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WoG posted:As much as I want to see Explosions, exorbitant NIN prices to see them play 3-4 songs in a big gently caress-off arena? Pass. Funny you should say that, this is exactly how I've been feeling about Sigur Ros playing their awesome show in big arenas.
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Cymbal Monkey posted:Trent Reznor seems to like post-rock. I do appreciate his dedication to trolling his fanbase. After Deerhunter and A Place To Bury Strangers, this was the next logical step. The "who the gently caress are these guys?" will be deafening.
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The final Gifts From Enola show was pretty great. Not as much turnout as I thought (the venue was a tiny bar, but I figured that it'd be packed nonetheless), and they brought their old drummer and old guitarist on stage to play their final song. I picked up their special "last show ever" screen print posters, which, of course, are post-rock as gently caress.
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precision posted:I do appreciate his dedication to trolling his fanbase. After Deerhunter and A Place To Bury Strangers, this was the next logical step. The "who the gently caress are these guys?" will be deafening.
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Godspeed are referenced by Seth Rogen in a Judd Apatow movie, if that says anything about their popularity.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I dunno. I think Explosions in the Sky are probably the most popular post-rock band on earth (barring maybe Sigur Ros), if only because of Friday Night Lights. Godspeed might be a different story. Speaking as a fan of post-rock and NIN, I would do ungodly things to go to one of the NIN/Godspeed dates. Bit of a weird choice for what will probably be a high energy NIN set though. And although I am aware of ETIS, I've never actually listened to them.
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You're a post-rock fan and you've never listened to THE band that gets ripped off the most?
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I don't like Explosions In The Sky  Listened to the new Sigur Ros and it was pretty ok
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david puddy posted:I don't like Explosions In The Sky ANY of their stuff? Or just some and not others?
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I am so confused by all of these Milhouse avatars.
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GY!BE and EITS are pretty popular, but have you ever been to a NIN show? Trust me, NIN fans are pretty much exclusively terrible, especially when it comes to tolerating opening acts. I mean at least Deerhunter has lyrics and generally played like a rock band. It'll be like that one tour that MONO did with High On Fire, only probably worse.
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Maybe GY!BE and EITS will just play the loud parts of their songs.
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Hey, I'm a NIN fan and a post-rock fan!  And I've seen NIN, EITS and GYBE live. That's going to be one hell of a tour.
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Apparently Amiina have released a new album - "The Lighthouse Project". That was pretty stealthy of them.
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eithedog posted:Apparently Amiina have released a new album - "The Lighthouse Project". That was pretty stealthy of them. Nice! I got an email saying they where working on a new album a couple of months ago but hadn't heard anything since, thanks for the heads up.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:ANY of their stuff? Or just some and not others? I like the first half of It's Natural To Be Afraid from All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone, and most of The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place, but not any of their other stuff
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So how many of you have got your tickets to Arc Tan Gent? Is gooncamp happening and will anyone be going through Bristol?
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I'm seriously tempted, but it clashes with Sigur Ros at Jodrell Bank. After the last few pages of everyone saying that they're the greatest band ever to stand on a stage I'm not sure which to go to. Someone contact the ArcTanGent organisers and get them to book Sigur Ros for the 31st. e: I see that some of the spaces still to be filled are in association with Damnation Festival, wonder if they'll get Cult of Luna? Can't really imagine it's Moss' scene although that'd be pretty cool too. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:The new Sigur Ros album leaked and I just finished my first full listen through of it. Have to say, I'm kind of disappointed It is funny how opinions differ. I was big into Sigur Ros as a teenager and this is the first Sigur Ros album I've liked in 11 years. I found Valtari to be one of the most boring albums I've ever listened to. Videogame Stench fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Jun 14, 2013 |
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It sounds more like a Jonsi solo album than it does a proper Sigur Ros album in the way the songs are structured, which isn't a bad thing but it's just not terribly memorable. This is less of a post-rock album than pretty much all their others. Brennisteinn had me amped up because it was different and cool and I thought maybe the rest of the album might have similar characteristics since they're now a 3 piece and all. But aside from Brennisteinn, there were like 2 other songs I really enjoyed and the rest were instantly forgettable.
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I've been listening to it on loop. I'm extremely impressed with it and think this is probably their strongest album since Takk.
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i first started listening sigur ros when i was about 12. by 14 i got really obsessed with the concept of "hopelandic" and tried to channel it constantly, until my thought process got really bizarre and i would repeat things like "yo soy no" and "you sigh" in my head for hours, and i would get really paranoid, start seeing things in the corners of my eyes etc, basically prodromal schizophrenia. im now on antipsychotics. i always wondered what the kind of "scandanavian" style of post rock was all about; i think it's the unconscious leaking in to the conscious, what jungian theory considered to be the cause of schizophrenic and schizotypal syptoms. i would advise all people who "get" sigur ros to be careful because that likely means you have a predisposition to a mental illness. peace.
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bevis of nazereth posted:i first started listening sigur ros when i was about 12. by 14 i got really obsessed with the concept of "hopelandic" and tried to channel it constantly, until my thought process got really bizarre and i would repeat things like "yo soy no" and "you sigh" in my head for hours, and i would get really paranoid, start seeing things in the corners of my eyes etc, basically prodromal schizophrenia. im now on antipsychotics. i always wondered what the kind of "scandanavian" style of post rock was all about; i think it's the unconscious leaking in to the conscious, what jungian theory considered to be the cause of schizophrenic and schizotypal syptoms. i would advise all people who "get" sigur ros to be careful because that likely means you have a predisposition to a mental illness. peace.
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Finally got a chance to listen to Kveikur all the way through, and it's as good as I thought it'd be. I can see how a couple of the tracks may not stand out as much, but there's a lot of tracks that really stood out for me, particularly Kveikur, Isjaki, Stormur, and Brennisteinn. I usually don't listen to Sigur Ros that much since my initial honeymoon phase with them, however I've been finding myself constantly going back to this album to listen to it again and again. Kveikur is much stronger of a release than Valtari, and it has quickly catapulted itself to being one of my favourite Sigur Ros albums. That shine may eventually wear off though.
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I'm in agreement with those who like the new album. I haven't listened to Valtari at all since it came out, but I can see myself listening to Kveikur well into the future. I've been listening to Isjaki on loop since they released it and the rest of the album hasn't failed to disappoint. I saw Sigur Ros for the first time live earlier this year, and now I'm definitely going to see them again when they come back to Chicago.
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I liked Valtari a lot and I like Kveikur a lot too.
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Takk... is the only Sigur Ros album that's good all the way through.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Takk... is the only Sigur Ros album that's good all the way through. I think you mean Agaetis Byrjun That's the only one that's perfect all the way through. The rest are good but have their problems. Well, except for Von and Kveikur, which I wouldn't even say are good all the way through.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I think you mean Agaetis Byrjun What, in your opinion, are the low points of Kveikur?
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Cymbal Monkey posted:What, in your opinion, are the low points of Kveikur? Well Brennisteinn and Isjaki are incredible. I think they're two of the best songs they've ever done, honestly. Var's pretty good but it feels like an interlude track that doesn't really go anywhere. I like Yfirbord and Kveikur too, but they're not among the best Sigur Ros material or anything. The rest of the tracks are just "whatever" tracks for me. When I listened through the whole album the other day, I didn't really feel anything when listening to those. And today I went back and listened to a bunch of the tracks individually and felt the same way about those. A lot of Sigur Ros material grabs me and makes me feel overwhelmingly happy or sad or pumped up or something. But those tracks didn't do anything like that for me. So that's Hrafntinna, Stormur, Rafstraumur and Blapradur I guess. Should I count the bonus tracks (Hryggjarsula and Ofbirta)? They were on the Brennisteinn EP that I got a while back but they're bonus tracks on this album as well. Both of those are kind of "whatever" for me too. They're not bad, they're just not particularly interesting compared to a lot of Sigur Ros material. When I was driving back from seeing them in Houston, I remember playing Valtari and the Brennisteinn EP back to back and thinking these two tracks were pretty boring, like even less interesting than the least interesting parts of Valtari.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Takk... is the only Sigur Ros album that's good all the way through. This. As far as Ágætis byrjun goes, "Svefn-g-englar" and the title track are nice but go on way too long, and "Flugufrelsarinn", "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)", and "Avalon" just kind of... don't really do anything for me. But you know. That's just, like, my opinion, man.
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Finally got around to listening to The Samuel Jackson Five, and I completely understand why this thread loves them so much.
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big scary monsters posted:Finally got around to listening to The Samuel Jackson Five, and I completely understand why this thread loves them so much. Which albums did you check out? And did all of you get Mid-Fi Winter Wonderland? I really enjoy it. Anyways, have we talked about Rökkuró yet? I've been enjoying this song quite a bit.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Takk... is the only Sigur Ros album that's good all the way through. ( ) is the only one I even listen to anymore. I think I managed to burn myself out on the band completely by the time Takk was even released. The hype and omnipresence of Aegaetus Byrjun (at least in my circle of friends at the time) was absolutely insane. Everyone was like "they're the new GY!BE" even though that statement makes no sense to me on any level...
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This is old, but I ignored it at first and now I'm really enjoying Nothing of Cities by Years of Rice and Salt. It's a very soft album which I don't usually go for but the instrumentation is excellent.
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chunkles posted:This is old, but I ignored it at first and now I'm really enjoying Nothing of Cities by Years of Rice and Salt. It's a very soft album which I don't usually go for but the instrumentation is excellent. Their Service Bell deserves a listen as well, due to, mainly, Plankton. And, if you care about these things, Silent Ballet rated Nothing of Cities on 13th place, in the list of best releases of 2011.
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This is like a post metal/post rock fusion track, but Pelican have a new song out called "Immutable Dusk" and it's awesome. I like it more than just about everything from their last album (What We All Come To Need). Sounds more like their older stuff. https://soundcloud.com/pelican-song/pelican-immutable-dusk/s-iZg0S And they're also playing in Baton Rouge in November so I guess I'll be seeing them live for the second time 
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Nice. I always listen to Pelican's new stuff even though it can be hit or miss. This is really good, I'm looking forward to the album.
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Theyve been talked about in the black metal thread before but I figure Deafheaven is enough of post-rock band as well to discuss in here. These guys are fantastic. A blend of post-rock, shoegaze and black metal. It makes for a pretty intense sound. Two of my friends are in the band so I got to see them at 285 Kent in Brooklyn recently. Absolutely mind blowing show. The singer has a really amazing stage presence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpblqUh_C24 If you arent a fan of black metal style vocals, you probably arent going to like these guys.
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"Dream House" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Some of the guitar lines on that album sound, for lack of a better word, transcendent. I also like that the vocals aren't as prominent in the mix as they could be. It's really easy (for me, at least) to just hear it as another instrument, while they would normally be a problem for me otherwise.
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