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01.03.24 2K23 Blud Judgements03.31.22 Blud in Q1 2022
08.10.21 Sput's Overdue Blud Transfusion02.03.21 21 Records from 21 Lesser-Known Artists
09.19.20 I don't know anything about electronic 07.29.20 Nerd Music Recs for Nerds
04.06.20 Find the pattern

Nerd Music Recs for Nerds

The more time I spend on Sput the more I come to own the fact that my primary music tastes are mostly characteristic of nerds across the spectrum. If you too embrace your musical dweebness, give some of these a listen. I tried to shout out albums that are generally underappreciated on this site, sorting is chronological by year.
1Kolya
Kolya


2001 | emocore

Recommended tracks: Escape Artist, Astronaut, Idaho
FFO: At the Drive-In
2The Letters Organize
Dead Rhythm Machine


2005 | somewhere between hxcore and post-hxcore

Recommended tracks: Dressed Up in Gatwick, They Call It Rock N Roll (And Other Lies)
FFO: Refused
3Arktida
Сквозь Столетия


2011 | power/symphonic metal

Recommended tracks: Pechal', Pozovi menya
FFO: Nightwish
4Johnny Booth
Connections


2012 | hx/metalcore

Recommended tracks: Mr. Grey, Ink and Sky, To Samo, From Samo
FFO: People who listened to Firsthand Accounts but haven't checked the whole discog
5Arise In Stability
The Future That Amnesiac Draws


2012 | Melodeath/BTBAM-core

Recommended tracks: Maverick's Wind, The Future that Amnesiac Draws, Reflection, Study, and Result of Perversion
FFO: The Black Dahlia Murder/Heavier BTBAM
6GoGo Penguin
v2.0


2014 | contemporary jazz-electronica

Recommend tracks: To Drown in You, Hopopono
FFO: jazz and IDM
7Hungry Lights
The Awry Ascent


2015 | experimental one-man progcore

Recommended tracks: An Outset in the Sea, The Fence, Umber Tower
FFO: Mr. Bungle maybe? Tired comparison tbh if you like prog metal you might like this
8Mammal Hands
Floa


2016 | contemporary jazz

Recommended tracks: Quiet Fire, Hourglass, Kudu
FFO: Portico Quartet, if that's helpful
9Jack The Joker
Mors Volta


2016 | djent prog

Recommended tracks: V, Brutal Behavior
FFO: SiKth, also for Lusophiles looking for Brazilian metal
10Fluous
Thing for Think


2016 | instrumental prog rock

Recommended tracks: King Wasabi, Toada
FFO: Chon
11Organ Freeman
Respect My Art


2017 | funky jazz

Recommended tracks: The Green Green Grapes, Putin and I Get Along Fantastic, Fly You Fools!
FFO: Kyoto Jazz Massive, Snarky Puppy if you need a more household name
12Ingurgitating Oblivion
Vision Wallows In Symphonies Of Light


2017 | tech death

Recommended tracks: Amid the Offal, Abide with Me
FFO: Death
13Nyu.
Flux


2018 | instrumental prog rock

Recommended tracks: Rude, Stormy, Sapphire
FFO: Chon
14Stellar Circuits
Ways We Haunt


2018 | prog metal

Recommended tracks: The Polar Dream, Fell Under a Spell, Ways We Haunt
FFO: A Perfect Circle, Deftones
15Black Matter Device
Modern Frenetics


2018 | TDEP/Car Bomb/Number 12-core

Recommended tracks: Presto Manifesto, Jenga Fever, Ricky Simmons
FFO: TDEP, Car Bomb, lol
16Adrift
Pure


2019 | blackened post-metal

Recommended tracks: Pure, The Call
FFO: Mastodon? Idk, if you like sick music you'll dig this
17Ibrahim Maalouf
S3NS


2019 | commercial jazz

Recommended tracks: any except T2 which has an unintentionally disturbing audio recording of a baby's laughter for way too long
FFO: Dizzy Gillespie
18Sunstrife
SOL


2019 | instrumental mathy prog rock

Recommended tracks: Tallgeese, 198x
FFO: Chon, Covet
19Tacet
Flourish


2019 | instrumental prog rock/metal

Recommended tracks: Beta Male, Eschaton
FFO: Chon, early Polyphia, Paysage d'Hiver (jk)
20The Bad Plus
Activate Infinity


2019 | jazz

Recommended tracks: Avail, The Red Door, Undersea Reflection
FFO: Really any jazz trio
21Kenta Shimakawa
Glimpse


2019 | jazzy prog metal

Recommended tracks: Oiseau, Ambivalence (either version)
FFO: Angel Vivaldi? Your local jazz street busker??
22ichika
I


2019 | pop/math rock

Recommended tracks: the whole shebang
FFO: jpop
23Omega District
The Machine Destiny


2019 | prog death

Recommended tracks: The Garden of Light, The Cerebral Link, Atmospheric Blight
FFO: Fallujah
24Pilori (FRA)
À Nos Morts


2020 | blackened crust death sludge-core

Recommended tracks: Roi des Rats, Lorsque Viendra la Nuit, Divine Comedie
FFO: folks who plug albums they've reviewed within the past week
25Justice For The Damned
Pain Is Power


2020 | hxcore/deathcore but good

Recommended tracks: Pain is Power, Machine of War, No Peace at the Feet of Your Master (if you like breakdowns)
FFO: Whitechapel, anyone who can tolerate a little actually decent deathcore
26Niklas Paschburg
Svalbard


2020 | jazzy ambient

Recommended tracks: it's ambient music just put it on
FFO: ambient study/work music
27Nord (FRA)
The Only Way To Reach The Surface


2020 | mathy post-metal

Recommended tracks: listen to the whole album. My sleeper hit of 2020
FFO: Fall of Troy's there, maaaaybe Cult of Luna
28Dyssidia
Costly Signals


2020 | Opeth/DT prog metal

Recommended tracks: The Gutted Stag, Infinitesimal, Hope's Remorseful Retreat
FFO: Opeth or Dream Theater. Shocker, huh?
29Here's to Now
Mindfulness


2020 | post-hardcore

Recommended tracks: Rose Gold, Retrograde
FFO: DGD, kinda
30Alarum
Circle's End


2020 | prog-death jazz fusion (yup)

Recommended tracks: Delta, Syzygy, Sand
FFO: Atheist
31Devil's Den
Barbed New Religion


2020 | trad hxcore

Recommended tracks: It's a 16 minute album.
FFO: you probably know if you like hardcore or not by now
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