White Denim - (2008) Workout Holiday

sound: Indie/Funk/Progressive
length: 12 songs, 37.4 minutes
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1. "Let's Talk About It" - 3:53
2. "Shake Shake Shake" - 2:37
3. "Sitting" - 2:16
4. "I Can Tell You" - 1:57
5. "Mess Your Hair Up" - 4:48
6. "Heart From Us All" - 3:10
7. "All You Really Have To Do" - 2:48
8. "Look That Way At It" - 3:25
9. "Darksided Computer Mouth" - 2:15
10. "WDA" - 3:03
11. "Don't Look That Way At It" - 4:03
12. "IEIEI" - 3:13

Good morning my beautiful and educated following, are you ready for something completely from left field? Well then strap on your moon boots and give White Denim a listen. Three guys straight out of Austin, Texas coming at you with what can only truly be called an eclectic mix of musical genius. Blaring out of the gate with garage rock fav. Lets Talk About It, this record boasts in my opinion such a wide variety of genres styles and sounds, there's gotta be a gem in here for everyone. From the jazzy Sitting to the wild loops and industry sound of Messed Up Your Hair to the Tower of Power like funk of Darksided Computer Mouth. I implore you all the be adventurous and get down on this record.

sounds like: The Unicorns, The Gossip, The Mars Volta, Post War Years

Woosh.

For the Mathematics: Discography

(2004) the New Science
length: 7 songs, 31.5 minutes

01.redlightexitsignpastiche
02.deportation and Return
03.unter ihrem sitz
04.delay the fiasco
05.bent of the topography
06.tuesday's fire
07.the new science
(2006) We Impend
length: 6 songs, 22.4 minutes
1. This Transient
2. A Versus
3. Apparatchik
4. Meta
5. Term Satiety
6. We Impend

sound: Indie/Funk/Experimental
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If I say Math-Rock in reference to this band, I'm gonna have 30 people up my ass about how everything this band did someone else did already (At the Drive In, The Mars Volta). And to those people i would like to say go ahead and fuck yourself. I don't give one good god damn because yes, these guys play some melodic fast guitar riffs that tear peoples eyes out and sure they have a vocalist who's not afraid to use every sound found in the human thorax. But I'm pretty sure ATDI, and TMV didn't drop a fucking patent on the ability to make great music so this band is in the clear. All that name calling aside, some serious grandiose in your face musicianship with this band and a drummer that flat out rapes face. Just try Delay the Fiasco on for size, one bad ass song. The AlbumWe Impend is a gem of it's own.

sounds like: Tera Melos, The Fall of Troy, The Unicorns (and yes) the Mars Volta, At the Drive-In

Zap.

Portugal. the Man - (2006) Waiter: " You Vultures!"

sound:Indie/Funk
length: 13 songs, 52.34 minutes
1. "How The Leopard Got Its Spots" – 3:59
2. "Gold Fronts" – 3:27
3. "Stables & Chairs" – 3:16
4. "AKA M80 The Wolf" – 3:56
5. "Marching With 6" – 3:02
6. "Elephants" – 4:03
7. "Waiter" – 3:23
8. "Chicago" – 4:13
9. "Bad, Bad Levi Brown" – 3:29
10. "Kill Me. The King" – 3:05
11. "Tommy" – 4:27
12. "Horse Warming Party" – 3:44
13. "Guns.Guns...Guns" – 8:30

Band from Alaska, normally not an good start to a post. However, Portugal. the Man despite having a shitty ass third album had it right the first time with this one. It's labeled funk, cus their format isn't traditional, but I'm sure there isn't a person on the earth who doesn't find AKA M80 The Wolf plugworthy.

sounds like: The Mars Volta, The Gossip, Moros Eros

Vroom.

So Many Dynamos - (2006) Flashlights

sound:Indie/Funk/Progressive
length: 11 songs, 38.03 minutes
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1.) Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
2.) Search Party
3.) Progress
4.) Home Is Where The Box Wine Is
5.) How High The Moon
6.) In Every Direction
7.) Inventing Gears
8.) This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
9.) We Vibrate, We Do
10.) In Our Sleep
11.) Let's Move Mountains

I stumbled over this record about two days ago, it's been on repeat ever since. Their sound is really unique, and damn catchy. It's like a weird cross of Deloused in the Comatorium, Catch For Us the Foxes, and Relationship of Command. Also if you don't know those albums by name, you should probably fucking kill yourself, cus you've been listening to absolute shit for 5 years.

sounds like: Medications, The Mars Volta, At the Drive In, The Plastic Constellations

Zing!