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Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:27 pm
by Chankgeez
coupleonapkins wrote:Chankgeez wrote:I'd be impressed if somebody could get their cymbal higher than Stainer's.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9VVFN8-Vk[/youtube]
I don't think that's even close.

Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:34 pm
by Adamadamadam
The drummer for Silversun Pickups keeps his crash pretty up there. At least he used to. I haven't been able to like anything after Carnavas so I don't know if he's changed his setup.
voerking wrote:I'm not big on the clean/tappy end of math rock, but they keep it interesting most of the time.
I tend to dig the tappy stuff. I have and will continue to listen to the hell out of this album, and it makes for great running music once you figure out the tempo changes.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEiuZNuIj3I[/youtube]
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:55 pm
by Inconuucl
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d-WQi7uhFI[/youtube]
Plugging in my bud's band here.

Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:28 pm
by coupleonapkins
Chankgeez wrote:I don't think that's even close.

Everytime I see Stainer's cymbal, I always think of A.C. Slayer, & vice versa
I kinda see the point of this thread (KINDA), & I'm glad Battles is/was even a thing, but I wish more people ripped off Bastro instead (they probably did, but I am lazy so

):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdNHz234EUk[/youtube]
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:11 am
by Blackened Soul
Post-piper at the gates of dawn "Post Rock" albums are insufferable

Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:16 am
by backwardsvoyager
coupleonapkins wrote:I kinda see the point of this thread (KINDA), & I'm glad Battles is/was even a thing, but I wish more people ripped off Bastro instead (they probably did, but I am lazy so

):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdNHz234EUk[/youtube]
Bastro are the fucking epitome of everything and I rarely, if ever, see other bands giving them a nod. They're actually so hard to rip off though, those dudes had really weird/unique technique.
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:14 am
by DarkAxel
DarkAxel wrote:
will check it out, thanks

I'm getting Slint and MAINLY Don Cab vibes out of this
which you could say is the same as Battles because of the Don Cab-Battles connection... but it's not

I mean yeah, but... it's not. There were bands that came before Battles which I see much more influential
for the record - I like that record, thanks

although I wish the bass sounded a little different
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:47 am
by voerking
DarkAxel wrote:the Don Cab-Battles connection...
i still think the most interesting band from that axis is Storm & Stress.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnWqw42Pj-4[/youtube]
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:59 am
by rustywire
Shoutout to Bastro, Slint & the entire Squirrel Bait fam tree

Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:11 am
by D.o.S.
DarkAxel wrote:DarkAxel wrote:
will check it out, thanks

I'm getting Slint and MAINLY Don Cab vibes out of this
which you could say is the same as Battles because of the Don Cab-Battles connection... but it's not

I mean yeah, but... it's not. There were bands that came before Battles which I see much more influential
for the record - I like that record, thanks

although I wish the bass sounded a little different
NERD GLASSES ON, BATTLE MODE ENGAGED.
Yeah I think you're probably right, but this has slightly more of that 'robots skipping on acid' vibe that I associate with battles, beyond the mathy stuff.
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:55 am
by coupleonapkins
voerking wrote:i still think the most interesting band from that axis is Storm & Stress.
When I was young & the only thing was the record store, I remember going to see them on their first tour, not knowing anything about their other bands, & it felt exactly like this:
Wish more bands would conduct elaborate photo shoots in moving vehicles more often, or at least pretend to (those were the days).
backwardsvoyager wrote:Bastro are the fucking epitome of everything and I rarely, if ever, see other bands giving them a nod. They're actually so hard to rip off though, those dudes had really weird/unique technique.
I can't stand that their records are OOP, or why Drag City only pressed a few batches when they reissued them (Bastro is for the children

), but that shit is hard! Grubbs was always like that, I think, even later on.
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:09 am
by boomslang
Are there actually any post-rock bands kicking around anymore? It seems like it's dying/died off with a lot of other stuff that was big in 2007 (along with just about anything that has guitars in it).
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:21 am
by ognoy
GY!BE is still releasing kickass records at least.
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:56 am
by DarkAxel
ASIWYFA too
Re: Post-Battles Post Rock bands are insufferable?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:11 am
by Inconuucl
This will destroy you.