Picture a tune that plays with your mind. It does not go straight but skips and flips in ways you do not expect. That is math rock. It avoids common music paths, which makes it feel fresh and smart.

Toe are a Japanese quartet who’ve been putting out a pretty consistent stream of mathy post-rock since 2005. Their last proper LP was 2015’s Hear You; since then, they’ve shared a live album, a remix ...

Plus: Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions on the perfect doo-wop group, Reader writer Leor Galil on a mixtape that bottles the magic of summer, and more Tricot, Kabuku EP Japanese math-rock band ...

Since Amplifier debuted in 2018, we’ve had the pleasure of featuring a wide variety of rock artists on this podcast: alt rock, indie rock, psych rock, punk rock, pop rock. But today's episode marks a ...

Back in February, one DiS messageboarder was moved to say to the masses: “I challenge you to prove to me that math-rock is real”. Responses varied – some kept tongues in cheek, some were flippant, ...