Math rock is a rhythmically complex, guitar-based style of experimental rock music^[1] that emerged in the late 1980s. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (including irregular stopping and starting), angular melodies, and dissonant chords.^[2] Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of fifty-two educational short films featuring songs about schoolhouse topics, including grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... For other uses, see Minimalism (disambiguation). ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Two different electric guitars. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Mathcore (also known as technical metalcore, technical hardcore, and math metal) is a style of metalcore recognized for a high level of technical musicianship. ... Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... The South Atlantic States form one of the nine divisions within the United States that are formally recognized by that countrys census bureau. ... City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... St. ... This article is about a musical style. ... Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. ... Instrumental rock and roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Experimental rock or Avant rock is a type of art music based on rock and roll which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, and/or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, also called The Eighties. The decade saw social, economic and general upheaval as wealth, production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. ... For other uses, see Rhythm (disambiguation). ... In music, a consonance (Latin consonare, sounding together) is a harmony, chord, or interval considered stable, as opposed to a dissonance, which is considered unstable. ...

A closely-related genre is post-rock, into which some of the same bands are classified; post-rock, however, tends to feature a "jazzier" drumming style. In many cases, post-rock is less technical, though this is not necessarily the case. As well, the dissonance common to many math rock bands is not as common in the post-rock genre (though it is still very present in some of the music). The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ...

Characteristics

Whereas most rock music uses a basic 4/4 meter (however accented or syncopated), math rock frequently uses asymmetrical time signatures such as 7/8, 11/8, or 13/8, or features constantly changing meters based on various groupings of 2 and 3. This rhythmic complexity, seen as "mathematical" in character by many listeners and critics, is what gives the genre its name. Musically, math rock derives from other rock genres, including rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, and punk rock. For other uses, see Meter (disambiguation). ... In music, an accent is an emphasis on a particular note created by length, as in an agogic accent, pitch, as in a pitch accent, and dynamics, such as dynamic accents. ... For other uses of the same name, see Syncopation (disambiguation). ... The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and what note value constitutes one beat. ... Mathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of figures and numbers. Mathematical knowledge is constantly growing, through research and application, but mathematics itself is not usually considered a natural science. ... This article is about the genre. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

Musicians who purposely turn to mathematics to find new creativity in their music are also classified math rockers. They manipulate, twist and syncopate to confuse, to delay, to create something that is a twist on rock, punk, or pop. For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ...

Lyrics are generally not the focus of math rock; the voice is treated as just another sound in the mix. Often, lyrics are not overdubbed, and are positioned low in the mix, as in the recording style of Steve Albini. Many math rock groups are entirely instrumental such as Don Caballero or 65daysofstatic. Look up lyrics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Les Paul, a pioneer of multi-track recording. ... Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. ... Instrumental rock and roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no or very little singing. ... Don Caballero is a critically-acclaimed instrumental math rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... 65daysofstatic (also known by the abbreviations 65dos, 65days, or simply 65) are an instrumental post-rock band from Sheffield, England. ...

The term math rock has often been passed off as a joke that has developed into what some believe is a musical style. An advocate of this is Matt Sweeney, singer with Chavez, who themselves were often linked to the math rock scene:^[3] Matt Sweeney is a guitarist/vocalist who has played in various groups, including 90s bands Skunk and Chavez. ... A music band named fer Chavez. This article needs input, and was also listed in the search query for potentional meanings of Chavez. Categories: Musical group stubs ...

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Early influences

Some rock musicians who emerged in the 1960s and '70s experimented with unusual meters and structures. Notable examples include The Beatles, Henry Cow, Cream, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Yes, Rush, King Crimson, The Police, Gong, early DEVO and Pink Floyd. The music of these and others from this era sometimes had hard rock or metal leanings, but such groups were generally classified as "progressive rock". The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Henry Cow was an English avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. ... Cream were a 1960s British rock band comprising guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, U.S.) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... ELP can also stand for Extra Long Play, a format for the VCR tape. ... Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967. ... For the 18th-century agriculturist after whom the band was named, see Jethro Tull (agriculturist). ... Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band, one of the most experimental of the 1970s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario; presently comprised of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... This article is about the musical group. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Gong is a progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. ... Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American New Wave group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ...

Canadian punk rock group Nomeansno (founded in 1979 and active as of 2007) have been cited by critics^[4] as a "secret influence" on math rock, predating much of the genre's development by more than a decade. Though never finding or even seeking mainstream attention, Nomeansno's music typically blend dark humor, punk energy and aggression, drastic shifts in tempo and structure and acclaimed instrumental prowess. An even more avant-garde group of the same era, Massacre featured guitarist Fred Frith and bassist Bill Laswell. With some influence from the rapid-fire energy of punk, Massacre's influential music used complex rhythmic characteristics. Nomeansno is a rock music group originally from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and now located in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Massacre was a United States improvising rock band from New York City formed in 1980 by guitarist Fred Frith with bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Fred Maher. ... Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor. ... Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois and raised in Albion, Michigan) is an American bassist, producer and record label owner. ...

In the 1990s a heavier, rhythmically complex style grew out of the broader noise rock scenes active in Chicago and other Midwestern cities, with influential groups also coming from Japan and Southern California. These groups shared influences ranging from the music of 20th century composers such as Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and Steve Reich, as well as the chaotic free-jazz approach of John Zorn's Naked City, and critics soon dubbed the style "math rock." Merzbow Einstürzende Neubauten Sonic Youth Melt Banana Lightning Bolt Moonlander & Moodswinger, Yuri Landman Neptune Noise rock describes one variety of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... Igor Stravinsky. ... For the Mortal Kombat character, see Johnny Cage. ... Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, New York) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. ... This article is about the band. ...

Midwestern groups

During the 1990s, the greatest concentration of math rock bands was in the urban centers of the U.S.'s Midwestern "Rust Belt," ranging from Minneapolis to Buffalo, with Chicago being a central hub. The Chicago-based engineer Steve Albini is a key figure in the scene, and many math rock bands from around the country have enlisted him to record their albums, giving the genre's recorded catalog a certain uniformity of sound, and lumping his bands past and present — Shellac, Rapeman, and Big Black — into the pigeonhole as well. Also, many math rock records were released by Chicago-based Touch and Go Records, as well as its sister labels, Quarterstick Records and Skin Graft Records. The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... Manufacturing Belt, highlighted in red The Rust Belt, a term coined from Manufacturing Belt, is an area in parts of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States of America. ... Shellac (sometimes referred to as Shellac of North America) is an American rock music group comprised of Steve Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass guitar and vocals) and Todd Trainer (drums and vocals). ... Rapeman was an American rock music group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1990. ... Big Black was a noise rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that was active between 1982 and 1987. ... Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which began life in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as a magazine put out by Tesco Vee. ... Quarterstick Records is a sublabel of Touch and Go Records. ... Skin Graft is an influential contemporary no wave, noise rock, art punk, rock label based in Chicago. ...

Some key bands of this period include Bastro, Table, Cheer-Accident, Shellac, and Breadwinner. Also from the Chicago area, from nearby DeKalb, Illinois, is U.S. Maple, which formed out of the ashes of the Jesus Lizard-esque Shorty. U.S. Maple took a more deconstructive approach to their brand of rock music, similar to that of Captain Beefheart. Their music has a free-form approach to rhythm, with songs only occasionally coalescing into conventional rock beats. Thus, aesthetically, the group is not as "mathy" as other bands in the genre, but the same thought process of dismantling rock music still applies. Bastro was an American Math Rock / Post Rock band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... U.S. Maple began in Chicago sometime in 1995. ... The Jesus Lizard was a rock music group formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Shorty may refer to: Vernacular in R&B/Rap to refer to women, pronounced /sh/orty A compressed Slang of which of a person who is Short, or suffers from Dwarfism. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, U.S.) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ...

Several other math rock groups of the 1990s, all characterized by extreme rhythmic complexity and sonic brutality, were based in Midwestern cities: Cleveland's Craw and Keelhaul, St. Louis's Dazzling Killmen, and Minneapolis' Colossamite. Cleveland redirects here. ... Craw is an independent band from Cleveland, Ohio. ... St. ... Dazzling Killmen were one of the most accomplished 1990s math rock bands, combining a punk-inspired noisy ruckus with jazzy Sun Ra-type intelligence and complex arrangements. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Colossamite was a mid-to-late 1990s math rock band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

Pittsburgh groups

The city of Pittsburgh is home to one of the most defining examples of the math rock genre: the four-piece instrumental band Don Caballero. Formed in 1991, "Don Cab," as the group is affectionately known, successfully blends heavy noise rock sounds with avant-garde jazz influences. Like many other bands in the style, Don Caballero's members despise the "math rock" label applied to them by critics. Even so, it should come as no surprise that a temporary bass player Matt Jencik, a member of another former Pittsburgh math rock band, Hurl, also spent time in Don Caballero. The group's former guitarist Mike Banfield has noted Breadwinner to be an important early influence on the band's sound. Their other former guitarist, Ian Williams, drew quite heavily from the minimalist works of Steve Reich, shown especially in the group's final release with him as guitarist, American Don. Don Caballero disbanded in 2000 after a van accident that abruptly ended their support tour of American Don. However, Che reformed the band in 2003 with an entirely different lineup consisting of members of the Pittsburgh-based math rock band Creta Bourzia. Pittsburgh redirects here. ... Don Caballero is a critically-acclaimed instrumental math rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Mike Banfield (b. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Ian Williams (b. ... Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... American Don is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band, released on Touch and Go Records in 2000 and produced by renowned Steve Albini. ...

Aside from Don Caballero, other groups that were active during the mid-1990s heyday of math rock included Shale, Jumbo, Blunderbuss, and Six Horse (featuring original Don Caballero bassist Pat Morris), all of whom shared similarities with their local contemporaries in the sound of "mathy," precise, metallic rock. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

San Diego groups

Formed in 1990, San Diego's Drive Like Jehu, which featured the off-kilter guitar of John Reis from Rocket from the Crypt was an example of technical rock music, demonstrated on the band's swan song, Yank Crime. The group disbanded in 1994. Other San Diego bands of the time that have been likened to Jehu include Antioch Arrow, Clikitat Ikatowi, Tristeza, and Heavy Vegetable, who took a more melodic approach than the first three. Heavy Vegetable also featured the songwriting of Rob Crow. This article is about the year. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Drive Like Jehu were an American post-punk/post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1995. ... John Reis on the 31st May 2005 performing with Hot Snakes at Jospehs Wells, Leeds, UK. John Reis (b. ... Rocket From the Crypt was an American rock & roll/punk rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. ... For other uses, see Swan Song. ... Yank Crime is the second and final album by the San Diego, California post-hardcore band Drive Like Jehu, released in 1994 by Interscope Records. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Antioch Arrow, from California, was on the seminal hardcore/emo label Gravity Records, responsible for putting San Diego on the map in the mid-90s as one of the epicenters of the movement. ... Tristeza is a post-rock band from San Diego, California. ... Heavy Vegetable was a indie rock band based in Encinitas, California and featuring guitarist and lead singer Rob Crow, singer Eléa Tenuta, bassist Travis Nelson and drummer Manuel Turner. ... Rob Crow (born February 21, 1971) is a prolific singer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California known for the long list of bands and projects he is associated with, mostly in the genres of indie rock and math rock. ...

Japanese groups

Several math rock groups from Japan developed close relationships with Chicago's Skin Graft label, leading to a cross-fertilization between the math rock scenes in the two nations. The most important Japanese groups include Zeni Geva and Ruins, with Yona-Kit being a collaboration between Japanese and U.S. musicians. It is very likely that Japanese math rock exerted an early influence on some (if not many) of the earliest U.S. math rock groups, as both Zeni Geva and Ruins were formed several years before their North American counterparts became active in the genre. Other Japanese groups which incorporate math rock in their music include Té, Toe, Zazen Boys, the band apart, he and Lite. Zeni Geva is a Japanese metal band. ... Ruins is a Japanese progressive rock duo of drum set and electric bass guitar. ... Yona-Kit was a math rock quartet active in 1994. ... Zazen Boys are a Japanese band formed by former Number Girl guitarist and vocalist Mukai Shutoku. ... Look up he in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

D.C. groups

Washington, D.C. also contributed to the sound of math rock with the bands Shudder to Think, Faraquet, 1.6 Band, Autoclave, later Jawbox, and Circus Lupus among some others. The latter is said to have influenced the sound of early Q and Not U. However, since D.C.-oriented bands tended to throw in odd-meters into their already eclectic mix of influences, some were branded with the genre name. For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Shudder to Think was an American rock group. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: fails WP:MUSIC, one indie-label album release, no references or assertion of notability If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... Autoclave was a short-lived all-female indie rock band based in Washington, D.C.. Formed in the summer of 1990, the group consisted of Christina Billotte (vocals and electric bass guitar), Mary Timony (electric guitar and vocals), Nikki Chapman (electric guitar and vocals), and Melissa Berkoff (drum set). ... Jawbox was a punk rock/indie rock/post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. Its members were J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Bill Barbot (guitar), Kim Coletta (bass guitar), and Adam Wade & Zach Barocas (drums). ... Circus Lupus was a post-hardcore band based in the area of Washington, D.C., U.S.A.. The band originally formed in Madison. ... Q and Not U were a rock band from Washington, D.C., signed with Dischord Records. ...

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond-based Breadwinner, (Starting in the mid to late 1980s) who incidentally are to be credited for creating the niche genre from an early review of their music, spawned a number of later rock bands in the town. While direct descendants of Breadwinner include Sliang Laos and Ladyfinger, and precedents include Honor Role and Butterglove, there were many other notable Richmond area bands tied in with the genre: Kenmores, Sordid Doctrine, MEN, Alter Natives, Mao Tse Helen, Hell Mach 4, Hose.got.cable, Mulch, Hegoat, King Sour, chutney, HRM, Nudibranch, Ebonite, Engine Down, Gore de Vol and Human Thurma. Most recently the band Hex Machine carries on a connection to the well of influence among others and comprises members of human thurma, discordance axis (ny/nj) and Sliang Laos. Richmond's Lamb of God cite Breadwinner and Sliang Laos as major early influences. Some consider Richmond, Virginia to be the birthplace and incubator for the genre. An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band formed in 1990 in Richmond, Virginia. ...

The Louisville sound

In 1991, a young band from Louisville called Slint released its second album Spiderland. It is considered an extremely influential landmark album to not only math rock but across the underground music network and beyond. The short-lived group's sound, based on the interlocking of multiple "clean" (non-distorted) guitars playing in generally compound meters, was more sedate and less metal-influenced as most other math rock groups, and thus its style (and those of its imitators) represents a separate branch of the category. Several groups which followed Slint's lead (including a few that featured ex-members) also used unusual meters; such bands include Bitch Magnet, Rodan, Crain, The For Carnation, June of 44, Sonora Pine, Roadside Monument,Separation of M.A.Y., Shipping News, and August Moon. Louisville redirects here. ... Slint was a rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). ... Spiderland is an album by the group Slint, released on March 27, 1991, on Touch & Go Records. ... Bitch Magnet was a heavy band during the late eighties and early nineties, they were formed in Oberlin , OH. They released multiple albums, including their first full-length in 1988. ... Rodan was an American math/indie rock band in the early to mid 1990s. ... Crain was an indie band spawned from the same fertile early 1990s Louisville, Kentucky math rock scene that also gave birth to Slint and Rodan. ... The For Carnation are a post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky. ... June of 44 was an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Codeine, Rex, Crownhate Ruin and Hoover. ... Roadside Monument was a math rock band from Seattle, Washington who were signed to Tooth & Nail Records. ... For the E. Annie Proulx novel, and the film based on it, see The Shipping News. ... The Mid-Autumn Moonfestival is also celebrated in overseas Chinese communities like the San Francisco Chinatown The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: 中秋節; Simplified Chinese: 中秋节; pinyin: Zhōngqiūjié; Vietnamese Tết Trung Thu 節中秋; Korean: Chusǒk or Chuseok 추석/秋夕; also known as the Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, or the August Moon...

Vanguarda Paulista

In the early 1980s São Paulo gave rise to a movement called Vanguarda Paulista ("São Paulo Vanguard" in English) that flourished in South America's largest city as the Brazilian military dictatorship began to crumble. The original Vaguarda Paulista was an avant-garde wing of Popular Brazilian Music (MPB) championed by artists like Arrigo Barnabé, Alice Ruiz, Hélio Ziskind, Patife Band and many others who played an angular jazz-rock with constantly shifting time signatures reminiscent of Frank Zappa or Henry Cow. In the early 21st Century, there is a New Wave of art-rock bands emerging, such as Hurtmold, Objeto Amarelo, Retórica and Matema that have been heavily influenced by sounds from the Northern Hemisphere made by all of the bands mentioned elsewhere in this article. These newer Brazilian groups are sometimes referred to as the Vanguarda Nova or New Vanguard. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, also called The Eighties. The decade saw social, economic and general upheaval as wealth, production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. ... This article is about the city. ... A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the political power resides with the military; it is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Música Popular Brasileira, or MPB, literally Brazilian Popular Music, designating a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Art rock is a term used to describe a subgenre of rock music with experimental or avant-garde influences that emphasizes novel sonic texture. ... Northern hemisphere highlighted in yellow. ...

Contemporary math rock

See also: List of math rock groups

By the turn of the 21st century, most of the later generation bands such as Thumbnail and Sweep the Leg Johnny had disbanded and the genre had, like most musical movements identified in the ever-shifting and elusive underground rock scene, been roundly disavowed by most bands labeled with the "math rock" moniker. However, the influences of the movement can clearly be heard in the abiding avant-garde and indie rock scenes. Many more bands, comprised of both those from the original wave of the genre and those of the new generation, have managed to be tagged with the moniker of "math-rock". Cinemechanica run contemporary math rock label Hello Sir Records out of Athens, Ga. The British band Foals exemplify the angular guitar sections and start/stop dynamics of the math rock sound particularly in their earlier demos, however they lack the mixture of time signatures or the odd time signatures needed to be thought of as a proper math rock band. The Edmund Fitzgerald is a band containing members of the band Foals, with the addition of the use of complex time signatures and time changes. Other British math rock acts of the 21st century such as The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg who toured with mathcore band Circle Takes the Square before breaking up in 2004 have stood out in the UK scene but have been less successful. Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies are another British band who use angular guitar sections, as well as some post-rock techniques and the use of different time signatures. This is a list of math rock groups: 3 (band) 31Knots 65daysofstatic 90 Day Men Ativin Autoclave Battles Bellini Black Pus Botch Breadwinner Bright Calm Blue Burning Metro Chavez Cheer-Accident Cinemechanica Circus Lupus Circa Survive Colossamite Crain Craw Damiera Dazzling Killmen Dianogah Don Caballero Drive Like Jehu Dilute Electro... Sweep the Leg Johnny were a Chicago-based Post Rock band from the late 90s. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This is a list of math rock groups: 3 (band) 31Knots 65daysofstatic 90 Day Men Ativin Autoclave Battles Bellini Black Pus Botch Breadwinner Bright Calm Blue Burning Metro Chavez Cheer-Accident Cinemechanica Circus Lupus Circa Survive Colossamite Crain Craw Damiera Dazzling Killmen Dianogah Don Caballero Drive Like Jehu Dilute Electro... Cinemechanica is an American, four-piece rock band from Athens, GA. They blend aspects of post-rock, punk rock, and math rock in order to produce their own energetic and intricate brand of rock. ... Hello Sir is an independent record label based out of Athens, Georgia. ... For young horses less than a year old, see Foal Foals are a band from Oxford, England. ... Mathcore (also known as technical metalcore, technical hardcore, and math metal) is a style of metalcore recognized for a high level of technical musicianship. ... Circle Takes the Square (often abbreviated CTTS) is a Screamo/Experimental band from Savannah, Georgia, USA. The bands style is characterized by loud screaming of both male and female vocals that often function in a kind of call and response and chaotic drumming coupled with intense, highly technical bass... Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies (also known as YMSS or Youthmovies) are an English prog-post-mathcore-rock-stuff quartet, comprising of Andrew Mears (guitar and vocals), Al English (guitar, synths and samplers), Graeme Murray (drums), and Ham (bass). ...

In the mid-2000s, many math rock bands have enjoyed renewed popularity. Slint and Chavez embarked on reunion tours, while Shellac toured and relased their first album in seven years. Don Caballero reunited with a new lineup and released an album in 2006, while several of its original members joined new projects; Mike Banfield has formed the band Knot Feeder in 2006, while bassist Pat Morris joined The Poison Arrows in 2005. Excellent Italian Greyhound is the title of Shellacs fourth album. ...

As the genre continues to evolve, some see a departure from math rock's "stern" or "workmanlike"^[5] emphasis on difficulty and complexity. According to an LA Weekly music column, groups such as the New York-based Battles, (featuring Ian Williams, another Don Caballero alum), are helping to "make math rock fun and approachable."^[5] L.A. Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized newspaper (a so-called alternative weekly) in Los Angeles, California. ... Battles is an American math rock band. ... Ian Williams (b. ...

See also

• Mathcore
• Noise rock
• Post-rock
• Tech metal (also known as Math metal)
• List of works in irregular time signatures
• Music and mathematics

Mathcore (also known as technical metalcore, technical hardcore, and math metal) is a style of metalcore recognized for a high level of technical musicianship. ... Merzbow Einstürzende Neubauten Sonic Youth Melt Banana Lightning Bolt Moonlander & Moodswinger, Yuri Landman Neptune Noise rock describes one variety of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... Some examples of musical compositions or pieces in Western music which have irregular time signatures, listed by signature and year released, are: // 5/4 or 5/8 also known as quintuple meter (c. ... Music theorists often use mathematics to understand musical structure and communicate new ways of hearing music. ...

Notes and references

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External links

• A list of math rock bands on www.epitonic.com.
• Another list of math Rock bands on www.everything2.com.
• Electrical Audio Forum, a message board run by Steve Albini and populated by math rock followers.
• [1] Interview with Matt Sweeney of Chavez citing the mathrock concept as a joke.
• A lesson in math rock at www.opentomusic.com