Kage, I live about an hour away from Dayton, the home city of Mouth of the Architect. I have to check them out for sure. They will be playing there on the 5th and then again in September.

I also see they will be playing several shows in Texas in case you haven't noticed.

[QUOTE=Eliminator Jr.]Oh band possibly named after a Sonic Youth song.

There's a local post rock band here that seems to be pretty decent: [url]http://www.myspace.com/esskyma[/url][/QUOTE]
Oh you and your Sonic Youth!

Post-rock is awesome.

[QUOTE=bucket]Kage, I live about an hour away from Dayton, the home city of Mouth of the Architect. I have to check them out for sure. They will be playing there on the 5th and then again in September.

I also see they will be playing several shows in Texas in case you haven't noticed.[/QUOTE]
Awesome, I hope you like them. I will definately see them when they come to Houston.

[QUOTE=Kage]I highly doubt they're better than the kings, Pelican. But I'll give them a shot. Do they have a website with some songs? Myspace or something?[/QUOTE]

They have a myspace: [url]http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20670251[/url]

Anyone familair with Bloemfontein?
It's very dreamy post rock, I know nothing of this band besides that, no clue where they're from.
I assume SOuth Africa, as it has a city called Bloemfontein.

Bloemfontein is also the city where J.R.R. Tolkien was born and lived for a while, so maybe they're just a bunch of Tolkien freaks. Or maybe they just translated Flowerfountain into Dutch.

Anyway, you should all check out this Belgian post-rock band named Toman, they have one album out now and their next will be released in a few months or so. It will also be available in America. Unlike most post-rock bands they actually are quite funny, with album titles like "Catching a Grizzly Bear: Lesson One" and "Perhaps We Should've Smoked The Salmon First". Their sound is a bit in the same vein as Explosions In The Sky, but more melodic and with less distortion. I actually like 'em better than EITS, but that might be bias. Check them out here:

[url]www.myspace.com/tomantheband[/url]
[url]www.toman.be[/url] (enter the site and go to stuff, at the bottom you can download some songs, especially Deportivo is great)

I saw Versoma, Daughters, and Red Sparowes last night. I drove 3 1/2 hours to the show and got there a couple hours early. My friend and I walked past the Grog Shop (venue) and I walked within 2 feet of one of the Sparowes. I couldn't say a word though :upset:.

Here's a rundown of the bands:

Versoma- They have a Isis, Neurosis, Pelican type feel. Basically, they brought nothing new, played entirely too loudly, and didn't have good vocals. 3/10

Daughters- What the ****. This was a diverse looking band. You have a singer that looked like he grew up on Marilyn Manson and a bass player that has that Harley Davidson look. You could tell which fans came for this band. About five people were moshing... in the second row... which lead to some heavy shoves from the people in the front row.

The singer was quite charismatic and entertaining. I think I am going to make a comic strip of the Daughter's show. I can't quite explain it.

I don't know what genre these guys play, but I think metalcore? Maybe. It wasn't too bad though.

Red Sparowes- I was actually disappointed.. Only because the best mother****ing part ever came on the first song, Buildings Began to Stretch... The second half of the song is amaazzinggg live. The crowd was a real downer though. Just the occasional nodder :( I wanted to get into wayyy more. Next they played I Saw the Sky... good, nothing fantastic. Like the Holwing Glory... came after. Not a good live song. Some of the melodies got lost in the noise. Meh. Then a new song I hadn't heard- slow, repetitive, good. Alone and Unaware, ****ing good. Our Happiest Days, alright. The Sixth extinction, ****ing good ending.

Overall, Red Sparowes were great. Plus I bought a shirt, RS/Gregor Samsa split, and a RS "fun pack", stickers, pins, ect..



And to nicely round out the evening, I got a ****ING PARKING TICKET GODDAMN I PAYED FOR FOUR ****ING HOURS BUT PARKED FOR FIVE AND A HALF **** YOU CLEVELAND!

Wait, actually that wasn't the end. The 4 hour drive home was.

Who has heard the new ISIS song Dulcinea? If you have, what'd you think? I personally think it's a great song. My favorite of the few I've heard from them. I'm planning on picking up one of their albums sometime soon.

I just listened to the song. It's a hell of a lot better than all of the other Isis I've heard. This song didn't bore me to death :) I need to listen to it a few more times and I could see myself liking it a lot.

New Isis song rules, of course.

Listening to it again, this song owns.

It's all I listened to yesterday. It's amazing, already one of my favorite ISIS songs. And the song is 7 minutes, but it only feels like 3, like you want it to keep going but it's over way too fast.

Dulcinea owns everything.

I can't wait for the new album...

Speaking of Isis, I just reviewed Panopticon...may be my best review yet.

Is anyone in here knowledgable on 65 Days Of Static? If you are, can you please email me at Quorthonace @ gmail.com? Many thanks in advance.

(I would just ask the question here, but I'm hardly on much, so I probably wouldn't see the response)

I am. I just emailed you [I]One Time For All Time[/I]

Could I get that too?

Which album should I get if I want some good Sigur Rós?

Uh, what? I just need a question answered on them.

I already have their entire discography.

[QUOTE=Hope Eternal]Which album should I get if I want some good Sigur Rós?[/QUOTE]
( ) is a popular choice. Also Aegytirus Beajyn (or whatever) is good. Then again, Takk would be a decent introduction.

( ) is really, really ambient, slow, subtle, cold, wintry. Aeghyythg Bejen (or whatever) is atmospheric but generally has more going on. Takk is less bleak, a little bit more warm and optimistic.

[QUOTE=Kage]( ) is a popular choice. Also Aegytirus Beajyn (or whatever) is good. Then again, Takk would be a decent introduction.

( ) is really, really ambient, slow, subtle, cold, wintry. Aeghyythg Bejen (or whatever) is atmospheric but generally has more going on. Takk is less bleak, a little bit more warm and optimistic.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I'll check those out.

I'd say start with Takk. It generally is a lot easier to get into and you will probably enjoy it more as an introduction.

I think Takk is their weakest. It just doesn't have the density and subtlety that their earlier albums have.

I'm inclined to agree, even though I like Takk a lot. That's why I'm hesitant to recommend it as a first listen even though it is quite accessible. That's why I say if you think you'll be bored by the slow soundscapes of ( ), look into Ageyyhrs byrendf (or whatever) first.

Takk may be the most accessible, but I've always hated recommending a band's most accessible album to someone. It's just stupid to me. If they're not going to like a band's sound, then there's no point in trying to baby them into it. Start off with the albums that define the band's sound, not the one's that could make it on to MTV.

I'm getting this shirt Monday:

[url]http://www.cinderblock.com/wc.dll?WebStore~RViewItem~RED~RED-102~SID=09085765066257650662[/url]

[QUOTE=Quorthonace]Takk may be the most accessible, but I've always hated recommending a band's most accessible album to someone. It's just stupid to me. If they're not going to like a band's sound, then there's no point in trying to baby them into it. Start off with the albums that define the band's sound, not the one's that could make it on to MTV.[/QUOTE]
I agree completely. Other people tend to recommend an accessible album, and I'm like "nah, you won't get a good impression of what the band is really all about with that."

I cringe every time someone reccommends Catch Without Arms as a first Dredg album to someone "because it's their most accessible." It's like, no, no, no. It doesn't represent them at all, and you'll get the wrong idea entirely.

Exactly. I've never understood the concept. It's like, if someone were to recommend me a band's mainstream album, there's a very high chance I'm going to go, "This is just mainstream rubbish. I don't get what everyone is talking about.", and I may dismiss the band before I truly hear how good they are.

It's like recommending somebody Ghost Reveries to get into Opeth.

Check my edit on my above post. Anyways, I'm out. Later man.

I've been meaning to order a Red Sparowes shirt for over a year now and have yet to do it. That one looks awesome.

Cya later.

Yeah, that one does look awesome. I want it too.....so little money though..

Quor I honestly think that's a bad analogy though. I think Opeth has a significantly different sound with most of their albums that there's no problem recommending Ghost Reveries. I may be a bit biased though since that's the album that got me into Opeth...

[QUOTE=Kage]I agree completely. Other people tend to recommend an accessible album, and I'm like "nah, you won't get a good impression of what the band is really all about with that."

I cringe every time someone reccommends Catch Without Arms as a first Dredg album to someone "because it's their most accessible." It's like, no, no, no. It doesn't represent them at all, and you'll get the wrong idea entirely.[/QUOTE]
Sadly, Dredg may permanently just revert to Catch Without Armsism...Even El Cielo was an upset compared to Lietmotif.

bwnstl: I hate to say it, but after listening through every Opeth album and getting past my fanboy stage, I've realized they're a VERY repetitive band. I mean, their style is original enough that it's okay, but they're really fomulaic.


Anyways, on the topic of post-rock, what are some good energetic less ambient bands that fall into the category (i.e. Russian Circles, 65DoS, We Followed Tigers, etc)?

[QUOTE=jcs497]Sadly, Dredg may permanently just revert to Catch Without Armsism...Even El Cielo was an upset compared to Lietmotif.[/QUOTE]
You're in the extreme minority in that opinion. El Cielo is their creative peak thusfar.