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Agaetis Byrjun

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Sigur Ros

Release Date August 14, 2000
Id never heard of this 4 piece band until recently and have since purchased 3 of there albums its so unique

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CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Sigur Ros

Release Date October 28, 2002
It's hard to really put the experience of listening to this album into words. It is just a relentlessly gorgeous soundscape, even by Sigur Ros' own high standards.

Of all their albums, this is the most seamless. As many listeners have commented, the songs seem to blend into each other, as if they are different movements of one work, and the album as a whole simply encapsulates me.

That is not to say that the mood is a constant throughout. Rather, the melancholy of Track 1 gives way to the gentle and beautiful optimism of Track 3, whilst the mood of Track 4 drifts between the two, in a wonderfully passive, relaxed way. The second half of the album, in contrast, is considerably darker, whilst maintaining the beauty of ... Read More:

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F# A# Oo

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Godspeed You Black Emperor

Release Date June 15, 1998
There is just too much silence here for my liking. I'm a fan of the actual music that Godspeed create but theres just not enough here to keep my attention. It seems that most of the album is made up of ambient noise or just silence. The first and second tracks left me feeling tired and bored, i was looking for tracks with long build ups, reaching epic conclusions, fooling, surprising and inspiring me. Well i got one, part 3 was a pretty great listen, all 29 minutes of it, nice variety of instruments, driving drums, careful use of strings, real ebb and flow, very nice. I can't recommend a CD with one nice track, even if it is 29 minutes long minus yet more silence. Havn't heard any other Godspeed stuff so i can't compare, but this album is definately ... Read More:

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Godspeed You Black Emperor

Release Date December 01, 2003
This music is generally catorised as "post rock"; in fact it has nothing to do with rock. From a theory perspective this is music which explores the concept of "less is more" - it's a kind of minimalism that is exploring similar ground to many modern classical composers who have pared music down to a few key components and frequently dispense with rhythm, melody and other conventions of music. There is a strand in modern classical music referred to as "sacred minimalism" which seeks to make this approach listenable and take it beyond the fringe of pure creativity. I think that this is where GYBE is probing.

For me - and having auditioned this music on numerous occasions - this production fails on all counts; there is simply so little content that the ... Read More:

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Happy Songs for Happy People

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Mogwai

Release Date June 09, 2003
I've only heard a few of their tracks before, and just bought this finally last week (!!), since then I've listened to it constantly - all I can say that this is now one of the best CD I have, and I have A LOT of music of all types of genre. Buy this now.

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Come on Die Young

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Mogwai

Release Date March 29, 1999
Mogwai has created a fine record in `Come On Die Young'.

The album seems to fall into two distinct parts. The first seven tracks are atmospheric pieces largely notable for their restrained instrumentation and gentle melodic threads. `Waltz for Aidan' is beguilingly beautiful and `Cody' has whispered, dream-like vocals.

After the scratchy piano of ` Oh! How the Dogs Stack Up' the band launch into three lengthy tracks which make up nearly half of the disc's total playing time. Here the feel of the music is looser and more expressive, guitars are louder and freer; classic post-rock territory perhaps.

In my opinion, the CD is most enjoyable where the band create music with strong melody and atmosphere at the same time. My favourite track is `May Nothing ... Read More:

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Yanqui Uxo

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Godspeed You Black Emperor

Release Date November 04, 2002
There's no doubt these guys can make moving music that has real depth and feeling that will take months if not years to explore properly.... just beware. I want to add another perspective to the reviews your reading

I stumbled across these guys through Listmania recommendations and probably, like you reading this now, thought this may just be your nirvana. In some ways it may well be, but expectation can disappoint.

Post-rock sure is a broad cloak worn by many, so what you must know is that, in my opinion, one thing this is not is heavy. Many reviews talk about the quiet then loud approach, the light then dark, the distorted guitars, the apocolyptic climaxes etc etc. In fact these guys seem over and over to be referred to as the gods in this field. I don't buy this.
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Oscillons from the Anti-Sun [3CD + DVD]

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Stereolab

Release Date April 25, 2005
A stunning collection of stereolab gems that drift and clatter and throb all over the place. Get this and DONT get the serene velocity anthology unless you really know nothing about the 'Lab. This is a far superior and more exhiliriating release that really shows what the 'Lab can do. They are the dogs proverbials and if you own NO stereolab you are missing out on one of the most fascinating and endlessly evolving bands of the last twenty years

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Rounds

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Four Tet

Release Date May 05, 2003

Interesting to see how this CD has polarised reviewers' opinion on these pages to such a great degree. `Rounds' is certainly not an album for hardcore musos only, but neither does it give up its treasures immediately.

On the first couple if listens it sounds like a bit of mess. You hear a collage of skittering, cut-up beats, electronic effects and samples of `real' instruments and other found sounds all thrown together with seemingly no overall design.

Listen on and persevere, though, and the picture changes. Threads of melody and structure appear on each and every track and the album turns into a multi-layered treasure trove of sound. `She Moves She' features a frisky beat, gently plucked strings and a chiming percussion melody. `My Angel Rocks Back and Forth' is anchored by a heartbreakingly ... Read More:

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Supper

CD-Charts > Music > Post-rock
by: Smog

Release Date April 07, 2003
I bought this album because I liked Vessel In Vain which was used on the soundtrack of Shane Meadow's film Dead Man's Shoes and I'm so glad I did!!

The album sounds like the Velvet Underground with a twist of country. And they've spent several years living in Oklahoma reading Ken Kesey,Jim Dodge,& listening to the One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest OST! Feather By Feather & Vessel In Vain are my favourites though all the tracks are good...buy it you won't be disapointed!