Thinking Machines

Thinking Machines' music vacillates between the melodic sonic onslaught of Superchunk and the taut jitters of New York-based Rahim. The trio releases the record A Complete Record Of Urban Archaeology next month, and you can stream the whole set right now at the band's Last.FM page here. We were compelled to stream "Maze," "Waste Of Time" and "Urban Archaeologist" more than a couple times, particularly the latter track, which layers in a punchy 3/4 bass part onto a 4/4 crunchy verse to grand effect. - clickyclickymusic.com

This Philadelphia trio’s third full-length is an exclamatory blend of post-punk dynamism and melodic cacophony that seamlessly connects to its roots and never denies its willingness to explore new sonic territory. An early frontrunner for best-of-2008.

RIYL: No Knife, Les Savy Fav, early Sonic Youth with Lee Renaldo singing, Jawbox, Castor - explodingnow.com

The album continues with the bands thick guitar crunch that manages to work in fair amount of catchy riffs while leaning heavily on a post-punk disjointedness. While their past albums occasionally had some dreamier elements, it would appear on A Complete Record of Urban Archaeology that it’s featured to a lesser degree here. However, the fuzz and distortion is still bound to leave ears ringing on this one. It’s definitely reminiscent of some the better loud guitar driven rock of the past decade. - builtonaweakspot.com