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Created on: 12 Mar 2009
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Dedicated to the British avant rock bands for whom Simon Reynolds invented the term "post-rock" in the early '90s - Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis etc.

Dedicated to the British avant rock bands for whom Simon Reynolds invented the term "post-rock" in the early '90s - Disco Inferno, Bark Psychosis, Moonshake, Stereolab, Insides, Scorn, Main, Flying Saucer Attack, Seefeel etc. We aim to widen the audience for these under-appreciated bands while increasing your understanding of what the term "post-rock" means and where it came from.

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A list of essential UK post-rock albums

The original Wire magazine article where the term "post-rock" was first defined

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  • connect_icut

    Yeah, it's good but not stunning. Very droney and Stephan Mathieu really makes his presence felt. I guess I was hoping for something with a bit more of a rhythmic undertow, like the early Main stuff. Mego also put out the new Locust at the same time but I haven't had a chance to hear that one yet.

    21 Mar 6:18am Reply

  • menyauthe

    Looks like that new Main is out. Anybody given it a listen yet?

    20 Mar 3:52am Reply

  • connect_icut

    I just don't believe that nobody will release this but that's what he claims. Apart from MBV, this is the best music happening right now. It deserves a "proper" release, whatever that means these days. Even if it's only digital, it should be *promoted*, y'know?

    24 Feb 2:28am Reply

  • menyauthe

    Truth. Damn shame when Ian fucking Crause can't put a record out these days.

    23 Feb 11:17pm Reply

  • connect_icut

    Oh shit, you're right! This is exactly what happened last time. Someone needs to teach Ian how to use Bandcamp properly. Actually, someone needs to just put this stuff out on vinyl and promote it properly.

    23 Feb 7:10pm Reply

  • menyauthe

    Four new songs, in fact. Look at the sidebar.

    23 Feb 8:41am Reply

  • connect_icut

    Another new Ian Crause song! http://iancrause.bandcamp.com/track/a-world-of-ghosts

    23 Feb 6:43am Reply

  • Gman1969

    Today's other news is that there's a Main album out in couple of months. Available to pre order: http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+160

    3 Feb 2:41pm Reply

  • Tree-Fingers

    Unfortunately I may not get to finish listening to it whole, but it sounds great so far. Weird sense of clarity to it. All the more rewarding after the transaction errors and my anti-virus being a dick and installing updates made me envision throwing the laptop out of the window. Sounds more like Dinosaur Jr. than I was expecting, actually.

    3 Feb 10:51am Reply

  • Gman1969

    I do really like the first three but I know what you mean. They could've easily been on Loveless. Things definitely develop and get more amazing as it goes on. On first listen 'nothing is' and 'wonder 2' really stood out.

    3 Feb 9:42am Reply

  • connect_icut

    Got it. Don't love the first three songs (plodding, overlong) but the rest is mind-blowing.

    3 Feb 8:49am Reply

  • Gman1969

    So he wasn't just teasing us with '2-3 days!' http://www.mybloodyvalentine.org/Catalogue.aspx

    3 Feb 8:13am Reply

  • Gman1969

    I saw MBV at the Brixton warm up show last night and they started the set with the new song (it didn't sound that far removed from Loveless). Kevin also said that the new album would be out in the next 2-3 DAYS! He may have been joking but the singer from Le Volume Courbe (who were supporting) had already anounced the same thing in their set so I presume he was serious (apparenty they are just waiting for the artwork). Obviously 2-3 days to Kevin could mean several years to anyone else.

    28 Jan 9:51am Reply

  • connect_icut

    New My Bloody Valentine song: http://bubblegumcage3.com/2013/01/27/my-bloody-valentine-rough-song/ NOT A HOAX!

    28 Jan 3:04am Reply

  • optimistic_tour

    the new Mountains album is damn fine. Everyone who enjoyed Chorus but was put off by the follow up NEEDS to listen. It's a much better and more natural progression from that one, and just better I think.

    25 Jan 4:52am Reply

  • connect_icut

    Oh shit yeah, I actually *didn't* notice that! I thought it was weird that he'd only released part two of a three-part epic. Downloading now.

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • menyauthe

    Make sure to look at the sidebar on the right of his bandcamp page and notice that it's actually three songs. I didn't realise that at first.

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • connect_icut

    New Ian Crause track on Bandcamp! http://bubblegumcageiv.tumblr.com/post/36146490796/listen-to-the-song-of-phaethon-2-3-by-ian-crause

    20 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Gman1969

    Kevin's claims do generally seem to be being taken a lot more seriously this time around so we can but hope. In some ways I never really wanted him to release any new MBV stuff in case it disappoints but there is the chance it could be absolutely incredible.

    18 Nov 2012 Reply

  • connect_icut

    Slint already reformed a few years ago, didn't they? --- As for the MBV thing, I genuinely believe that we're at the point that we *will* hear some new material within the next two or three years. I don't believe that the album will come out this year or that it will necessarily ever come out officially but I do think that at least a few songs will leak before 2015. Which, in MBV terms, is pretty exciting. Especially if one of the songs is a finished version of the "Kevin Song" demo.

    17 Nov 2012 Reply
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