post-rock recommendations, anyone? [Archive]

V Knid esq

23rd January 2005, 15:39

A friend of mine does film soundtracks, and he's asked for recommendations of "stuff like Mogwai and God Speed You! Black Emperor". I have already suggested Dirty Three, Rachel's, Sophia, Windy & Carl, Jackie O Motherfucker... has anyone got any more ideas for atmospheric but noisy stuff like that?

KaOz

23rd January 2005, 15:42

frog eyes forever

komakid

23rd January 2005, 15:59

explosions in the sky, do-make-say-think, lunar, mono, ...

V Knid esq

23rd January 2005, 16:17

Oh yes, I haven't listened to those Frog Eyes tracks yet - will do so right away.

KaOz

23rd January 2005, 16:37

a latex ice age and picture framing the gigantic.... are amazing tracks

Loz

23rd January 2005, 17:02

can't go wrong with a bit of Sparklehorse

Mark Linkos' noisy moments are great

Hagbard

23rd January 2005, 17:20

The latest Hood album is ripe to be licensed.. and Crescent's album 'By the Roads and the Fields' on fatcat is the fucking bomb.

or

Labradford, Boxhead Ensemble, Silver Mount Zion, Pelt.

tsr_tomas

23rd January 2005, 17:23

lemko hall.

wheezer

23rd January 2005, 17:46

a bit weirder but I always love Sun City Girls.

Is Devendra Banhart post-rock?

autorun

23rd January 2005, 17:54

tortoise - standards

Damo

23rd January 2005, 18:33

yeah i was gonna say Tortoise.

also:

Slint
The Redneck Manifesto
Fridge

v404

23rd January 2005, 19:15

Autolux! Seriously, they're outstanding. Noisey as fuck in the bestest of ways. Just check out some of their loops in the Cinema section of their site autolux.net. Amazing live too. Controlled, androgenous, noise, pop=great.

WON'T DO IT

23rd January 2005, 19:21

you want us to post rock recommendations, or to reply to the thread with post-rock recommendations ?

Post rock - what is it anyway? is it what postmen listen to?

Here are my postrock must haves:

Elvis Presley "return to sender"
The marvelettes "please mr. postman"
The marvelettes "twistin postman"
Chuck Berry "johnny b goode" (gonna right a little letter gonna mail it to my local dj)

v404

23rd January 2005, 19:36

Personally, I'd define post rock as post dance music rock. Often its instrumental and ultimately takes a tip from the dance/electronic/idm aesthetic regardless of its sound palette. think DFA, !!!, GSYBE, basically it either leans to more of a cerebral experience or its almost like a disco meets 80 reinterpretation. Its a pretty broad term but it encompasses a large variety of contemporary music.

bracket

23rd January 2005, 19:38

Originally posted by WON'T DO IT
you want us to post rock recommendations, or to reply to the thread with post-rock recommendations ?

Post rock - what is it anyway? is it what postmen listen to?

Here are my postrock must haves:

Elvis Presley "return to sender"
The marvelettes "please mr. postman"
The marvelettes "twistin postman"
Chuck Berry "johnny b goode" (gonna right a little letter gonna mail it to my local dj)

lol

C l a s s !

V Knid esq

23rd January 2005, 19:38

I think he wants more of the atmospheric, strung out stuff - I'm checking out all the above mentioned, and also sending him some Sigur Ros and Xinlisupreme...

cut out

23rd January 2005, 19:46

Some obvious choices, but missed out so far...

Bark psychosis - hex and codename dustsucker
Main - hydra-calm
The new 'post metal' groups like Isis (taking mogwai a step further), Jesu, Pelican, etc
Techno Animal - re-entry
Moonshake/laika
Scorn - Vae Solis/Colossus/Evanescence
Seefeel/Scala

V Knid esq

23rd January 2005, 19:57

Ooh and Ecstasy Of St Theresa...

cut out

23rd January 2005, 20:09

oh yer definitely

alex cortex

23rd January 2005, 20:19

no idea what is meant with post-rock, but transient waves - sonic narcotic on fat cat some years ago is well atmospheric.

Hagbard

23rd January 2005, 20:26

Originally posted by V Knid esq
I think he wants more of the atmospheric, strung out stuff

Definitely chekc out Pelt then.. a good one I have is called something like 'empty bell ringing in the sky'. It's like a redneck Bernard Gunter or something, like the background noise from a jackie o record.

alex cortex

23rd January 2005, 21:27

hmm,

lambchop - thriller

very short album. the last few tracks are very calm and atmospheric, basically guitar drones.

audiofelch

24th January 2005, 10:44

stars of the lid... "the tired sounds of..."

more droney but indescribably beautiful....

--
all the stuff off Constellation records

V Knid esq

24th January 2005, 10:59

Wow that Frog Eyes stuff sounds like completely fucked up classic mid 70s Bowie!

I'm really liking Pelt too.

KaOz

24th January 2005, 12:03

frog eyes are indeed awesome.

robin

24th January 2005, 23:02

my post rock recommendation is: DONT BOTHER!!

then you wont have to listento tortoise or sigur ross orGoDSPPEED~~~@~~@ U BLA CKKK EMPORRORRRRAAAAR FFFUCK

Bobby Cleaver

25th January 2005, 00:16

Dont know much about post-rock but went to see Shellac last year and they were awesome.

Also the first Tortoise album and the third one called Standards are good.

Lady E

25th January 2005, 09:30

who are pelt?

ive got an album by a band called the van pelt

V Knid esq

25th January 2005, 10:16

Originally posted by robin
my post rock recommendation is: DONT BOTHER!!

then you wont have to listento tortoise or sigur ross orGoDSPPEED~~~@~~@ U BLA CKKK EMPORRORRRRAAAAR FFFUCK

GSYBE are well wanky and up themselves, and their fans are the biggest dorks on the planet BUT their music is fucking stunning.

Hagbard

25th January 2005, 10:32

Originally posted by emma
who are pelt?

ive got an album by a band called the van pelt

Hmm I've struggled to find much out about Pelt, but this is some kind of description:

http://www.vhfrecords.com/catalog/43.htm

Lady E

25th January 2005, 10:51

Originally posted by V Knid esq

GSYBE are well wanky and up themselves, and their fans are the biggest dorks on the planet BUT their music is fucking stunning.

hmm. i should love them but i find them quite dull. i went to see them in brighton about 4 years ago and it wasnt great.

V Knid esq

25th January 2005, 11:07

I only have two songs actually - Raise Your Skinny Fists Like Antennae To Heaven and another one whose name I can't remember... I love those but I imagine it would get a bit much after more than two 15 minute tracks... I do like some of the A Silver Mount Zion stuff tho.

Lady E

25th January 2005, 11:18

ive got the record they did 'f#a# infinity'

it has loads of handdrawn bits and pieces on the cover and came with a hammered cent and some other inserts.

i never liked it but i wonder if it's worth any money.

V Knid esq

25th January 2005, 11:20

Well they're the sort of band whose fans are probably a bit obsessive so yeah you'd probably get a fair bit for it.

Hagbard

25th January 2005, 11:24

They're a great concept band...

notorious J.I.M

25th January 2005, 12:42

Fiend 1-3 the Caledonian Trilogy on God Bless Records. It's Brendan O'Hare (Teenage Fanclub/Telstar Ponies/Mogwai/Macrocosmica). Heavy mostly instrumental music with obvious Mogwai comparrisons.

Boing!

25th January 2005, 12:44

Crap name for a genre though.

KaOz

25th January 2005, 13:23

gybe are amazing.... slow riot for new zero kanada ep is one of my fav records ever

pille'ocheoni

25th January 2005, 14:33

Originally posted by KaOz
frog eyes forever

can i get this from someone of slsk?

KaOz

25th January 2005, 16:25

KaOz

25th January 2005, 16:28

here are 3 of my fav frog tracks

www.triggaz.de/kaoz/1.mp3
www.triggaz.de/kaoz/2.mp3
www.triggaz.de/kaoz/3.mp3

KaOz

25th January 2005, 16:42

interview:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/f/frog-eyes-03/