a thread for music in the vein of math rock, noise rock, post-rock, post-hardcore, slowcore, shoegaze, slacker rock, etc.
No.8455
Anonymous
2026-02-17 20:52:48
guitar music
No.8457
Anonymous
2026-02-17 21:20:20
I'll start with three of my favourite albums from last year.
Fencing -- Fencing Wikipedia (Winnipeg)
>post-rock, art rock
I really loved the singles off this one but so many were released it killed some of my anticipation for it. Came back to it later and loved it. Simultaneously light-hearted, brooding, and tense. Worth listening to their old project called Urban Vacation too.
goldenstar -- self-titled (Montreal)
>post-rock, slowcore
Tight slowcore that nails the sound without being clichéd or boring. Effectively very slow, sparse post-rock. Male-female vocal dynamics are also really nice. They've got a second EP coming this spring, which they vary the sound on more and is also excellent (been listening to an advance copy).
Bracelet -- I Hear Bracelet (Montreal)
>post-punk, slacker rock
Catchy and vocals-forward with dense lyrics. Very fun to see live, and I'd seen them a bunch over 2025 leading up to the release show. Vocalist/guitarist and drummer previously released an album titled Dirger as part of the band Learning, which is also great.
>can't post links
shitty
Fencing -- Fencing Wikipedia (Winnipeg)
>post-rock, art rock
I really loved the singles off this one but so many were released it killed some of my anticipation for it. Came back to it later and loved it. Simultaneously light-hearted, brooding, and tense. Worth listening to their old project called Urban Vacation too.
goldenstar -- self-titled (Montreal)
>post-rock, slowcore
Tight slowcore that nails the sound without being clichéd or boring. Effectively very slow, sparse post-rock. Male-female vocal dynamics are also really nice. They've got a second EP coming this spring, which they vary the sound on more and is also excellent (been listening to an advance copy).
Bracelet -- I Hear Bracelet (Montreal)
>post-punk, slacker rock
Catchy and vocals-forward with dense lyrics. Very fun to see live, and I'd seen them a bunch over 2025 leading up to the release show. Vocalist/guitarist and drummer previously released an album titled Dirger as part of the band Learning, which is also great.
>can't post links
shitty
No.8462
Anonymous
2026-02-18 00:29:26
>>8460
I remember that people used to talk about Public Strain a lot on /mu/, wasn't really my thing tho
I remember that people used to talk about Public Strain a lot on /mu/, wasn't really my thing tho
>>8460
Love em. They were really influential too, especially in Canada. There were tons of bands here trying to sound like them, and you can still hear the sound in a lot of bands, even internationally.
Some cool post-punk:
>Sunforger -- Mono No Aware (Montreal)
Their self-titled after this one (they used to go by Mono No Aware) is also sick, but the concise songs here are special. Interviewed the band once and the lead said when he started learning guitar his goal was just to rip off Pat Flegel (Women's guitarist), but his music has come into its own since then.
>Patter -- Patter Theme 2 (Chicago)
Caught them live. Drums were insane. Drummer also has a project called Options I'd been a fan of a long time.
>Olympic Deth -- Peace Album (Salt Lake City)
Third Salt Lake City band I've caught on to. The other two (the Drin and Devils Cross Country) I'd categorise differently, with Olympic Deth being on its own as a spazzy solo project. Tesseract off Peace kicks ass.
>links still blocked
ack
Love em. They were really influential too, especially in Canada. There were tons of bands here trying to sound like them, and you can still hear the sound in a lot of bands, even internationally.
Some cool post-punk:
>Sunforger -- Mono No Aware (Montreal)
Their self-titled after this one (they used to go by Mono No Aware) is also sick, but the concise songs here are special. Interviewed the band once and the lead said when he started learning guitar his goal was just to rip off Pat Flegel (Women's guitarist), but his music has come into its own since then.
>Patter -- Patter Theme 2 (Chicago)
Caught them live. Drums were insane. Drummer also has a project called Options I'd been a fan of a long time.
>Olympic Deth -- Peace Album (Salt Lake City)
Third Salt Lake City band I've caught on to. The other two (the Drin and Devils Cross Country) I'd categorise differently, with Olympic Deth being on its own as a spazzy solo project. Tesseract off Peace kicks ass.
>links still blocked
ack
>>8649 I’m definitely very late to the Women fandom as an older zoomer, but I found them last year and can’t stop listening.
I will humbly put forth Surface To Air Missive as a suggestion for anons posting in this thread. They have a few successful songs on spotify but never really broke out when they should have. Really fun and chaotic guitar-centric music. My fav album of theirs is Surface II Air Missive, it definitely feels like their magnum opus.
Fav songs of theirs:
Life Is So Sad
Rosy
Big Night
Some Blues
I will humbly put forth Surface To Air Missive as a suggestion for anons posting in this thread. They have a few successful songs on spotify but never really broke out when they should have. Really fun and chaotic guitar-centric music. My fav album of theirs is Surface II Air Missive, it definitely feels like their magnum opus.
Fav songs of theirs:
Life Is So Sad
Rosy
Big Night
Some Blues
John Fahey is my favorite guitarist probably the best ever but he's not all this effect ridden sadcel stuff
No.8476
Anonymous
2026-02-18 22:21:34
>>8474
Surface to Air Missive is sick, though I'd only listened to Shadows Leap up until your post. Surface II Air Missive was very good. His voice is terrific.
Have you ever listened to the Olivia Tremor Control? I imagine you'd like them, though Dusk at Cubist Castle is the only album of theirs I know well. They were from the same scene as Neutral Milk Hotel.
Surface to Air Missive is sick, though I'd only listened to Shadows Leap up until your post. Surface II Air Missive was very good. His voice is terrific.
Have you ever listened to the Olivia Tremor Control? I imagine you'd like them, though Dusk at Cubist Castle is the only album of theirs I know well. They were from the same scene as Neutral Milk Hotel.
>>8482
if you haven't heard it you should listen to Black Foliage too
if you haven't heard it you should listen to Black Foliage too
>>8482
Another good rec, cheers. These guys have come up on my recommendations a bunch but this is the first time I've actually given them a proper listen. Definitely hearing some sounds on Black Foliage that I wouldn't mind coming back around.
The titular track has what sounds like a harmonium (or chord organ?) in the background, and lately I've been totally baffled by how sporadic these are in indie music in spite of how sick they can sound. You can pick up those old Magnus chord organs on facebook marketplace for dirt cheap and they sound great.
But I digress, this is a guitar thread hahaha
Another good rec, cheers. These guys have come up on my recommendations a bunch but this is the first time I've actually given them a proper listen. Definitely hearing some sounds on Black Foliage that I wouldn't mind coming back around.
The titular track has what sounds like a harmonium (or chord organ?) in the background, and lately I've been totally baffled by how sporadic these are in indie music in spite of how sick they can sound. You can pick up those old Magnus chord organs on facebook marketplace for dirt cheap and they sound great.
But I digress, this is a guitar thread hahaha
No.8491
Anonymous
2026-02-20 14:14:30
>>8487
>Black Foliage
Will put it on my list. Dusk at Cubist Castle is a very warm-months album to me so I'll probably save it for around then. Ever listened to the Gerbils?
>>8488
Glad you liked it. I'll dig through my music library for more rock albums with varied instruments like that. Rugh initially came to mind because I thought they had flute on their album, but nope. Anyway, you might like them. Their album Rug is very good, and I think the vocals and instrumentation might appeal to you as a Surface to Air Missive fan if you like an exchange of male-->female and prog-y-->math-y. Doesn't have StAM's barelling sort of progression and goes for a more post-hardcore/-rock build-and-release.
>Black Foliage
Will put it on my list. Dusk at Cubist Castle is a very warm-months album to me so I'll probably save it for around then. Ever listened to the Gerbils?
>>8488
Glad you liked it. I'll dig through my music library for more rock albums with varied instruments like that. Rugh initially came to mind because I thought they had flute on their album, but nope. Anyway, you might like them. Their album Rug is very good, and I think the vocals and instrumentation might appeal to you as a Surface to Air Missive fan if you like an exchange of male-->female and prog-y-->math-y. Doesn't have StAM's barelling sort of progression and goes for a more post-hardcore/-rock build-and-release.
No.8499
Anonymous
2026-02-22 13:03:33
I really like this piece by the artist Jacques Charlier:
youtube . com /watch?v=S9kpdfKmOEg
youtube . com /watch?v=S9kpdfKmOEg
No.8503
Anonymous
2026-02-23 08:23:17
mbv - you made me realise greatest noise rock ep of all time
Apparently there's going to be a new americ anfootball album?
>>8505
What do they have to whine about now, they're like 50 and trying to participate in an inherently young and youthfully angsty genre. This is like metal bands continuing to release albums when the members are already well into their 60s. Just let it go man. What a weird stuck culture.
What do they have to whine about now, they're like 50 and trying to participate in an inherently young and youthfully angsty genre. This is like metal bands continuing to release albums when the members are already well into their 60s. Just let it go man. What a weird stuck culture.
>>8505
I saw, but I've only listened to their original album. What are the follow-ups like? And have you listened to Owls? They were a mathier off-shoot of the original Cap'n Jazz lineup.
>>8506
>an inherently young and youthfully angsty genre
>What a weird stuck culture.
Thinking a genre has to be defined by a particular age or mindset is what makes it "stuck," and how you end up with endless clichés.
I saw, but I've only listened to their original album. What are the follow-ups like? And have you listened to Owls? They were a mathier off-shoot of the original Cap'n Jazz lineup.
>>8506
>an inherently young and youthfully angsty genre
>What a weird stuck culture.
Thinking a genre has to be defined by a particular age or mindset is what makes it "stuck," and how you end up with endless clichés.
No.8524
Anonymous
2026-02-25 08:45:56
>>8523
I listened to the third album when it came out, it was fine. Can't say I remember much about it though. Even when I was 19 I found them a bit angsty, I don't think I could take them seriously now.
I listened to the third album when it came out, it was fine. Can't say I remember much about it though. Even when I was 19 I found them a bit angsty, I don't think I could take them seriously now.
No.8754
Anonymous
2026-03-18 20:57:50
Was listening to the new album by memory card almost exclusively for a couple weeks:
>Siren Surf Hurricane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOG_qTXNjZM
Was already a big fan of his previous albums, but Siren Surf Hurricane feels a lot more cohesive and filled out; in an interview he did, it sounded like his old albums were closer to bundles of complete experiments. Varied, concise songs with a looser connection were something I appreciated (there's a similar appeal in Now! More Charm & More Tender by Pee, or some of the old Options albums), but the new one has pretty much usurped all the old albums for me. The only streaming release of the album so far is on YouTube, and apparently he's sold out of the CDs he had up on Bandcamp.
Pic rel is an album insert. Whatever the real album art is seems ambiguous.
>Siren Surf Hurricane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOG_qTXNjZM
Was already a big fan of his previous albums, but Siren Surf Hurricane feels a lot more cohesive and filled out; in an interview he did, it sounded like his old albums were closer to bundles of complete experiments. Varied, concise songs with a looser connection were something I appreciated (there's a similar appeal in Now! More Charm & More Tender by Pee, or some of the old Options albums), but the new one has pretty much usurped all the old albums for me. The only streaming release of the album so far is on YouTube, and apparently he's sold out of the CDs he had up on Bandcamp.
Pic rel is an album insert. Whatever the real album art is seems ambiguous.
Blues-style guitar music in the vein of Loren Connors, Jandek...
No.8771
Anonymous
2026-03-20 12:38:15
>>8757
i've loved what i've heard from jandek, never heard of loren connors. got any recs.
i've loved what i've heard from jandek, never heard of loren connors. got any recs.
No.8776
Joe Quinnell
2026-03-21 05:16:35
Listen to Airs or his work with Robert Crotty. Those are his most accessible records, albeit of the free improvisational idiom.
No.9363
Anonymous
2026-04-21 00:07:04
Anyone here ever listen to ylayali?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4c_RCAlmh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmPLjEbt1wg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkbRxslaFA
Love this guy's stuff. Also a big fan of his old material, though most of it he doesn't have up anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4c_RCAlmh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmPLjEbt1wg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkbRxslaFA
Love this guy's stuff. Also a big fan of his old material, though most of it he doesn't have up anymore.
ahem bump ahem
posting some of the stuff from the other thread:
>Mount Eerie solo session on KCSB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDW2ZyF2ZDE
>"Singers" by Mount Eerie (but in big impromptu group versions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMcvr01HTXE
>"Racehorse: Get Married!" live by Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum (snippet of album release)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mloBFYwrJsk
>full album release performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH3SDTkR3rU
Really love Singers.
posting some of the stuff from the other thread:
>Mount Eerie solo session on KCSB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDW2ZyF2ZDE
>"Singers" by Mount Eerie (but in big impromptu group versions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMcvr01HTXE
>"Racehorse: Get Married!" live by Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum (snippet of album release)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mloBFYwrJsk
>full album release performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH3SDTkR3rU
Really love Singers.
>>10100
I was so obsessed with Elverum when I was younger. Still occupies a pretty singular place in this landscape.
Greg Malcom's Six Strings is pure acoustic bliss. Much rec.
I was so obsessed with Elverum when I was younger. Still occupies a pretty singular place in this landscape.
Greg Malcom's Six Strings is pure acoustic bliss. Much rec.
No.10154
Anonymous
2026-05-22 20:28:39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1yidEG3nm4
>>10107
>Greg Malcom's Six Strings
I came across a couple albums that might appeal to you, though they're more like post-rock:
>Cancer House - the Moth (very slow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P13gsYzok2c
>Able Noise - High Tide (more angular)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n-FvVyj_ls
And have you ever listened to German Error Message? I haven't listened to him extensively, but what I remember of his early albums is that they were Phil worship, but at least his most recent strikes out on its own. Interesting when people move from imitation towards something more unique, since I think that's the sort of fundamental trajectory of art as a skill.
>Greg Malcom's Six Strings
I came across a couple albums that might appeal to you, though they're more like post-rock:
>Cancer House - the Moth (very slow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P13gsYzok2c
>Able Noise - High Tide (more angular)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n-FvVyj_ls
And have you ever listened to German Error Message? I haven't listened to him extensively, but what I remember of his early albums is that they were Phil worship, but at least his most recent strikes out on its own. Interesting when people move from imitation towards something more unique, since I think that's the sort of fundamental trajectory of art as a skill.
No.10610
Anonymous
2026-06-16 20:29:27
>>10107
>>10605
Now that I know I can post Bandcamp links:
motionward.bandcamp.com/album/the-moth
ablenoise.bandcamp.com/album/high-tide
Also old German Error Message:
germanerrormessage.bandcamp.com/album/the-lifting
to latest German Error Message:
germanerrormessage.bandcamp.com/album/german-error-message
>>10605
Now that I know I can post Bandcamp links:
motionward.bandcamp.com/album/the-moth
ablenoise.bandcamp.com/album/high-tide
Also old German Error Message:
germanerrormessage.bandcamp.com/album/the-lifting
to latest German Error Message:
germanerrormessage.bandcamp.com/album/german-error-message
No.10614
Anonymous
2026-06-17 01:09:14
>chad coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZYzuIGDYGs
if you don't have at least 20 strings, lower your tone. And don't even say my guitar with 20 strings is not a guitar.
Most of you sub-humans play on 6 strings and it makes me want to vomit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZYzuIGDYGs
if you don't have at least 20 strings, lower your tone. And don't even say my guitar with 20 strings is not a guitar.
Most of you sub-humans play on 6 strings and it makes me want to vomit.
No.10783
Anonymous
2026-06-29 22:17:10
Listening to David torn at the suggestion of a friend. Also like Spoke with Folks from the 2015 album. Everything posted by others in this thread is new to me, will have to give it all a good listen before I can share an opinion.
Bastro
Great band from the louisville scene. This is a live album but it's great. Super rough and edgy sound. The album that made me understand math rock as "hardcore but jazz"
Great band from the louisville scene. This is a live album but it's great. Super rough and edgy sound. The album that made me understand math rock as "hardcore but jazz"
Saint Metroschiter is also Louisville though a bit later. This EP is their best.
No.11118
Anonymous
2026-07-27 09:57:34
>>10819
>>10820
Really liked the title track off that Bastro live album (the only track they have up to stream on Bandcamp). The coarseness definitely adds to it. The instrumentation in the first couple minutes reminds me of Daredevil, whose only extant recordings are from live shows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LlBv87-Ufc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJtvyFMAy8
Saint Metroschifter didn't do so much for me, but I think you might like 25 Shorty Bulwark:
25shortybulwark.bandcamp.com/album/fate-songs-no-more-bulwark
25shortybulwark.bandcamp.com/album/duro
Boston band who are seemingly calling it quits with this album. I think it reminds me a bit more of Canadian post-hardcore and math/noise rock of the time, but they pull it off excellently.
I've been aware of Bastro but never given any of their albums a full listen. Been a big fan of Slint for a long time, so I oughta check out more from Louisville. Watched the Slint doc Breadcrumb Trail a month or two ago, which I enjoyed a lot, and put a lot of emphasis on their place in the scene and the mystique they had outside of it, which I'd been mostly unaware of.
>>10820
Really liked the title track off that Bastro live album (the only track they have up to stream on Bandcamp). The coarseness definitely adds to it. The instrumentation in the first couple minutes reminds me of Daredevil, whose only extant recordings are from live shows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LlBv87-Ufc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJtvyFMAy8
Saint Metroschifter didn't do so much for me, but I think you might like 25 Shorty Bulwark:
25shortybulwark.bandcamp.com/album/fate-songs-no-more-bulwark
25shortybulwark.bandcamp.com/album/duro
Boston band who are seemingly calling it quits with this album. I think it reminds me a bit more of Canadian post-hardcore and math/noise rock of the time, but they pull it off excellently.
I've been aware of Bastro but never given any of their albums a full listen. Been a big fan of Slint for a long time, so I oughta check out more from Louisville. Watched the Slint doc Breadcrumb Trail a month or two ago, which I enjoyed a lot, and put a lot of emphasis on their place in the scene and the mystique they had outside of it, which I'd been mostly unaware of.
No.11745
Anonymous
2026-08-22 19:56:34
In response to the retarded take here >>11252 I've been meaning to dump some cool contemporary post-punk, particularly stuff that sounds downstream of Sunforger. I already posted some good stuff here >>8469, including the original Sunforger self-titled.
>Sunforger -- self-titled
>sunforger.bandcamp.com/album/sunforger
2023 release that solidified that current sound. I think they've stagnated a bit since, but it's still an impressive album and they're still great live. Way more filled-out than the previous self-titled as Mono No Aware, though I think I'd love a return to their lighter, more concise sound from then.
>Taurus Judge -- A Thing Rolled Up
>taurusjudge.bandcamp.com/album/a-thing-rolled-up
Really sick. Very openly influenced by the old Calgary-Montreal sound, albeit considerably heavier/noisier. They've got a sick split with Gash, who are also great, and their tour tape is sweet but not up online (yet?). One of my favourite live sets from this year.
>Pew Pew -- Purgatory
>pewpewband.bandcamp.com/album/purgatory
Another noisier post-punk band. Guitar on "Song for Peter" is straight from a Sunforger track, I swear.
>Plusser -- Citrine
>plusser.bandcamp.com/album/citrine
Mathier, and brings to mind bands like Laps and Taupe first (Taupe's debut technically released later, but they had a demo out since 2024). Math rock is another of Canada's cultural exports.
And it's not quite worth a link, but I caught They Are Gutting a Body of Water live last year for their release tour, and I couldn't help but think that these guys had been listening to Sunforger. Doesn't come out so much on the album, but I heard it for sure. Julia's War (label run by the lead of TAGABOW, Doug) was supposed to be involved in the release of the Sunforger album earlier this year, but seemingly dropped the ball. Heard a Sunforger fan drunkenly conspiring to get down to Philly and twist Doug's arm, trying to get the biggest Taurus Judge member in on it.
>Sunforger -- self-titled
>sunforger.bandcamp.com/album/sunforger
2023 release that solidified that current sound. I think they've stagnated a bit since, but it's still an impressive album and they're still great live. Way more filled-out than the previous self-titled as Mono No Aware, though I think I'd love a return to their lighter, more concise sound from then.
>Taurus Judge -- A Thing Rolled Up
>taurusjudge.bandcamp.com/album/a-thing-rolled-up
Really sick. Very openly influenced by the old Calgary-Montreal sound, albeit considerably heavier/noisier. They've got a sick split with Gash, who are also great, and their tour tape is sweet but not up online (yet?). One of my favourite live sets from this year.
>Pew Pew -- Purgatory
>pewpewband.bandcamp.com/album/purgatory
Another noisier post-punk band. Guitar on "Song for Peter" is straight from a Sunforger track, I swear.
>Plusser -- Citrine
>plusser.bandcamp.com/album/citrine
Mathier, and brings to mind bands like Laps and Taupe first (Taupe's debut technically released later, but they had a demo out since 2024). Math rock is another of Canada's cultural exports.
And it's not quite worth a link, but I caught They Are Gutting a Body of Water live last year for their release tour, and I couldn't help but think that these guys had been listening to Sunforger. Doesn't come out so much on the album, but I heard it for sure. Julia's War (label run by the lead of TAGABOW, Doug) was supposed to be involved in the release of the Sunforger album earlier this year, but seemingly dropped the ball. Heard a Sunforger fan drunkenly conspiring to get down to Philly and twist Doug's arm, trying to get the biggest Taurus Judge member in on it.