anyone else here into post-rock? it seems pretty hard finding people that like the music as well, most often I get complaints about a lack of lyrics. anyone planning on seeing mono in durham in june?

5/10/2010 9:36:10 AM

Post metal is better cuz they use orange ad30s instead of marshall jcm800s

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5/10/2010 9:44:06 AM

im pretty into "post-rock"

im not around raleigh though

i, too, find it hard to find people to go to shows with

5/10/2010 9:46:03 AM

check out mbguess's post-rock band The White Cascade, they're pretty damn good. Another awesome local is Gray Young.

5/10/2010 9:47:09 AM

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haha.

I enjoy post-rock and post-metal. After having way too much of it in my library in college I kinda burned myself out on it some but I still enjoy it.

5/10/2010 9:52:07 AM

Never heard of Mono in durham or Mono (i'm assuming its just mono but some bands like to have those stupid names) but whenever i want new post rock i just go on What.cd and search mogwai or explosions in the sky and click on one of the million bands branching off.


Same with last.fm if you're not into stealing music illegally with no regard for the law

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5/10/2010 11:07:39 AM

This thread is post-retarded.

But, Mono rules. I may go to that show in June. Isn't it at a studio or something? How is that going to work?

To the OP: If you're constantly talking to people who don't like instrumental music because of the "lack of lyrics," you're probably running with the wrong crowd. Not to say that everyone should like instrumental music, but if their sole reason for not liking it/not listening to it is "lack of lyrics"...yikes.

[Edited on May 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM. Reason : .]

5/10/2010 12:34:20 PM

I always seem to get post-rock mixed up with prog-rock or post-hardcore.

5/10/2010 1:27:52 PM

http://www.myspace.com/movingmountainsmusic

5/10/2010 2:15:26 PM

you guys missed the album leaf last week. was a good performance.

might be going to see silver mt zion in a couple weeks.

really want to see:
russian circles
god is an astronaut
gifts from enola

5/10/2010 2:40:45 PM

awesome...love god is an astronaut and "aves" by gifts from enola is one of my favorite songs ever!

5/10/2010 2:48:56 PM

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"After having way too much of it in my library in college I kinda burned myself out on it some but I still enjoy it."

Agreed.

Mono's NYC live album with Worldess Chorus Orchestra is fucking sick, though.

5/10/2010 2:57:15 PM

saw russian circles last year and it was very nice

5/10/2010 2:58:40 PM

Oh yeah I saw red sparrowes last month. Loved it. The new chick's band ain't bad either.

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5/10/2010 8:37:48 PM

what the hell is post-rock?

I don't understand all of these goddamn subgenres, least of all the ones that are post-anything.

5/10/2010 8:45:41 PM

^

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"Post-rock is a musical genre characterized by the use of instruments commonly associated with rock music, but using rhythms, harmonies, melodies, timbres, and chord progressions not traditionally found in rock. Post-rock musicians typically produce instrumental music. "

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" using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures rather than riffs and power chord"

btw for anyone into post-rock WKNC has the "post rock block" on sunday nights from 6-7pm.

5/10/2010 9:01:45 PM

The new rosetta album is actually really good. Their stuff in the past was ok but didn't stand out from the legion of other post-rock and post-metal bands I have heard or seen. This one has some growing potential for sure. Its called "A Determinism of Morality"

5/10/2010 10:21:39 PM

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"This thread is post-retarded. But, Mono rules. I may go to that show in June. Isn't it at a studio or something? How is that going to work?"

Yeah, I have no idea either. Not sure how to even order the tickets. The lyrics thing is the main complaint but I also think the problem is that most are crazy about indie stuff like Death Cab. Apparently there is going to be some amazing show in the UK in July that is going to have 65daysofstatic, And So I Watch You From Afar, and some other good post-rock bands. If only I had the money.

5/11/2010 7:45:10 PM

No one likes Death Cab.

5/11/2010 8:31:44 PM

What the fuck is Post-rock? However, I do like Mono, Russian Circles, Rosetta, Godspeed, Pelican, Explosions in the Sky, ISIS, Neurosis etc...

5/11/2010 9:14:49 PM

Isis and Neurosis are post-metal but its basically the same thing just heavier.

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5/11/2010 9:54:14 PM

Yeah I guess. Rosetta and Pelican are pretty fucking heavy too.

5/11/2010 10:39:47 PM

oh didn't see pelican, they're definitely Post Metal. Haven't really heard rosetta. Russian Circles is supposedly post metal, but they are fucking boring as fuck to me.

When i think post rock i don't think it gets much heavier than Red Sparrowes or Mogwai or God is an Astronaut type stuff.

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5/11/2010 11:13:32 PM

^ I can see that. Red Sparowes is actually a mix of members ISIS and Neurosis.

5/11/2010 11:16:14 PM

Only one guy from isis now, but thats not important. Post rock is basically a bunch of indie kids who want to be in a band thats even less popular

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5/11/2010 11:23:03 PM

thanks synapse.


I took a listen to those two youtube vids, and this is definitely not for me.

5/11/2010 11:48:36 PM

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"Post rock is basically a bunch of indie kids who want to be in a band thats even less popular "

That's kind-of funny.

5/12/2010 12:05:57 AM

i can get into a good chunk of it

but after a while i realize that i could just sit by the fire and listen to my hard drive purr while leaving a faucet on ina distant bathroom and get the same psychological effect

all the meanwhile, these actions get to count as a "performance piece" in my own home, thereby earning me personal kudos

5/12/2010 12:09:37 AM

post-rock isn't generally characterized by drones though

5/12/2010 9:33:59 AM

no no no... not the sound... just the feeling

5/12/2010 9:40:35 AM

there is an excellent post-rock band from raleigh called Goodbye, Titan http://www.myspace.com/goodbye.titan

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5/12/2010 12:38:37 PM

I've recently been getting into this kind of music. My favorites are God is an Astronaut, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Mono and Collapse Under the Empire.

5/13/2010 9:53:09 AM

I think I am in the mood to just listen to Godspeed You! Black Emperor all day

5/13/2010 10:00:11 AM

I've been into Mogwai for a while. Also the term post-rock is possibly the stupidest fucking misnomer ever.

5/13/2010 10:49:21 AM

meh, the term has been around forever. As far as the age-old debate with genre classifying goes: I don't ever get into heated debates over which sub-genre a band belongs in, but I also think that sub-genres do help quickly classify bands on a high level and use them for such.

5/13/2010 10:57:08 AM

i also liked the fact that most post-rock musicians hate the term

5/13/2010 1:07:54 PM

good band

http://www.myspace.com/atlasesuk

5/13/2010 3:54:16 PM

Is this the same as Drone?

5/13/2010 4:48:11 PM

While we're posting links. How about my buds in Greensboro: http://www.myspace.com/obraveyoung

[Edited on May 13, 2010 at 5:37 PM. Reason : Formerly known as GIANT]

5/13/2010 5:37:10 PM

yea, good dudes.

5/13/2010 5:50:43 PM

Does this count??!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRwE9HPgpM

EMBED, PLEASE.

5/13/2010 7:38:15 PM

^ Who knows. But I do like me some Do Make Say Think.

5/13/2010 7:45:58 PM

all i know is i freaking love album leaf so if you guys wanna point me to similar bands then thank you

5/13/2010 7:56:44 PM

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"Is this the same as Drone?"

haha, i doubt you could include drone under the label of post-rock, but i'd like to know if there is anyone around here who listens to Sunn O))) and has seen them live. I for one don't really dig their sound very much but I've heard they are incredibly epic live.

5/13/2010 8:10:28 PM

Mogwai's been around for what, 10 years now? I think this style of music is already waning. I was watching this moody documentary from like 2001 the other day with a post-rock soundtrack and kept thinking how dated it felt.

5/13/2010 8:26:26 PM

where does Mew fit in the post/prog spectrum? i suppose more towards prog rock since they include lyrics to many of their songs?


i know they like to call themselves pretentious art-rock

5/14/2010 7:54:50 AM

Sunn O))) completely melted me the one time i saw them.

5/14/2010 9:01:44 AM

kudos to whoever just played this will destroy you on 88.1 just now

5/16/2010 7:16:29 PM

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"Mogwai's been around for what, 10 years now? I think this style of music is already waning. I was watching this moody documentary from like 2001 the other day with a post-rock soundtrack and kept thinking how dated it felt."

mogwai is a pretty big post-rock name but as far as being the end-all be-all of actual music quality I think there are plenty of other bands in the genre that still play appealing music.

5/16/2010 7:43:34 PM

^ Agreed

5/16/2010 7:55:06 PM