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Posted: October 20 2006 at 23:31

Oo cool recommendation.

I'll have to check them out.

I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 22:50

Bump.

Just letting you guys know that the band Saxon Shore will be added in a matter of days. Anyone interested in this band I recommend their 2005 album, The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore. It's a very optimistic band and it's very energetic as well. Creccendos? Who needs them! Saxon Shore gets down to business and doest it fast.

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Posted: October 16 2006 at 20:44

Welcome to the club Penumbra! Those are the same things why I love this genre. I can just close my eyes and just let my mind flow. I would like to recommend you two albums to keep this musical journey alive and well

Explosions in the sky - The earth is not a cold dead place
Yndi Halda - Enjoy eternal bliss

Both albums sound happier than Yanqui and F#A#oo, but that doesn't detracts anything. They're still emotional and powerful. Thumbs Up

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Posted: October 16 2006 at 20:16

Yes, I have recently gotten into the eerie soundscapes of Post-Rock. "F#A#oo", "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven", and "Yanqui UXO". Everything by Sigur Ros is also beautifully ambient, just not as long. I desperately love the imagination and dreamy ideas I get from listening to this music.

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Posted: October 16 2006 at 19:41

Now that I've heard his/their whole discography, I still think he/they still belong in the space/psych genre. You Go Now has the same style as Dead Air For Radios wich is has more in common with space rock than post-rock. Although there are still some hints of post-rock in his sound on this album, the same thing can be said to Mogwai's Happy songs for happy people and others. Graveyard Mountan Home is still a very Tortoish album as you said and the first songs a pretty good to.

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Posted: October 15 2006 at 21:43

Yea. i remember getting the smae vibe from all his albums( but this was a long time ago, before I even knew what post- rock was) I havent heard them in a long time, so maybe its just GMH, or maybe its all of them.

I remember when i first listented to the three of them, getting a feeling of etheralness. just complete ambience and relaxation. This is the same feeling i get when i hear post-rock. And since I've been on such a big kick of post rock lately, i decided to go back and listen to GMH. it gave me the same feeling as it did before, tomorrow I'll listen to the others and see what happens.

I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 21:17

Wow. I'm now listening to track #6 and everything I've heard up until this track can be concidered post-rock. I'll listen to the rest tomorrow and see what those the rest sounds like and I'll listen to You go now too. So far I don't think he could be concidered Post-rock just because one of his album sounds like it, but if the second album is post-rock as well then I don't see why he should be kept in psych/space rock.

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Posted: October 15 2006 at 20:36

Well I've heard all of them, but specifically Gravyard Moutain Home gives me a very Tortoise feeling. You can listen to the whole discography at Chromakey.com

I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 19:21

I don't know. I have Chroma Key's Dead air for radio and the best fir for that album is in psych/space rock. What album did you listened to BPT?

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Posted: October 15 2006 at 16:13

Hey, so I was just listening to some chorma Key, and I think that maybe this project should be moved into post-rcok. All the music has a very tortoise feel to it, but is deffintely not a rip off. it has a lot of spacey/pyshce elements (which is where they are now, ironically after my suggestion to put them there [they were in prog metal...which is comepltly incorrect]). but i tihnk they would definitely have a nice home in post-rock.

I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 14:07

BePinkTheater wrote:

It so crazy. This genre of music just keeps kicking my ass lately. Every thing I hear is just great. Its so powerful, I just want everyone to love it as much as I do... but there seems to be a lot of disinterest from other prog guys.

I feel the same thing. Running around like crazy recommending Post-Rock to my friends. I have succeeded in getting one of them into it... most of the others don't seem interested... Cry

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Posted: October 15 2006 at 12:06

It so crazy. This genre of music just keeps kicking my ass lately. Every thing I hear is just great. Its so powerful, I just want everyone to love it as much as I do... but there seems to be a lot of disinterest from other prog guys.

I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 11:56

Just got myself a couple of Explosions in the Sky albums. Listening to The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place right now. Some seriously good music! Smile

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Posted: October 15 2006 at 11:18

IMO Clogs is a band that is also classical oriented that is also named with Rachel's and 1 Mile North and I find them to be more post-rockier than Rachel's. Anyone who likes those two bands might want to check them out.

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Posted: October 15 2006 at 05:17

^^ Rachel's is a wonderful band, but IMO they're too classically oriented (There's hardly any rock aspect to their music) to be included here.

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Posted: October 14 2006 at 17:11

O.K., they're not in PA and evidently a little unpopular, but Rachel Grimes' ensemble is making some of the sweetest and most beautifully recorded 'chamber-prog'. They deserve to be heard by anyone interested in original post-classical work within a jazz/rock format (drums, bass, piano). The music reminds of Satie's gymnopedies but with a modern progressive flair. I may start a thread on them but I can't figure out where to put it, Non-prog I suppose.

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Posted: October 12 2006 at 11:45

Meddler wrote:

chamberry wrote:

^ I'm listening to it right now! It's a perfect follow up to their debut. I'll give it some more listens and make a better comparisons, but so far so good. Thumbs Up

How did you enjoy that CD, Chamberry?

I'm going to let you guys know what I think of Thee Silver Mt Zion albums soon. I was going to listen to them today, but i had no time to.

I haven't heard it as much, but from what I remeber this one is pretty much in the same level as their debut although my opinion might change after giving it a more in deph listening. Great album nonetheless.

and the one who recommended Russian Circles, Clap

. Great band. Everyone who's into Isis, Pelican, Red Sparowes and other heavy bands should get their album called Enter.

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Posted: October 12 2006 at 11:29

Atavachron wrote:

Tortoise's 'Standards' is one of the best albums to come out in years, of any genre

I would say that its their most rockin AND funkin album......Seneca is such a killer track!!!! one of my top 5 Tortoise songs.......(amongst many)

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Posted: October 12 2006 at 11:04

I saw Mogwai live three days ago or something. Yay!

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Posted: October 12 2006 at 07:36

Red Sparowes, Russian Circles, Tarantula Hawk=Good stuff.

All heavy. All "progessive" with a small p. All without vocals, the way I think post-rock should be. After all, no matter how heavy this music is, it seems to be more about atmosphere and ambience then anything a vocaiist might have to say. Even GS!YBE only uses samples, which are more about setting a mood than any particular statement the band might want to make.

At least that's my take Smile

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