Math Rock

Math rock is a genre characterized by complex, intricate rhythms, often incorporating polyrhythms and unconventional time signatures, and featuring extended instrumental passages. Emerging in the late 1980s and 1990s, primarily in the US and Japan, math rock drew from post-punk, indie rock, and progressive rock traditions. The genre's heyday in the 1990s and early 2000s saw a surge in popularity, with bands pushing the boundaries of technical musicianship and creative experimentation. Math rock's cultural significance lies in its blend of intellectualism and emotional intensity, appealing to fans seeking a more challenging and immersive listening experience. Distinct from similar styles like prog rock and indie rock, math rock's unique blend of complexity and melody has influenced a wide range of genres, from post-rock to emo and beyond, cementing its status as a innovative and enduring force in underground music.

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American Football
American Television
Analog Bow
Apebreeder
Assertion
Asymmetric Universe
Atticus Chimps
Audiotree
Back Talk
Ben Quad
Berried Alive
Cardiacs
Celebration Guns
Charmer
Cheer-Accident
Cody・Lee(李)
Covet
DGD
DRØNSOND
Daisyhead
Dazzling Killmen
Diels-Alder
Dikembe
Disiniblud
Drill for Absentee
Dun-Dun Band
Eidola
Elephant Gym
Emma Harner
FiveEight Fever
Fracture Type
GREY.
Gizrad
God Alone
God Is An Astronaut
HATAMITSUNAMI
Hail The Sun
Hikari Ichihara
Ichika Nito
In Theory
Intervals
Jardin Animal
Jordan Adetunji
Joyce Manor
KASHIWA Daisuke
Kerosene 454
Kerosene Heights
Kuan
Kurt Travis
LITE
Lechuga
Ledetraad
Let's Swim, Get Swimming
Ling tosite sigure
MONO
Manuel Gardner Fernandes
Minus the Bear
Modern Baseball
Monograf
NYOS
No Tomorrow.
Noise Ratchet
One Hundred Moons
Orchid
Oso Oso
Papaye
Pavlov's Bell
Pili Coït
Plastic Girl In Closet
Plini
Polyphia
Pulses.
R.J.F.
Reckoner
Shiner
Sleep State
Sokoninaru
Some Soviet Station
Son Reis Project
Spite House
TRSH
The Ancient Mental
The Martial Arts
The Sound Of Animals Fighting
Tortoise
Totorro
Trico
Uklao
Unprocessed
Yannis
Yellow The Sun
Yowie
Yvette Young
Zombi Pujol
hey, nothing
hoovaranas
kinoue64
soccer.
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結束バンド
Mom Jeans.
Jordan Adetunji
Modern Baseball
Polyphia
結束バンド
Audiotree
Hail The Sun
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS
Joyce Manor
Arm's Length
The Buttress
toe
hey, nothing
Plini
American Football
Eidola
Unprocessed
Animals As Leaders
TRSH
Ichika Nito
Sunny Day Real Estate
black midi
Intervals
Delta Sleep
God Is An Astronaut
Ling tosite sigure
Pet Symmetry
GING NANG BOYZ
Ledetraad
Ben Quad
Berried Alive
Slint
LONGMAN
The Hotelier
tricot
Your Arms Are My Cocoon
Number Girl
Parannoul
The Sound Of Animals Fighting
Minus the Bear
Austin TV
Ikigai
Cody・Lee(李)
Tortoise
Covet
Yannis
Oso Oso
Moray Pringle
TTNG
Fiesta Bizarra
The Wedding Present
Polvo
It Looks Sad.
Asian Glow
SEAPOOL
I Built the Sky
the HIATUS
Silver Mt. Zion
Kurt Travis
Milledenials
Strawberry Girls
Dismemberment Plan
I Met a Yeti
HATAMITSUNAMI
Omar Rodríguez-López
Dikembe
jizue
Yvette Young
Kerosene Heights
MONO
Sokoninaru
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Oh Hiroshima
Chinese Football
Elephant Gym
Andrés
Sithu Aye
the band apart
A Great Big Pile of Leaves
Feed Me Jack
Dream Sitch
Coaltar Of The Deepers
Maybeshewill
Charmer
Melt-Banana
The Blood Brothers
GDJYB 雞蛋蒸肉餅
Stage Kids
Properties of Nature
Plastic Girl In Closet
And So I Watch You from Afar
The Promise Ring
standards
David Maxim Micic
The Appleseed Cast
Analog Bow
Spite House
Estoy Bien
Dejima
Unwound818