Suggest Instrumental bands (The kids call it "post rock"?)

[Assplay!!!]

there are some vocals here and there....

Milkmine

[00100]

locals. Manchuk bands... and one that isn't (but was recorded by).

Prague - http://www.myspace.com/praguelovesyou
Dreaming City - http://www.myspace.com/dreamingcity
L'viv - http://www.myspace.com/vivalviv
Giant Sons - http://www.angelfire.com/indie/giantsons/

[IwishIwasalittlegirl]

Blend of jazz/krauty/post-rock/etc stuff;

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sorry, giant picture

(Heavy WInged "Blacc Lust")
(not instrumental, some sparse vocals -- Monopot "Something Is Like Nothing Was")

[The Real MPD]

what, no DJ Shadow?

[Masochrism]

90 day men were instrumental right? they had some awesome tunes.

edit: aw man, this song i'm listening to on their myspace has horrible vocals on it.

[Hypnagogia]

what, no DJ Shadow?

Fatboy Slim & Moby!

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[The Arsonist]

You may want to check out some of these albums, some are not exactly post-rock, but beautiful instrumental albums none-the-less (and it's difficult to recommend instrumental/post-rock bands without ambience so some of these will have subtle/sparse vocals and definite ambient qualities) that you may be interested in;

The "post-rock" thing was a joke. I'm actually looking for anything instrumental, it can be post-anything for all I care.

Great stuff in here, everyone. Thanks.

Any more suggestions?

[The Arsonist]

gifts from enola and jakob come to mind

Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Fucking perfect.

Big ups for Russian Circles as well.

[hipster holocaust]

air {though a lot of their songs do have singing}
man...or astroman?

[StateScatologist]

Maybe give my leprechaun brothers The Redneck Manifesto a shot? And I saw a Jap band called Lite a few years back and they tore the place up.

[Frickin' Slayer]

hey fellow aquarius, theres an astrology thread on here if ur interested

[StateScatologist]

hey fellow aquarius, theres an astrology thread on here if ur interested

Thanks for the offer bro, but I'm more into scatology as my title may have suggested. Were you born near the cusp or no?

[Frickin' Slayer]

Lmao awsum!!!! sum of my fav bands hav songs abt scatology. killer avatar btw. wich cusp r u referring to capricorn or pisces? im actualy smack dab n the middle of aquarius, feb 5. u?

[StateScatologist]

Feb 11. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is a meaningful birthday to an Irish Catholic Aquarius like my good self!!!

[valgalder]

both NEST albums are amazing also..

[la caca eres tu]

This thread rules.

Whoever posted just album covers, c'mon dog... 'properties' didn't tell me shit.

[Mr. Budd]

Dif Juz on 4ad made some great light-jazzy but not too pussy spacey rock in the mid-late 80s that you might dig.

Some Lightning Bolt is pretty good - I like Ride the Skies a bunch.

[valgalder]

also Dün's amazing album "Eros" from 1978..

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http://depositfiles.com/files/aq8v5em23

[IwishIwasalittlegirl]

This thread rules.

Whoever posted just album covers, c'mon dog... 'properties' didn't tell me shit.

Gotcha;

For those who care or don't know, here is the albums/artists and a short description;

Fripp & Eno "Eveningstar" (Ambient guitar-soundscapes)
Magwheels "Evebuildingbomb" (Industrial-tinged ambient guitar soundscapes by David Sullivan [ex-Facedowninshit guitarist])
Heldon "II:Allez Teia" (Fripp & Eno worship but a little more folky)
Popol Vuh "Aguirre" (Mesoamerican synth-scapes with krauty-folk parts [yeah, I said it])
Byla "Byla" (I'm sure most here are familiar with these guys; guitar-driven soundscapes)
Nadja "Bodycage" (This is perhaps my favorite Aiden Baker work -- it has an amazingly desperate and suffocating atmosphere; like the audio of a woman giving birth to a stillborn child)
Hjarnidaudi "Pain:Noise:March" (Like a really slooow Isis but not as monotonous as Moss)
Drafted by Minotaurs "Aversion Therapy" (Synthy-droney space-drift rock that flirts with post-rock moments)
Gregor Samsa "55:12" (Very accessible orchestral post-rock)
Jackie-O-Motherfucker "Liberation" (Drone-jams that flirt with psychedelic krauty moments)
Rhys Chatham "An Angel Moves too Fast to See" (Proto-post-rock orchestra that blends into post-punk catchiness)
Earthmonkey "Audiosapien" (Steven Stapleton & Peat Bog [Nurse with Wound]'s kraut-rock jam tribute band)
Ground Zero "Consume Red" (Monolithic Ligeti-jazz)
Heavy Winged "Blacc Lust" (Heavy jam space rock -- fans of Acid Mothers Temple would be interested)
Monopot "Something Is Like Nothing Was" (Quintessential bare-bones post-rock in the vein of Low "Things We Lost in the Fire")
and another worth mentioning;
The White Birch "Star is just a Sun" (Synth-heavy post-rock but vocals on almost every song)

[IwishIwasalittlegirl]

I love this album, but it's the only one I own buy them. I have a read a ton of different reviews of others and not sure where to jump in next, any suggestions?

Have you heard the Heldon album I posted? It may be up your alley because it reminds me of a more gritty version of "Aguirre".

Anyway, sticking strictly with the 70's period Popol Vuh, I'd start going backwards to the album "Hosianna Mantra" -- that was the first of his folk-kraut-rock albums -- and work forward. You really can't go wrong with any of his work in the 70's and just an fyi; if you want to check out the first two albums, they're completely different from the works of "Hosianna Mantra" and subsequent albums. The first two albums ("Affenstunde" & "In Den Garten Pharaos") are moog-heavy spacescapes that are very fractured and barely resemble the accessible ambience of his later work. They're good albums, but if you want to stay in the vein of "Aguirre", you may want to come back to them later.

[metal5411]

Mogwai has very few vocals so doesn't really qualify, but they are amazing. That's prob the only band worth mentioning that hasn't been. Get "Mr. Beast".

[assault and mirage]

cheval de frise
guitar/drums combo, good stuff.

s/t:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gjmizfx1fwk

fresques sur les parois secretes du crane:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nyzo2dqnn3m

[valgalder]

Mogwai has very few vocals so doesn't really qualify, but they are amazing. That's prob the only band worth mentioning that hasn't been. Get "Mr. Beast".

yes, great band... and the surly underrated Come on Die Young.

[altars of radness]

Our last record was instrumental. http://www.mediafire.com/?twmzwjl43m5

And if no one has said Fly Pan Am, their second record (C'est Qui...) is fucking awesome.

[IwishIwasalittlegirl]

Bogus Blimp is another cool experimental/post-rock band, they have sparse vocals, but their music is a cool blend of Neu-ish/Cluster soundscapes and later-era Radiohead style rawk.