Song of the Day - 28-20: You Missed It, Honey!

Hannibal Montana - 28-20: You Missed It, Honey! from 28-20 (2013)

Some out of control yet right on the money noodly-ness from a cleverly named instrumental post rock/math rock out of New York.

Prepare your ears for this one.

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Song of the Day - Just Because You Can't See My Invisible Force Field Doesn't Mean It's Not There

Dakota/Dakota - Just Because You Can't See My Invisible Force Field Doesn't Mean It's Not There from Shoot in the Dark + (2010) (originally from 2004)

Before there was Russian Circles, the post metal gurus, there was Dakota/Dakota, a math rock ensemble. I would have guessed Dakota/Dakota was a Don Caballero side project from the sound of them combined with their lengthy/unique song title chooses, but no, Mike Sullivan (guitar) and Colin DeKuiper (bass) were both in this band before jumping over to metal.



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Song of the Day - Easy Green

A.M. Overcast - Easy Green from Extractions (2008)

Solo math rock project from Alexander Litinsky of Winnipeg. He's also in a band called Grand Beach.



Includes a little Battlestar Galactica, the original one with Dirk "Faceman" Benedict, sample to close this opening track.

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Song of the Day - High School Field Trip to Murder Island

Bearcubbin'! - High School Field Trip to Murder Island from Girls With Fun Haircuts (2014)

Loop-happy math rock from the other Portland, Bearcubbin'! A must-listen for anyone that is a fan of music that doesn't go the way one thinks it will.



This is seriously awesome.

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Song of the Day - Wokinonit

J Dilla - Workinonit from Donuts (2006)

Took a look back at music in 2006. Dilla related.

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Song of the Day - Camel Clutch

Zletovsko - Camel Clutch from Zletovsko (2013)

I typed in Camel Clutch into Spotify and found this song by the Japanese "zheul" band, Zletovsko!

Very reminiscent of another experimental Japanese band, Sax Ruins; a saxophone side project of Ruins.

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Song of the Day - Olympians

Fuck Buttons - Olympians from Tarot Sport (2009)

With the Opening Ceremonies starting tomorrow night and even some events starting today, it's time to get hyped for some Winter Olympics!

Oh, you don't like the Winter Olympics? Guess you don't love your country then. 

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Song of the Day - Caramel

Piglet - Caramel from Lava Land (2005)

One of the most underrated instrumental math rock groups of the 2000's, and I don't use that 'underrated' word lightly.

 

For fans of music.

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Song of the Day - Ryback

Coke Weed X - Ryback from Coke Weed X (2012)

This song may or may not be about WWE "Superstar", Ryback...

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Song of the Day - Rumble

Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble from Rumble single (1958)

Banned from many radio stations in the late 50's, Link Wray's early experimentation of distortion and the 12-bar blues is an instrumental street fight. Are you ready to rumble?

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Song of the Day - Lebaron

Russian Circles - Lebaron from Memorial (2013)

Post metal demigods, Russian Circles have a new album... It's pretty great, but you already know that.


Right?

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Song of the Day - Twisted Nerve

Bernard Herrmann - Twisted Nerve from Twisted Nerve original score (1968) or Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack (2003)

Every once and a while I'll be walking to class and a man behind me will be whistling this song. I wonder if he picked it up from watching Twisted Nerve, or from Kill Bill Vol. 1, or maybe more recently, from American Horror Stories...

I sure hope this guy's not out to kill me. That would really suck.

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Song of the Day - The Last Wiltz

Wiltz - The Last Wiltz from Sea Dog (2013)

Recently broken up instrumental math rock from Ireland.


RIP

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Song of the Day - JTCGTHLH

Langosta - JTCGTHLH from Super Nature EP (2013)

Good mathy goodness.


Better than any math homework ever.

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Song of the Day - Further Up

Caspian - Further Up from You Are The Conductor (2005) (re-released in 2010)

RIP Christ Friedrich, bassist of Beverly, Mass. post rock outfit, Caspian.

Caspian was one of the first "post-rock" bands I ever got into way back when. My support goes out to them and to the family of Chris Friedrich.

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Song of the Day - The Dead Flag Blues

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues from F♯ A♯ ∞ (1997)

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine...

... and the machine is bleeding to death.

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Song of the Day - Bastard/Lemonade

BADBADNOTGOOD - Bastard/Lemonade from BBNG2 (2012)

Happy International Jass Day!

Here's some hip-hop:


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Song of the Day - Karen is My Middle Name

An Anderson - Karen is My Middle Name from Parts (2013)

An Anderson is too good and Parts is probably my favorite local thing going right now! I know I've been posting a lot of local stuff as of late but this is really important!



PS These gentlemen will be playing at Phantom Buffalo's new full-length release party at The Space Gallery on Congress Street this Thursday! Rumor has it that double A will be selling some pretty sweet prints of the album artwork there, as well!

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Song of the Day - Peter Pan

The Waldos - Peter Pan from Sans (2013)

Portland, Maine's math rock superstars, The Waldos might me dead, but now that they have finally released their long awaited album entitled, Sans, the music will live on inside all of us. Or just in mp3 form.

Here's one off the new album:



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Song of the Day - At first, I thought it was an ocean but then realized it was only a puddle

Dore Mear Beon - At first, I thought it was an ocean but then realized it was only a puddle from Dore Mear Beon EP (2012)

Dore Mear Beon is a one man math rock band from Ontario, Canada. That one man is named, Andrew Sagriff.



This song closes with a sample from Waking Life, a Richard Linklater film I watched once about lucid dreaming and the meaning of life.

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