Don Caballero is an American instrumental rock band from Pittsburgh, widely cited as a formative group in math-rock and post-rock for their complex, guitar-driven, rhythmically intricate compositions.

Formed in Pittsburgh; key members mentioned in reviews include drummer Damon Che and guitarist Ian Williams. Ian Williams later went on to projects including Battles. The band is known for instrumental, rhythmically complex music often labelled math-rock/post-rock.

DeBaser hosts a selection of reviews of Don Caballero covering their landmark albums and live shows. Critics praise their technical complexity, rhythmic invention and instrumental architectures. A few later releases receive more mixed reactions.

For:Listeners of instrumental, experimental and math-rock; fans of complex rhythmic guitar music.

 "Listening carefully to the patterns reveals the essence of music and explains why presidents get killed and why my grandmother goes to Florida every winter. Music is capable of understanding everything. It's a disruptive experience, it's a slow-motion compendium of everything that has ever happened to people."

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 Don. Is it that of a priest or that of a mafia boss? Don Caballero.

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 Elegantly difficult. Apparently impenetrable in their mathematical magniloquence. Incredibly powerful.

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 Let's go back ten years. Let's forget the last (tremendously manneristic) “Punkgasm”.

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