Macha - See It Another Way

90's indie rock that tends to get lumped into the slowcore camp with arguably the kings of the genre Bedhead due to a wonderful split between the two.  Athens Georgia's own Macha however hold an exciting "one up"  over bands of the time using a lot of Gamelan instruments to blanket their searing indie rock. Thats right a junk load of drums, nipple gongs, bamboo flutes and my personal favorite the dulcimer, give Macha a stand out style that I can not say I've ever heard done before.  While later albums would find Macha shifting the balance of their music (even incorporating dance elements) it still works. See it Another Way I believe to be an excellent start to an often over looked band.

See it Another Way

Cinemechanica - Martial Arts

Punk Indie Math Rock

There are few groups that I love more than Cinemechanica, these are the reasons:

1. They are fast
2. Technical as all get out
3. Some incredibly emotional shouting vocals
4.Strangely melodic

I can remember hearing "I'm Tired of Paul McCartney" for the first time and wondering what kind of space aliens copied exactly what I wanted a band to sound like and played it for me. These gents are are a part of the wonderful Hello Sir Athens GA record label. Cinemechanica im sure have spent a lot of time with the catalog of the equally amazing Canadian group North of America (whom I will certainly be covering in a later post) Cinemechanica is a logical progression from NoA's math lite punk rock. Just listen to this if you even have a passing interest in rock music. Everyone owes it to themselves. Please. Do it. If your still reading leave and listen :) NOW!

Martial Arts

We Versus The Shark - Ruin Everything!

 Alternative math-pop rock

 Previously Athens Georgia's math rock misfits, this group has a nice blending of styles going on. Vocals are sung or shouted almost at random with some nice male/female back and forth. Instrumentation is where things come together for me though. The guitars can get mathy but prefer to use chunky 90's inspired riffage to get their point across. Drums are a true treat and very rarely in any of the songs fail to impress. Also of note do not be discouraged by the production...I agree not the greatest but certainly not where it effects the songs. CH CH CH CH CHECK IT!




Ruin Everything!