October 2010
1 post
Only Show of the Fall...
As promised, we will be playing a show November 27th at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, IL w/ Native, Castevet, and Cloud Mouth.  It will likely be our only show of the fall, so please do your best to make it out and support all of the bands.  It should be a lot of fun, so be sure to tell all of your friends and save the date!
Oct 4th
September 2010
2 posts
Review: 10
Coming out of Chicago are this self-styled “party-math” trio who recently (_cough_back in may_cough_) released their debut EP on the Big Scary Monsters label. This is some fun and funky stuff: precise and intricate, but with more definite pop stylings and melodies than your average noodly guitar workout. It’s entirely possible that they’re a little too clever in terms of their knowing and...
Sep 28th
Future Shows
Think that we will be playing a show in Chicago in November with some very close friends.  Will know for sure soon.  Yah.  
Sep 27th
July 2010
4 posts
Aug. 1st
Aug. 1st, 2010 The Moving Castle - 2769 W. Henry Ct. Chicago, IL $5 - 7 pm. Castevet Bearings  Noumenon Body Cop  Big Fiction Come have fun.  
Jul 14th
Jul 12th
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Jul 7th
Jul 6th
June 2010
5 posts
Jun 12th
Jun 7th
Review: 9
The long wait is over. The originators of the “party-math” genre finally release their long awaited (by this writer) EP. It is good. And you pay what you want, which makes it awesomer. The 5 tracks that comprise Party Mathematics clock in at a massive 15 and a half minutes in total, and feature a small amount of not terrible vocals alongside some outstanding musicianship the likes of...
Jun 7th
Review: 8
When I started going to punk shows in Chicago last year, I knew it was only a matter of time until some enterprising label swooped in and began exposing the vast amounts of talent pouring out of the basements. So far, UK label Big Scary Monsters has stepped up, snapping up the UK rights to Native, and putting out records in the US for former Lion Of The North pop-punkers Grown Ups. Frenzied...
Jun 3rd
BROBQ 2K10
BROBQ 2K10   July 4th, 2010 - Oak Brook Park District - Oak Brook, IL Featuring: Native (myspace.com/nativein) Castevet (myspace.com/romancastevet) Noumenon (myspace.com/daftkrunk) Grown Ups (myspace.com/ihategrownups) Bad Words (myspace.com/badwordsdiy) My Heart To Joy (myspace.com/myhearttojoy) Donations accepted and encouraged for touring bands.  There will be plenty of...
Jun 2nd
May 2010
8 posts
Review: 7
Out of all of my new musical finds this year, none have captivated me as much as Noumenon. The Chicago area math rockers just released their Big Scary Monsters debut Party Mathematics earlier this month and really there is no more fitting a name for the zany, technical bliss that is Noumenon. The flippantly titled “Algoresrhythm” is an off-kilter bundle of ever shifting melodies that’s tied...
May 28th
Review: 6
Noumenon call their brand of sweet, spastic noise “party-math,” and that’s about as good  a description as I can think of. Like a tougher, harder Japandroids, these Chicago guys cram as much music as possible into three-minute chunks, shooting electric lightning in every direction and bombarding your ears with furious drum fills. They’re crazy, and great. There’s not much going on lyrically (some...
May 20th
Review: 5
If ever a release was aptly titled it’s noumenon’s Party Mathematics. While we may be currently drowning in a sea of identikit math-rock outfits in 2010, the Chicago three-piece stand out commendably from the pack thanks to their joyous, highly danceable offerings. Although the large majority of Party Mathematics is purely instrumental, the group vocals of opening salvo ‘Baby,...
May 19th
Review: 4
Party Mathematics: an oxymoron, surely? Improbably, these Chicago math-rockers deftly side-step the genre’s chin-stroking image and deliver just that, injecting their twisting, sinewy compositions with humour, rock n’ roll energy and a joie de vivre rarely heard in beardy circles. Opener ‘Baby, Baby Teeth’ comes charging out of the speakers, its huge-sounding guitars briefly joined by raucous...
May 19th
May 17th
Review/Blurb: 3
This, the latest from the ever brilliant Big Scary Monsters label, is a joy to behold.Noumenon make noise. Danceable noise. It’s the sound of Foals and Lightning Bolt being fed into a blender. There’s pop hooks, epic riffs and shredding guitars. The band, over on their bandcamp site, are offering you the chance to pay WHATEVER YOU WANT for the EP. If payment was directly proportional to...
May 17th
Review: 2
For the sake of being objective: Noumenon have set themselves the challenge of combining the intellectual stimulation of math-core with its absolute polar: partying. However, ‘Party Mathematics’ delivers an assault so great to the ears through its persistent distortion throughout every relentless second that any sort of party atmosphere is completely lost. This is where my main...
May 17th
Review: 1
Noumenon: Party Mathematics EP (Big Scary Monsters) Release date: 04 May 2010 Noumenon came to my attention after taking part in split releases withRooftops and Talons - two bands which I wholly adore. From these splits, my attention was pricked in Noumenon’s direction, and today it spiked. Why I hear you say? Well, their new digital-only Party Mathematics EP - a transatlantic release...
May 17th
April 2010
2 posts
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Apr 29th
HI
This thing will be used for all thingz Noumenon.  That’s all.
Apr 29th