post-rock (genre)

Explosions In The Sky Release Video For “Wading,” Announce Short Tour

Texas post-rock band Explosions in the Sky have scored the film Prince Avalanche, a movie starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch that will hit theaters on August 9. The soundtrack to said film will be out on August 6; today, Explosions released an official video for one song from the soundtrack, “Wading.” The pre-order to […]

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MUSIC VIDEO: Sigur Rós – “Brennisteinn”

Sigur Rós has released a music video for “Brennisteinn”, a song that comes off of their latest album, Kveikur. The Icelandic post-rock band have been making waves with their unique ambient sound, and “Brennisteinn” shows them making massive steps forward in expanding as musicians with its bass-heavy and chilling sound. The music video does last […]

Native And Caspian To Tour

Post-rockers Caspian and Native will be touring together in what will probably be the best tour of the year for those into more experimental music. Native’s second album is set to come out this year (we loved their first album), and Caspian’s most recent effort was one of the more memorable affairs from 2012. I […]

Mogwai Release ‘Les Revenants EP’ Digitally, Limited Physical Release Coming

Post rock band Mogwai put out their latest work for download from iTunes today. The Les Revenants EP precedes a full length soundtrack to the show on Canal+, called the Les Revenants Soundtrack. Creativity at its finest, folks. The physical release of the EP will be limited to 2000 vinyls and is coming out on […]

REVIEW: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Album: ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! Genre: Post-Rock Label: Constellation Records I was fourteen years old when 28 Days Later came out in theaters, and I was fifteen when I finally got to see it on DVD at a friend’s house. It began a lifelong and slightly idiotic obsession with zombies […]

STREAM: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s new album, ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!, is set to be released on October 16 in the US. It has already been secretly released on their tour, so if you were able to see them live – congrats, you had an exclusive on your hands. You can hear a stream of the […]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor To Release New Album

Reunited post rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced their first studio album in a decade, with the album titled ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!. The album is to feature four songs: two twenty minutes long and two six minutes and a half minutes long. It’s going to be released in less than two weeks […]

The Samuel Jackson Five Begin Working on Next Album

Norway’s (awesomely named) instrumental post-rock outfit, The Samuel Jackson Five have announced that they’ve begun working on their fifth album to follow up this year’s self-titled release. They will begin tracking drums, bass and some guitars in the coming six weeks. According to the band’s Facebook post, some of the things we can maybe expect […]