Update

The Indie Equation is on a break. Here's a couple reasons why:

1. I've taken a closer look at the stats for the page and I notice that while I receive a good number of hits per day, they're all google image searches resulting in false positives as visits. My actual returning reader base is at most 6 people. While I love and appreciate those 6 people, as well as all those one timers that left a comment or signed the mutha-luvin Guestbook, my life is too hectic at the moment to keep it going with no returns. I started this page because the idea cracked me up, I moved to a weekly issue schedule to make it easier on potential readers to stay posted, now I find that it's more of a chore to find some band to dismantle just to make a post than it would be to just let the funny come naturally. What I'm saying is, if there are genuinely people out there who want to see this site leave it's mark, you need to let me know. Even if it's just a short note saying hello, at least I know you've been here long enough to actually look at one equation. To me that's enough. The next equation will be posted whenever the muse moves me, after that, we'll see. In the meantime, if you've read this drop off a comment. I need to take stock of who's out there.

2: It's my birthday, so I'm partying not doing math, even if it is fake math.

Thank you and have a pleasant day.
Oh, and keep rocking.

-Justin

Equation #20: Quickspace

Quickspace

Oh yeah! Quickspace! If you've ever heard them before that's probably what's going through your head about now. Yes, Quickspace..... what is there to say about them? They sound like crunchy, doped up nursery rhymes with chirping electronics and spazzy guitar noodles. But the good kind. I bought this album on a whim one day at a record store and promptly never listened to it, then about a year ago I dusted it off and gave it a shot. I liked it now, who knew? I guess at the time I wasn't ready for it but since my taste has expanded to include trippy, repetative post-rock meanderings like Mogwai, Super Furry Animals and Bent Leg Fatima I guess they fit right in there. Not really the most revolutionary of their contemporaries, but enjoyable and quirky nonetheless. Looks like money well spent.

Equation #19: Idiot Pilot

Idiot Pilot

Idiot Pilot. Where to even begin. I can't seem to get a solid opinion from multiple reviews. Some hate them, some adore them, some pages don't load. Ok, I like them, they're talented young turks with a penchant for emulation they manage to bring several styles together all at once without sounding too incoherent, though there are a few moments that make me wince a bit. (Rap?) Also, I'm not a huge fan of "Screamo" bands like Hopesfall, Underoath, Thursday and the like, but these kids mix it well. It's no secret, though it may not have come up here yet, that I'm a huge Radiohead fan, so naturally I made the Kid A connections immediately (I mean look at their original cover art) so those parts of the album appeal to me the most. In fact I had to get used to the screaming parts a while before it seemed to fit in. All in all I think they have potential and they have a great start, after all a celebrity makeover from Reprise Records doesn't just happen to every band. I'd say that they can go places if they develop more of a unique sound and don't rely so much on the blazed trails of their forefathers. I can't be too harsh on them since the damn munchkins are barely peeking out of their teens but I can give them a stern warning not to go the way of Hanson, i.e. Don't get labeled as child pop prodigies and loose your grownup cred down the road. Not that Hanson has that much grownup cred, but you get the idea.