http://www.myspace.com/brendaband

post rock + laptop electronica + jeff buckley. amazing.

shipping news
gregor samsa

worst album cover of the year/ever?
http://tinyurl.com/329zjw

but yndi halda are brilliant.

If you fancy breaking out into more 'metal' style riffing in your post rock go for:

'The fire in our throats will beckon the thaw' by Pelican.

If you are looking for that classic EITS post rock sound go for 'Young MOuntain' by This Will Destroy You.

However if you want the most refreshing original, stripped down, energetic and criminally overlooked post rock go for:

'Let Airplanes Circle Overhead' by Let Airplanes Circle overhead. Listen to 'Fury against the formless' and then thank me for the recommendation! :)

check out;
Gregor Samsa
The Silent Type
Strap The Button

downloading some albums now:D

are good if you want a more 'angular' and dark take on the lift to experience/ explosions thing. get the debut.

Epic45 are damn fine.

And while not strictly 'post rock' in the most conventional sense:
Pele
Belle Orchestre
Yume Bitsu
Max Richter
Hauschka
Colleen
(the new version of) The Exploits of Elaine

All have elements of the genre and clearly develop the genre in a mor einnovative way than your basic 'quiet/LOUD' dynamic.

Also I'm with Jordan when he says Strap the Button. Try the 'my formica table' blog and also www.recordsonribs.com for free stuff.

more Isis

check out "And The Battle Is Won" by UpcDownc if you fancy something a bit special. It is more melody led that a lot of instrumental guitar stuff but it rocks. A criminally underrated band whom were also very good at the Metro last night.

http://www.myspace.com/montheband

used to be well exciting. not it's just a bunch of people pretending to be EITS and mogwai or being under the impression that metal is a good thing. you say you're familiar with the classics but i'm just going to presume you mean godspeed, mogwai and explosions so here are some names that spring to mind from yesterday, yesteryear and today....
ganger
redneck manifesto
the for carnation
slint
papa m/aerial m
tortoise
one speed bike
the town and country
souvaris
crevacour (i'm almost certain i've spelt that completely wrong)
our beautiful ridiculous plan

young mountain ep is pretty awesome yeah. I like caspian but they are pretty samey and generic EITS style

listen!

ef are especially worth checking out and if you like the more jazz influenced stuff try Jaga Jazzist and Samuel Jackson 5.

also well worth a look:
el ten eleven
saxon shore
god is an astronaut

check them out.

Also, Tortoise get a heavy recommendation...

It might be shoegaze or post metal, but that's near enough post rock.

www.myspace.com/alcestmusic

www.myspace.com/doublehandsomedragons

we have a free EP for download

is quite pleasing

How the fuck could I forget Detwiije!

Amazingly underrated and overlooked band that are now sadly defunct...

http://www.myspace.com/detwiije

They coulda been huge!

a thread on post rock getting 60+ responses

Local band to me, and they're fuckin' class. Supported Pelican and High on Fire last time I saw them, and they were the best performance of the night by FAR.

http://www.myspace.com/andsoiwatchyoufromafar
http://www.youtube.com/user/asiwyfa

yndi halda
vessels
russian circles
the album leaf
explosions in the sky
this will destroy
saxon shore
the samuel jackson five
september malevolence
mono
set fire to flames
fight fire with water
do make say think
caspian
jeniferever
sigur ros
mum
i love sarah
acid mothers temple
world's end girlfriend
god is an astronaut
godspeed you! black emporer!
red sparrows
isis
pelican
bossk
Big A little a
james blackshaw
six organs of admittance
mogwai
loss of a child
manatees
iLiKETRAINS
65daysofstatic
maybeshewill
these monsters
mirah
a silver mt zion
stars of the lid
the pirate ship quintet
jakob
rothko
a whisper in the noise
matt elliott
crippled black phoenix
braken
grails
piano magic
tortoise
semifinalists
shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames
up c down c
slint
the strange death of liberal england
that fucking tank
eluvium
sorry for long list/repeated names!
mmmm iLiKEPOSTROCK

are wonderful um pre post rock.

Thay Don't Sleep: -
www.myspace.com/theydontsleep

The Drawing Game is an excellent ep: -
www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/8282