You know you’re in for a treat when the tags “ambient experimental free jazz improv metal noise post rock” show up on bandcamp, and when the band respects the tags they’ve used! Omniataxia’s been on my computer for quite a while, and I might have unconsciously forgotten about it until the blind hand of the music randomizer chose the song Scatterwhite and gently played it to me. Half-asleep, I wondered what that band was whose uncommon manners almost just woke me out of bed. And this is not an easy task. I kept that in memory however, and when I … Read more
Bisbâyé – Gestalt
Polyrhythmic anger and dissonant mathematics. That’s how I would describe Bisbâyé’s album. Rarely have I listened to music where polyrhythms truly feel polyrhythmic. On Gestalt, there’s no doubt you’ll feel each separate rhythmic pattern on its own, thanks to the ingenious arrangement of the drums and guitars, and it creates such an unnatural, counter-intuitive, and mesmerizing feel.
The band’s real focus is on polyrhythm at all cost. There is no singer, because he would probably get lost in between the times, and the metrics are prioritized over the heaviness of the ensemble, and that’s such a relief to what we’re … Read more
1974 – 1974 & The Death Of The Herald
Of the bad names I could think of for a band, 1974 is probably one of the best at being bad! There’s probably some reason behind this choice, but let’s face it… Nineteen Seventy-Four.
Their music is redeeming, fortunately, and MCMLXXIV’s most recent album, 1974 & The Death of The Herald, is just fantastic! The Year Xzibit Was Born revive a portion of music history that is often forgotten: the pop-prog-rock era.
Between Styx and Genesis, The Eagles and Rush, ’74 brings us beautiful melodies and memorable moments, driving songs and at times complex parts that take you by surprise! … Read more
…and the dark will shine upon you. Exist – Sunlight
Exist has been running for a few years now, and they’ve got a new, their first, full-length album, that’s called Sunlight. Don’t be misled by the name, it’s not rainbows and butterflies.
Listen to the second track off the album, “Self-Inflicted Disguise”, below.
Their previous albums, In Mirrors EP, is almost just technically an EP, clocking at around 28 minutes long. Some bands put out full-lengths that are shorter than this. And the album featured an awesome song suite, named by the album’s title. In Mirrors EP amazed me. What I recall most vividly is the bass tone, … Read more
What time is it? Unfortunately no it’s not adventure time, it’s AOTY contenders time!
That’s right! Winter’s approach is palpable, the merry cold hands of mister Invernal push down on us in the morning to stay in the warm comfort under the sheets, and his stingy breath just whispers to us “Stay inside”, and his frosty sperm falls down on the land…
Well… 2013 is coming to an end, and there has been TONS of awesome, challenging, mind-boggling, strange, and bold albums this year (and the list keeps growing!). We here at Can This Even Be Called Music? have for mission to spread amazing underground bands and, in the mean time, allowing you, cherished … Read more