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[Diesel]

So, ten years after the fact, I've found an indie rock genre I enjoy. Post rock, math rock, whatever you want to call it. I got yer Slint, I got yer Don Caballero, yer Chavez, and yer Godspeed! You Black Emperor. What else do I need to hear along these lines? And...what's the one Tortoise album worth hearing? Or maybe the two...

[Artem]

explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place amazing guitar interplays on that one. one of my favourite albums of this decade.

[i-c]

You could probably start with Thrill Jockey's back catalog and go from there...

[held]

Tortoise (94) for starters.

edit:

2nd : Rodan's 'Rusty' 1994

and then some of these..


Tortoise Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters 1995
Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die 1996
Tortoise TNT 1997
Tortoise Standards 2001
Tortoise It's All Around You 2004

Sea And The Cake Sea And The Cake 1993
Sea And The Cake Nassau 1994
Sea And The Cake The Biz 1995
Sea And The Cake One Bedroom 2003

Rachel's Handwriting 1993
Rachel's Music for Egon Schiele 1996
Rachel's Sea & The Bells 1996
Rachel's Selenography 1999
Rachel's Systems/Layers 2003

June of 44 Engine Takes to the Water 1995
June of 44 Tropics and Meredians 1996
June of 44 Anatomy of Sharks 1996
June of 44 Four Great Points 1998
June of 44 Anahata 1999

Isotope 127 Unstable Molecule 1998
Isotope 127 Commander Mindfuck 1999

Gastr Del Sol Camoufleur 1998

For Carnation Fight Songs 1995
For Carnation Marshmellows 1996

Directions In Music Directions In Music 1996

Aerial M Aerial M 1997

Dianogah As Seen From Above 1997
Dianogah Millions of Brazilians 2001

you could also go for the 'early years' of slint direction with the likes of squirrel bait & bitch magnet
but I suspect it won't be nearly as fulfilling as the above.

[James D]

I shall upload some stuff.

[Jenny Penny]

June of 44 is a must-have -- "Four Great Points." One of the great post-rock albums. The one TRTS album worth hearing is "TNT." Maybe they'll make an album that's better than that at some point -- but as it stands, it's the zenith in the band's career. I'll be listening to it when I'm 90.

[Bleep Blop]

Mogwai- Come on Die Young Mono- You Are There

[Artem]

personally, i'd take "rock action" over "come on die young".

[Jenny Penny]

A more recent (and local) release: Russian Circles - Enter

[Bleep Blop]

personally, i'd take "rock action" over "come on die young".

Yeah, RA is my winter album it seems like- and it's less post-rocky, more songy. Both pretty good- although Rock Action has probably gotten more listens.

CODY is something you have to sit all the way through I think.

[bunk]

personally, i'd take "rock action" over "come on die young".

Yeah, RA is my winter album it seems like- and it's less post-rocky, more songy. Both pretty good- although Rock Action has probably gotten more listens.

CODY is something you have to sit all the way through I think.

I agree as well that Rock Action is better then Come On Die Young. My favorite Mogwai release however is EP+2. So many great songs on that.

Explosions in the Sky's "The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place" is also a great album.

My favorite post-rock album (which is debatably post-rock) is The Album Leaf's "In a Safe Place". Such an underrated album and one of my fav's from this past decade.

[Montana]

Someone recommended this to me on this board, so I am repaying the favor:




Awesome stuff.

[James D]

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a cold dead place

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ljhsu1

This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain

http://www.sendspace.com/file/22pdgw

There's something to get you up and running.

Explosions has been mentioned a bunch here. Rightly so aswell since it's pretty much one of the best pos-rock albums this decade. The other one is perhaps lesser known, but is just as excellent. It's probably heavier but there is no sacrifice in terms of sheer brilliance. I even prefer it to Explosions...

Happy listening.

[Diesel]

Holy crap! Thank you!

[helmet52]

All highly recommended: Talk Talk Bark Psychosis Explosions in the Sky Mogwai Slint Mono Godspeed You Black Emperor Sigur Ros Labradford Mark Hollis Main Dirty Three

[Artem]

what do people think of silver mount zion and whatever else they add to their name these days?

[Pavement Ist Rad]

Speaking of June of 44, you definitely need to hear Rodan's Rusty. Somebody upload it. It's like Slint, but without an ounce of pussyishness. Just completely fucking heavy all the damn day. Brutal stuff. And when it's not quite so loud... well, let's just say that the beautiful guitar interplay of the first track renders a lot of the music in this thread fairly useless and redundant (kidding! But still.) And I now see that Held mentioned it already! So I second the shit out of it, then.

Anyways, post-rock... fairly meaningless term, isn't it? I don't know. What does Rodan have to do with Tortoise? Some of the guitar playing in a lot of this stuff is fairly similar, and the way they incorporate heavier moments. I guess. I don't know. Most music that I think of as "post-rock" doesn't sound like what everyone else thinks of as "post-rock." Is it just 90s rock that incorporates ambient or krautrock influences? Is that why Tortoise and Disco Inferno are both "post-rock"? Then why does so much of it sound like Slint, which doesn't really have anything to do with DI or Bark Psychosis (Hex is pretty essential, though.)

Undo is much better at explaining stuff like this.

A more recent (and local) release:
Russian Circles - Enter

Diesel, this is like a heavier and slightly better Pelican. Take that however you like.

[tedthehead]

A more recent (and local) release:
Russian Circles - Enter

God, I love that album. They were supposed to come to my town (portland), but didn't make it. totally ruined my summer.

I upped it for my thread on post-apocalyptic music a while back.

Russian Circles - Enter
hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=XIVQAGUE

Get loud speakers and blow down your dormitory/apartment complex.

[Saskadelphia]

Are Swans post rock? I need more of their stuff, I just have one album.

[helmet52]

Great post-rock forum here.