post-rock

[phoenstorm]

by this i mean the kind of music, which makes do without lyrics and which engages in blissful repetition and sappy melodies. or, to put it seriously, i always thought there was a close relationship between post-rock and ambient sensibilities: let's collect some prime examples in here :biggrin:

[GaryG]

Yay! Discussion on what defines a band as post-rock time! ;)

I'm old school so it's Slint, Tortoise etc for me though I appreciate the Bark Psychosis, Disco Inferno arguments too. But not Stereolab. :D

Maybe Sigur Ros changed it forever when they got labelled it so all these 'ambient rock' bands got dragged in too. (explosions in the sky, mogwai...)

Meh.

Pinacle for me:

(no, not jazz :P)

(post rock? i think so, too haunting and gorgeous not to be)

[IOK-1]

A Post-rock thread without Hammock is not worthy! :biggrin:

[IOK-1]

Oh! I know it's post-metal, but it itches in my fingers to post a link.
And I think they deserve a spot even if they are post-metal because in my opinion it generates the same "feelings" as post-rock for me at least.
Slap me on the fingers if it ain't appropriate.

[ambientsketchbook]

Here's a current artist who straddles the ambient/post-rock divide (if you believe such a thing exists) quite beautifully. Check out his album: http://deepelmdigital.com/album/reanimation.

[GaryG]

Oh! I know it's post-metal, but it itches in my fingers to post a link.
And I think they deserve a spot even if they are post-metal because in my opinion it generates the same "feelings" as post-rock for me at least.

Never heard that before, really nice. Hit me in the way MBV do, beauty and chaos etc etc.

'post-metal' makes me think of math-rock which is probably a case of over-genre-ising...

Whatever, Pelican!

[phoenstorm]

could we please kick the spammer out, but leave the post, I have a penchant for random things and this fits nicely in here

[MetaDronos]

could we please kick the spammer out, but leave the post, I have a penchant for random things and this fits nicely in here

I just kicked it out, including posts, because they contain links to sites with possibly malicious content.

[phoenstorm]

which of course is the right thing to do . thanks & on with "post-rock"...

[seismic1]

Looks like I missed all the fun

Edit: (not quite all of it, apparently)

[The Infinite Calling]

I love Red Sparowes. "Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Sun" is a fantastic album.

[ambientsketchbook]

Here's one from a group from my neck of the woods who blurred the ambient/post-rock line:

And a classic from Staffraen Hakon:

[Thought Experiment]

Here's something I discovered recently, some really beautiful moments on the album ('Centralia'):

[phoenstorm]

Anybody familiar with God is an Astronaut? Just stumbled across this.

[ambientsketchbook]

Yes! They are an excellent Irish act; I have seen them live on a number of occasions. Their records are very good indeed.