Ethan pwns all but I like these:

PAN AMERICAN
LIFT TO EXPERIENCE
ANOICE

Yes they are, they're amaze.

I've been partial to Mono lately. Check them out, very good PR band

ynida halda
sparrows swarm and sing
the ascent of everst
laura
anoice

ui
tortoise
gastr del sol
cul de sac
disco inferno
clogs
rachel's
talk talk

You have a great taste in post-rock Ethan. On my computer I have post rock and post metal in the same folder because I feel they're both so atmospheric that genre-tags are no boundary; i.e. many post rock bands can be as heavy as many metal bands. So I've added a post-metal list, even if I don't know as much about it.

Anyway, Isis is the best post rock/metal band IMO - unmatched genius and one of my favourite bands ever. They're one of those very rare bands that have changed the way I think about music... you know, you get bands like that which shake your musical foundations. I've found about 5 in my life.

Post-Rock:
Jakob - Excellent NZ post rock, check out Solace (seen them 3 times this year)... definitely my fav post-rock band.
Caspian - Should probably start with You Are the Conductor
Mono - of course!
Sparrows, Swarm and Sing
Red Sparowes
Sickoakes
Russian Circles
Pirate Ship Quintet
Maserati
Yndi Halda
Lanterna - a bit repetitive, but nice and dreamy
Ellis the Vacuumchild
Votiva Lux
The Evpatoria Report

Post-Metal:
Isis - Oceanic/Panopticon
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats...
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
Mare

Esmerine
As the Poets Affirm
Bright Red Paper
Bell Orchestre


string oriented post-rock. quite good


but honestly, pr is the new indie rock. scene is oversaturated; hipsters have gotten ahold of it. prepare to watch it crash and burn

for more proof of this, check this site. it's pr's pitchfork:

The Silent Ballet > Home

fly pan am
set fire to flames

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i have getting more and more into post rock recently and thought I would suggest some bands apart from the usual suspects that I have been listening to recently.

Mount Eerie
pg.Lost
Do Make say Think

Have all been getting plenty of plays over the last few days. name yours here and lets share the love!

The sleeve for Faust's s/t says that they are a "legendary German post-rock band." Allmusic informs me that Talk Talk's Laughing Stock is the first post-rock album, or maybe Spiderland. So has post-rock been around since the 70's or the 90's? Or is it a phenomenon of this decade? I think it's one of the most frustrating and absurd genre tags I have to deal with on a regular basis. In any case a lot of the 90's bands tagged as post-rock get a lot of love from me, but a lot of the stuff from the last few years sounds pretty same-y to me. Still good to listen to every once in a while.