Soundtrack Rock

million dollar basher · 07-15-2009, 04:45 PM

I was posting in the Mogwai thread and I had decided that we needed to create a new sub-genre for groups like Mogwai--groups that don't necessarily fit in the "rock" category or anywhere else comfortably--called "Soundtrack" rock. As I stated in my post, "I can't even drive around with them on my stereo without feeling like I'm about to find myself in the grips of some apocalyptic maelstrom".

Other groups that fit in this category may include Godspeed you Black Emperor!, Explosions in the Sky, Mercury Program, Tristeza, and Silver Mt. Zion.

Who else would you lump into this category? Or is it even a decent idea for a genre. I guess that since we all experience music autobiographically, anything might serve in the "soudtrack of your life", but strictly speaking, which groups fit the "soundtrack" mold?

Piss Me Off · 07-15-2009, 04:51 PM

You mean Post Rock, yeah?

http://www.musicbanter.com/avant-gar...ck-thread.html

million dollar basher · 07-15-2009, 05:18 PM

Essentially, but I feel like "Post Rock", as a genre title, is pretentious. And I feel like even that is a broad spectrum.

Damn you for yanking what I thought was an original thought out from under me.

haha ; )

jackhammer · 07-15-2009, 06:06 PM

Ambient Rock is still the term I prefer. Post Rock does cover a lot of bands though and it's a terrible genre name unfortunately.

million dollar basher · 07-15-2009, 06:15 PM

But even ambient rock encompasses so much. I've heard virtually every rock group who utilizes sonic noise pollutants referred to as "ambient" at some point or another....

But we're getting warmer....

dac · 07-15-2009, 08:58 PM

God I hate genre name arguments....

Post rock works. When someone says so and so is post rock, you have a pretty decent idea of what to expect. Live with it.

million dollar basher · 07-16-2009, 10:16 AM

We're just horseing around, man. Take a chill pill.

07-15-2009, 04:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	Soundtrack Rock I was posting in the Mogwai thread and I had decided that we needed to create a new sub-genre for groups like Mogwai--groups that don't necessarily fit in the "rock" category or anywhere else comfortably--called "Soundtrack" rock. As I stated in my post, "I can't even drive around with them on my stereo without feeling like I'm about to find myself in the grips of some apocalyptic maelstrom". Other groups that fit in this category may include Godspeed you Black Emperor!, Explosions in the Sky, Mercury Program, Tristeza, and Silver Mt. Zion. Who else would you lump into this category? Or is it even a decent idea for a genre. I guess that since we all experience music autobiographically, anything might serve in the "soudtrack of your life", but strictly speaking, which groups fit the "soundtrack" mold?

07-15-2009, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	You mean Post Rock, yeah? http://www.musicbanter.com/avant-gar...ck-thread.html __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Ambient Rock is still the term I prefer. Post Rock does cover a lot of bands though and it's a terrible genre name unfortunately. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	God I hate genre name arguments.... Post rock works. When someone says so and so is post rock, you have a pretty decent idea of what to expect. Live with it. __________________

07-15-2009, 05:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	Essentially, but I feel like "Post Rock", as a genre title, is pretentious. And I feel like even that is a broad spectrum. Damn you for yanking what I thought was an original thought out from under me. haha ; )

07-15-2009, 06:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	But even ambient rock encompasses so much. I've heard virtually every rock group who utilizes sonic noise pollutants referred to as "ambient" at some point or another.... But we're getting warmer....

07-16-2009, 10:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	We're just horseing around, man. Take a chill pill.