YetAnotherBrick: 50 Post-rock Albums

YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	stuck some post-metal in there and other post-rock RELATED things. and by "by memory," i meant that i didn't just go and look shit up to fill in the spots. i had at least heard OF all of these before the making of this list. :)
someguest 09.18.11	1, 8, 43 are good.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	lol that's it? XD
someguest 09.18.11	I would argue that there's about ten essential post-rock albums. If you're into the genre you'll probably argue there's more, but it's all really close together.
ZombicidalMan 09.18.11	Nice list, lots of these rule
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	Hmm...I see.
eternium 09.18.11	I had a feeling you would include post-metal.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	haha, well, it shares the same general aesthetic as post-rock, so why not, you know?
Hyperion1001 09.18.11	ive been trying to get into more post rock lately but must of what i listen to is just so derivative and boring. what i like so far would probably be ranked Jakob Godspeed The Evpatoria Report
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	Check out 2, 10, 11, 20, and 29.
iFghtffyrdmns 09.18.11	but why would you ever take the time to listen to 50 post rock records? that's like 3 straight months worth of music
someguest 09.18.11	Exactly, Hyperion. You can only stretch it out so far, and all the big names have already taken it as far as it can go.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	^ not true.
Relinquished 09.18.11	why is it not true
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	No one has taken the genre "as far as it can go" yet. There's tons of variations, and orders of variations that haven't been done yet. Or at least haven't been done that many times. There's sooooo many things you can do with post-rock, as with any genre.
Pharoh 09.18.11	Wow you got all the artwork
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	^ haha awwww yeahhh
someguest 09.18.11	You can add post-rock elements into other genres, as it's being done by almost everyone in metal right now. But the genre by itself has peaked and is fizzling.
Relinquished 09.18.11	many things you can do until they sound the same like variations
eternium 09.18.11	You can almost say that about music in general.
flalafell 09.18.11	great list
UnnamedOcean 09.18.11	There are certainly some pointless post-rock bands, but many bands with a really unique sound get overlooked because people assume the whole genre is derivative.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	I don't think that "post-rock" is so much a genre itself as it is a variation on the standard "rock" format. Like, when a metal band sprawls out their song structures and seems to emphasize more on atmospheres and textures than on riffs, they're no so much "adding post-rock elements" into their sound as they are sprawling out a sound they already had, thus creating post-metal. And since I look it at it that way (and think that that's how it should be looked at), that opens so many more doors for post-rock. While being specific and defined enough, it's not nearly as specific and defined as a lot of people make it out to be.
flalafell 09.18.11	"But the genre by itself has peaked and is fizzling." you can pretty much say that about any other genre
someguest 09.18.11	I disagree, flalafell. Godspeed was the first post-rock I gave a listen, and nothing I've listened to since has come close. They're the supreme leader of the genre according to everyone - and you can't narrow any other genre in existence down to one band like you can post-rock.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	You mean "narrow down" in terms of quality, or in terms of who formed the genre? Because if you mean quality, that's subjective, dude. lol
someguest 09.18.11	Brick, you're lying to yourself if you think there's better post-rock than Godspeed.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	No, in OUR opinions, there isn't. But I know a lot of people who prefer Sigur Ros and Yndi Halda, and I can see where they're coming from. Music is always subjective.
Relinquished 09.18.11	"thus creating post-metal." you know that "post-metal" started as sludge metal with hardcore, progressive, and atmospheric elements right? there's a difference between isis/cult of luna "post-metal" and post-rock with metal elements.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	You know the kind of "post-metal" that I meant, dude. The one that fits what I was describing.
flalafell 09.18.11	"I disagree, flalafell. Godspeed was the first post-rock I gave a listen, and nothing I've listened to since has come close. They're the supreme leader of the genre according to everyone - and you can't narrow any other genre in existence down to one band like you can post-rock" i don't think godspeed is the best post-rock out there, so i think its a bit unfair to say the entire genre revolves around them, thats like saying the entire indie genre revolves around the national because they're my favorite band
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	^ agreed.
eternium 09.18.11	It's more sludge metal with post-rock elements than the reverse. For Neurosis it just came naturally when they started focusing on atmosphere and adding ambient/folk to their sludge/hardcore.
someguest 09.18.11	I think you're in the minority, but fair enough.
eternium 09.18.11	Post-rock revolves around Explosions in the Sky more than Godspeed.
someguest 09.18.11	It might have something to do with Godspeed not putting an album out in a decade.
Abdar112 09.18.11	Scale the Summit
eternium 09.18.11	..is not post-rock.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	hahaha
Hyperion1001 09.18.11	"i don't think godspeed is the best post-rock out there" This. Jakob is better than Godspeed and i really like Godspeed.
ZombicidalMan 09.18.11	Truth be told I think the best post-rock really depends on your mood. I mean, on certain days, I'd pick GY!BE without a doubt, others I'd go for Jakob or Sigur Ros. Opinions aside, I believe there really isn't a 'best' post-rock band.
AngelofDeath 09.18.11	Here's 61 albums without repeating bands or including post-metal: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=284981&listid=71184 Also agree about post-metal evolving from sludge and hardcore roots and being fundamentally different from post-rock.
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	^ Pelican is post-metal, bro. And you don't need to brag about how much better your list is than mine, it says right there in the description that I was simply testing my memory here.
eternium 09.18.11	Wolfe argues that Pelican's only real post-metal album is their first all the time. I disagree but whatever.
AngelofDeath 09.18.11	They're kind of in between post-rock and post-metal, in my opinion. Also, I wasn't bragging. I just thought you might want some recs.
EasternLight 09.18.11	for those who have not heard 23, seriously, listen to it.
eternium 09.18.11	Angel, if you lived closer I'd make drone with you.
AngelofDeath 09.18.11	If I played an instrument, I'd make lots of music lol. Well, I can do a little bit of keyboard work, but yeah...
eternium 09.18.11	Learn bass and do limited vocals.
AngelofDeath 09.18.11	Sounds like a deal.
eternium 09.18.11	m/
climactic 09.18.11	wow, good job dude. pure talent here
YetAnotherBrick 09.18.11	sorry Angel, I misread you. I thought you were saying like "why look at this list when you can look at mine," something along those lines. my bad :P
AngelofDeath 09.18.11	S'all good, man.
parawhorez 09.18.11	time for you to show me some of these :)
Relinquished 09.18.11	"Wolfe argues that Pelican's only real post-metal album is their first all the time. I disagree but whatever" no. I say that The Fire In Our Throats is not post-metal. The people that would think Pelican are post-metal think all of their albums are so. That album is post-rock but still Pelican-style post-rock, if they stripped the metal down then it wouldn't be Pelican. The the following two are post-rock with heavy emphasis on metal on most of the songs.
eternium 09.18.11	Pointless to argue.
Relinquished 09.18.11	what's there to argue
Cheesesandwich2 10.13.11	1,2,5,31,33, and 47 are some of my favorite albums. Awesome list, dude.
Deviant. 10.13.11	Why is Kashiwa on here?
Keyblade 10.13.11	Or Jaga for that matter. If anything World's End is more post-y than Kashiwa.
YetAnotherBrick 10.17.11	I put Kashiwa on here because that album sort of follows a post-rock-esque structure, being sprawled out, taking a while to develop, etc. Though there's a lot of albums that follow that kind of structure that have nothing to do with post-rock otherwise, I guess. I don't know, I guess I was just filling in a spot lol "putting neurosis on a list like this is a disgrace" why? "and yetanotherbrick, stop talking about sprawling riffs and shit, it doesnt make any sense" I never said anything about sprawling riffs. I said something about sprawling song structures, if that's what you meant. But those are two very different things.
Scoot 10.17.11	good list though I agree that there will never be one supreme band to be agreed on by everyone
YetAnotherBrick 10.17.11	thanks bro
Activista anti-MTV 11.14.11	Nic3
twlichty 11.14.11	sweet list, some of these are post-metal blah blah blah
seedofnothing 11.14.11	explosions in my pants
ShousoStrip 11.14.11	Pointless genre. Listening to one = listening to the rest.
seedofnothing 11.14.11	doom>post-rock
flalafell 11.14.11	needs laura and the echelon effect
Aids 11.14.11	"Pointless genre. Listening to one = listening to the rest." lol. you're just not spiritually awakened mannnn. or something.
Aids 11.14.11	well if we're gonna be getting married we have to get used to sharing stuff baby