Post-Rock Thread

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-17-2009, 09:21 PM

My only exposure to this has been working with a post-rock group. I like it but gosh-damn what a terrible name for a genre. After all the weird stuff that's been in rock music, how is this post- in any way?

million dollar basher · 07-21-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

My only exposure to this has been working with a post-rock group. I like it but gosh-damn what a terrible name for a genre. After all the weird stuff that's been in rock music, how is this post- in any way?

This is exactly why I submitted that we should place artists like Mogwai and Godspeed in a genre I call "soundtrack rock", but all I got was scoffs and hostility.

Astronomer · 07-21-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

My only exposure to this has been working with a post-rock group. I like it but gosh-damn what a terrible name for a genre. After all the weird stuff that's been in rock music, how is this post- in any way?

Basically a lot of terms with 'post' in the beginning don't refer to what it may seem. Like postmodernism, post-rock is about deconstructing the genre which came before it. So... post-rock is about using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes and to 'deconstruct' rock as a genre. I'm rambling, I don't know where I was going with this but yeah.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 07-21-2009, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

Basically a lot of terms with 'post' in the beginning don't refer to what it may seem. Like postmodernism, post-rock is about deconstructing the genre which came before it. So... post-rock is about using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes and to 'deconstruct' rock as a genre. I'm rambling, I don't know where I was going with this but yeah.

Right I getcha. Good break down of it.

gotjuice · 07-21-2009, 09:59 PM

Yeah that makes sense and is a nice explanation. Even if it didn't, soundtrack rock is just as poor a description as post-rock, unless you're implying only instrumental bands make soundtracks.

FinkPloyd · 07-31-2009, 02:55 AM

I ****ing love This Will Destroy You. "The World Is Our _____" is one of my favourite songs ever. I want a new album though.

Trauma · 07-31-2009, 11:00 PM

Second that.

noise · 09-02-2009, 06:03 AM

can someone please suggest some groups that are heavy on strings? stuff like Bright Red Paper or Sweek.

in return, eternal gratitude.

cheers

Eberger0001 · 09-02-2009, 11:09 PM

The town I'm from, Louisville KY, had a rather large post-rock scene in the early 90s, with bands like Slint, Rodan, Rachel's (who will playing at this experimental rock festival in nearby Lexington with the Black Angels, Bardo Pond, and Faust in October. It's going to blow my face apart), and Crain. Makes me wish I was a little bit older at the time so I could have enjoyed it in it's time. The bassist from the British proto-post-rock band Dif Juz lives here in town now, and is currently in an experimental dub band with my friend's older brother, so that's pretty cool.

GravitySlips · 09-03-2009, 01:43 AM

^ that is cool, Dif Juz are pretty sweet. Not heard too much yet, but I dig what I've heard. What's your friend's brother's band that he's in now?

I always loved the Louisville stuff, brilliant music scene at that time period.

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gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	Yeah that makes sense and is a nice explanation. Even if it didn't, soundtrack rock is just as poor a description as post-rock, unless you're implying only instrumental bands make soundtracks.

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GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	^ that is cool, Dif Juz are pretty sweet. Not heard too much yet, but I dig what I've heard. What's your friend's brother's band that he's in now? I always loved the Louisville stuff, brilliant music scene at that time period.