Post-Rock Thread (genre, albums, American, tracks, quote)

jackhammer · 03-07-2009, 11:49 AM

Try:

Muon and of course Mogwai.

Sneer · 03-07-2009, 12:17 PM

Is the June of '44 album Engine Takes To The Water worth a listen?

Blue · 03-07-2009, 09:57 PM

I have a number of suggestions if you're open to them. One band I particularly like is Hammock, though some of their material can be more or less ambient, so it may not be for you.

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught

Whoever I get in the weekly trade thing is probably going to get a Bell Orchestre album, anyone else into them? They're one of the few post rock bands I've heard that have mastered the use of horns + strings. There's a few members of the Arcade Fire mixed into the line up, if that helps in giving any indications of what they sound like...

I have Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light. Like you said, I really like their use of the horns with the strings, the horns particularly. I love Recording a Tunnel off of this album a lot, it's really a great listen, especially as someone who enjoys ambient and avant-garde type music.

Alfred · 03-07-2009, 10:25 PM

Is there anything else out there that really seems to build up and get to an epic level (other than the obvious bands)?

~~Farfisa~~ · 03-09-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

Is the June of '44 album Engine Takes To The Water worth a listen?

Yes, yes, yes, oh fucking god yes. If you like the guitars and vocals in Slint then that's a great album to get started with.

garbanzo · 03-09-2009, 11:15 PM

Muon, Mogwai, Hammock. I'll locate those today. Thanks

Robotnik · 03-09-2009, 11:46 PM

I'm kind of a newcomer to the whole post-rock genre. Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros and Mogwai are my the only artists I really know well, Mogwai being my favorite.

I really like big-sounding, atmospheric music, so I've been enjoying this type of music a lot.

jackhammer · 03-10-2009, 04:19 PM

Maybeshewill's Not For Want of Trying has been on heavy rotation for me recently.

garbanzo · 03-10-2009, 11:47 PM

jackhammer thanks for the heads up about Muon. really, really great stuff. and they give their albums away for free, how cool is that?

Mojo · 03-11-2009, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Maybeshewill's Not For Want of Trying has been on heavy rotation for me recently.

What are these like? And Muon?

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Robotnik Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 27	I'm kind of a newcomer to the whole post-rock genre. Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros and Mogwai are my the only artists I really know well, Mogwai being my favorite. I really like big-sounding, atmospheric music, so I've been enjoying this type of music a lot. __________________ STRAWBERRY PIE

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Maybeshewill's Not For Want of Trying has been on heavy rotation for me recently. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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garbanzo Recommended by 4 out of 5 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Budapest Posts: 137	Muon, Mogwai, Hammock. I'll locate those today. Thanks

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garbanzo Recommended by 4 out of 5 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Budapest Posts: 137	jackhammer thanks for the heads up about Muon. really, really great stuff. and they give their albums away for free, how cool is that?