (74)
LA2019 (38)
Enemies (9)
Gil Scott-Heron (3)
Adebisi Shank (1)
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Free Download: B>E>A>K - The Red Edition
B>E>A>K is a strange one. Alter-egos of the Sunderland-based Coal Train (including an ever-expanding ‘nest’ of other musicians), the band has gained a reputation for the their theatrical, visually arty shows with their members wearing masks that resemble a familiar group of irreconciably angry avian characters. To add to this somewhat bonkers experiment, the band members...