To celebrate the release of the new Russian Circles album or something.
Russian Circles: Post-rock———-x—-Post-metal. Who knows the boundary lines anyway. This is one of the more ‘aggressive’ tracks on the album.
Youngblood [mp333]
North: Another more agressive post-rock band. Epic, etc.
Nex In March [mp333]
A Swarm of the Sun: It’s hard to describe this band. I was under the impression they were post-rock but now I’m not so sure. I like this song a lot, I think…
King of Everything [mp333]
Payolas: Bob Rock; If this name means anything to you, you should enjoy this.
I’ll Find Another (Who Can Do It Right) [mp333]
The Burning Paris: If you like them, check out their other stuff and their new band On Fire. One of my favorites.
Building My Own Coffin [mp333]
M83: Yes, I just posted another song of theirs in the last post. I’m obsessed. Also: This song is just really terrifying, but in a really… soothing way? I don’t know what to make of it, but I love it.
Car Chase Terror [mp333]
Tephra: I know nothing about this band, but they were on a compilation CD I got from Magic Bullet Records (Sweet record label). I don’t even remember what this song sounds like but I know I like it. Your guess is as good as mine.
Through Our Veins [mp333]
Lights Out Asia: Electronic/Ambient stuff. Not quite sleeping music but maybe closer to chillout? Post-rock people like this band. Post-ambient.
Lilies On The Subway [mp333]
sleepmakeswaves: This band is really cool and this entire release is free from Lostchildren. They just released a new record which you can buy directly from them on their myspace.
One Day You Will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears [mp333]
That is all. Also, doesn’t a Red Sparowes/Gregor Samsa split seem weird to you? Me too. Such a thing exists. Must check out.
MiniRandom more like it??? Sorry for broken promises about new posts, it’s hard to do from school, the internet is weird and makeshift and I have to proxy around a filter to get to this site.
Circle Takes The Square: Screamo as they say. It’s fast and brutal and technical and just all-around good. Have some.
Crowquill [mp333]
Gregor Samsa: Has been posted here before. “Lovely,” “Brilliant,” and “Nice” are all words that come to mind. Gets really good near the end. This is like everyone’s favorite track, enjoy it.
Untitled 2 [mp333]
El-P: Made a small mention of this guy earlier but no mp3 or details. It’s a white guy rapping like he knows what’s up. Like, what’s really up.
Up All Night [mp333]
Owls: They broke up; I wish they hadn’t. It’s all ‘indie’ and depressing, other things too.
Everyone Is My Friend [mp333]
Crystal Castles: Neato like Justice and Daft Punk but also very different. There’s girl vocals too. Fun dancy music more in the vein of IDM.
Air War [mp333]
M. Ward: Have I wrote about this guy before? I hope so, but I’m not sure so I best be doing it again. It’s just too good to miss. After seeing the music video for this song I went out and bought the CD immediately. Look it up if you haven’t seen it. Folky.
Chinese Translation [mp333]
Jonn Serrie: I have an obsession with this man. I lost my Ixlandia CD and I got so impatient to get it back after all these weeks that I just went ahead and bought it on the Zune Marketplace, which is actually a lot cooler than I thought it would be. A lot of the stuff they offer is in mp3, not wma, including this. Space music.
Starport Indra [mp333]
M83: I sorta missed the boat on this one. M83 is so popular among the people that don’t like popular music. Like a regular bunch of Sufjan Stevens. Regardless, really really good electronic/indie that’s worth the hype it gets.
Teen Angst [mp333]
Holy Fuck: No, I’m not exclaiming profanities, this is a band. Some might say the “Post-rock sensation of the year” while most probably wouldn’t. It’s really different, has an airy sort of joyfulness to it that’s really uplifting if you’ve got the blues.
The Pulse [mp333]
Two more posts coming still (One ‘featured band’ and one Netlabel highlights), but here’s some tracks I left out on the last TrickyRandom and then some new ones I didn’t think of adding. Also: I realize that I’m very inconsistant with the style in which I post these TrickyRandoms, but I’m just trying to find the perfect way, bear with me.
Burial - Cool downtempo/chillout stuff with vocals that sound like distorted RnB clips. I don’t think they are though. The first time I listened to it it sort of blew my mind because I’ve never heard anything remotely like it before. Late at night kind of stuff. (edit: I’ve been informed that this style of music is called ‘Dubstep,’ thanks internet.)
Archangel [mp333]
A Genuine Freakshow - Post-rock with little vocals, and not nearly as gnarly as it sounds. I thought they sounded like one of those freaky morbid Insane Clown Posse or Slipknot kind of bands. It’s absolutely the opposite, but the name of the song I’m posting isn’t helping either. Don’t judge it by it’s name.
Left My Blood On Your Bathroom Floor [mp333]
Aughra & Mosh Patrol - I think this album is a colab rather than a split, something I haven’t really found before. It sounds like it’s going to be metal or hardcore, but again, don’t judge these bands by their names, it’s very calm post-rock.
I Love You, Please Come Back [mp333]
The Ark - Another one of those indie bands I found in a snowboarding video. You get two tracks, the first is the track with which I discovered them by, the second is another favorite. People compare them to Alice in Videoland, but don’t be mistaken, they really don’t suck.
One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young [mp333]
Emiliana Torrini - Famous for doing the “Gollum’s Song” on one of the LOTR soundtracks but that’s not how I found her (One of her albums is fully streamable on last.fm). She’s trip-hoppy; I like this song.
To Be Free [mp333]
Jesu - People often associate this band with Isis and Neurosis and Pelican and such and I have no idea why. They’re way more ambient than they are metal, but I guess it is pretty heavy ambient. Maybe if you fed metal through an ambient cheese-grater, this is what you’d get.
Conquerer [mp333]
Hot Cross - It’s real screamo, something I’m just now getting into. I don’t actually like it all that much yet, but I’m trying to. This song is pretty good. I also just found Saetia, but don’t have a favorite song yet, I’ll let you know when I do, they’re better than Hot Cross imo.
Patience and Prudence [mp333]
I hate the music of Timbaland (Not linking to myspace) and everything it stands for but Emilio had me find this remix. It’s awwwweeesooooome.
Miscommunication (Bloody Beatroots Remix) [mp333]
I just found El-P but haven’t listened to an album yet. Last.fm link.
Hello blog. I’ve returned for two weeks. Expect at least one more post shortly after this one. First post of 08. Wow.
The American Dollar is good old post-rock. This song has some really sweet piano at the beginning and then some guitar that reminds me of that song ‘Boys of Summer’ later in the song and it all climaxes out to be really awesome. The whole album is really good.
Rudiments of a Spiritual Life [mp333]
�lafur Arnalds is a gnarly piano player. It’s classical, it’s sweet, it’s flipping peaceful. I listened to it for the first time while driving on the beach by myself, getting really close to the tides and then dodging them when they started rolling in. There were a bunch of birds that when I’d drive by them they’d all fly in front of my car and I followed them all down the beach. It matched the music well.
3055 [mp333]
I found The Most Serene Republic through my friend Nat through Facebook, although I doubt she knows it. I’ll tell you what though, they’re one of the coolest bands I’ve stumbled upon lately. It’s all fairly upbeat, good vocalist, high energy, emotion-filled. Would be great to see these guys live.
Present of Future End [mp333]
Logh is so good. The first time I heard their album a few weeks ago I was just completely blown away. It’s like Jeniferever kind of but more traditional-rock-song-layout, usually something I don’t like, but they pull it off with amazing style - so much so that I had to put two mp3s up.
Saturday Nightmares [mp333]
Maybeshewill is another band I found through Nat. Their first EP was kind of mediocre but this is the title track of their other… EP. Maybe it’s a single. I don’t know. It’s epic though. Post-rocky, but more intense like UpcDownc. Cool.
Seraphim & Cherubim [mp333]
TV On The Radio is OFN, so I’m not sure why I’m just finding them now. I used to listen to a song of theirs a long time ago and then remembered it the other day, so I went out to find it and it turns out they have another song that I really like that I heard on a snowboarding video once. It’s got a really retro and spacey feel to it, but the band is clearly like pop/alt/indie sounding. It’s good.
Wolf Like Me [mp333]
I’m so sad that I saw Why? on the front page of Myspace the other day. Such a cool band, fusing… hip-hopish vocals with indie-ish sound and some gnarly lyrics. Their new album isn’t as good as their old one, and that’s coming from someone who listened to the new one first so you know it’s not just because I’m elitist about it. Go forth and listen.
Sanddollars [mp333]
Balmorhea is sort of like Olafur Arnalds (above) but with more backbone to it. The sound is warmer, and it’s still all acoustic and nice for sitting around reading on a sunny day, or riding a train on a rainy day, or spending an afternoon with a lover. There’s lots of things this music is good for. Another awesome band coming out of Austin, TX.
The Summer [mp333]
I’m actually not all that familiar with Carta, as I’ve only listened through the album once. This song stuck out to me because it’s blatently post-rock but has female vocals - A combination I’ve never heard before. It’s only with this song though, check it out.
The Glass Bottom Boat [mp333]
Akira Kosemura is a pianist from Japan - way to be a stereotypically good Japanese classical musician, sir. Him and this other guy named Haruka Nakamura did a split album together becomming a superior ambient acoustic piece of art. There’s not much to it, it just sounds good and feels good. He also has a netlabel release you can find by googling his name.
Nostalgia [mp333]
Readymade is something I just found recently. It’s downtempo/somber emotion-filled post-rock with vocals and is definitely a treat. This is something to listen to while sulking about something. Watch out, it might make you cry. Cheer up.
Under The Networks [mp333]
Last but not least, Scraps of Tape should be a name you already know if you’re into post-rock at all. If it’s not, you’re definitely missing something. Listen immediately.
Since All The Birds Are Moving, Shouldn’t We? [mp333]
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