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Prog-jester 
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 Posted: April 03 2008 at 03:27 |
Seriously, never liked MATH-Rock...I suck in Maths 
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burritounit
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 09:49 |
 Prog-jester wrote:
Seriously, never liked MATH-Rock...I suck in Maths |
That's the good thing about Math Rock. People are gonna think you're smart because you listen to a genre that has the word math in it, but you really don't have to do a thing related to it.  But seriously, you really don't like math rock?
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Prog-jester
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 09:52 |
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yes, I don't. I prefer melodies to complex signatures and slow music to fast and quirky. To be fairly honest, I heard very few albums/artists/tracks to judge, but everything I heard puts me off
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burritounit
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 09:55 |
 that's too bad. I know it isn't music for everybody.But you ever heard Antarctic,Toe or 65days of Static?
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Prog-jester
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 10:27 |
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surely I heard 65days, I even liked some tunes and the whole album ("The Fall of Math", ironically). Any recommendations for a newbie which band to check first?
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burritounit
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 11:12 |
Prog-jester wrote:
surely I heard 65days, I even liked some tunes and the whole album ("The Fall of Math", ironically). Any recommendations for a newbie which band to check first? |
Well you could check the ones I mentioned before, Toe's New Sentimentality and Antarctic(which is not on PA) Demo. These bands have a bit of technicality but with melodies unlike most math rock bands. And also 65Days Of Static last album The Destruction Of Small Ideas, which has some good tunes and some really melodic songs.
Edited by burritounit - April 03 2008 at 11:14
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keiser willhelm
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 13:34 |
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i just got hella's newest and while fans probably wouldnt like it too much (vocals? bassist? weird) they move away from teh guitar drum duo thing and embrace a mars volta ish sound. not for purists but it is enjoyable, might get you hooked, or at least used to the sound. 65 days of Static is also wonderful and if you havnt heard One For All Time your missing out. lots of piano melodies and aphex twin style electronic beats and rhythms. im also not huge on math rock but those are some bands I dig.
oh and battles has their moments ( tonto, atlas, race in)
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Prog-jester
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 14:00 |
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I have BATTLES, they're nice
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 15:17 |
Prog-jester wrote:
yes, I don't. I prefer melodies to complex signatures and slow music to fast and quirky. To be fairly honest, I heard very few albums/artists/tracks to judge, but everything I heard puts me off |
I also prefer melodies to complex signatures and slow music to fast, but i REALLY enjoy when bands manage to incorporate both into their music. The Samuel Jackson Five are good at this it's like slow math-rock...with a tiny hint of jazz. i would definitely recommend them to you. Especially their Easily Misunderstood album.
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Prog-jester
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 15:36 |
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I can borrow their "Same But Different" album, is it worthy?
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Oceansizzle
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 15:55 |
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Yes, it is worthy, but sometimes a little more boring...or less interesting. It catches my attention less, and it isn't quite as memorable as Easily Misunderstood. I still enjoy it alot though, but if you don't like it much, don't give up on them because there is more. Their follow up album is definitely an improvement.
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 16:00 |
burritounit wrote:
Prog-jester wrote:
surely I heard 65days, I even liked some tunes and the whole album ("The Fall of Math", ironically). Any recommendations for a newbie which band to check first? |
Well you could check the ones I mentioned before, Toe's New Sentimentality and Antarctic(which is not on PA) Demo. These bands have a bit of technicality but with melodies unlike most math rock bands. And also 65Days Of Static last album The Destruction Of Small Ideas, which has some good tunes and some really melodic songs.
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I'm listening to The Destruction Of Small Ideas again, and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it! It is definitely more on the post-rock side than their others. There does seem to be more focus on memorable melodies than complexity. There is no shortage of either.
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 16:01 |
OK, thanks for detailed recommendations! will check soon...just let me rehab from Joanna Newsom 
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Dim
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 18:00 |
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Post rock/metal thread everybody, lets not get carried away.
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Chris H
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 19:58 |
But Math and Post are combined on the site, so it's all fair game 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 21:21 |
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But there is a thread in this section called Post Rock/Math Rock.
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Oceansizzle
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 21:38 |
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yeah, and to be fair, we were talking about more of the post-rock side of math-rock. which i think is fairly limited...
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GY!WE
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 22:38 |
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YNDI! :D
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keiser willhelm
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 23:21 |
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i think this should be a combined thread. or we should make one at least. people come here more than . . . my thread. . . for math rock recommendations. . . *sniff*. seriously though, combine them.
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Dim
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 23:24 |
How do you change thread names, so we can make the combining complete?
I see you're listening to two hunters, if you like, get Diadem of twelve stars it rawks hard!
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