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Outside of post-rock, any other experimental music you guys listen to? I already mentioned some noise/avant-garde artists, like Merzbow, Ground Zero, etc., but of course there's lots more.
I seriously think Envy deserves a place in this thread, since their sound is downright evolutionary. They used to be a hardcore band that blended NYHC and old-school stuff, but they've evolved into something far beyond it, leaning more and more towards (again) post-rock with every release. The best name for it would be screamo, as it combines furious instrumentation and vocals with the most beautiful melodies and build-ups you've ever heard. In that last aspect they're undeniably post-rock, they're just (quite) a bit louder and more chaotic, and use vocals, which most post-rock bands don't. Recommended!
Hooverphonic was already mentioned, so, anyone into triphop? I'm not really a big fan of it anymore, but back in the days I couldn't stop listening to Portishead's music. Anyone familiar with them? Truly beautiful music, could be called experimental I think.
Out of curiosity, has any of you guys heard of Japanese Telecom. It's techno/electro I guess, but strangely bizarre. Now, I'm not a fan of dance music by any means, except for Yellow Magic Orchestra maybe and what few dance tracks Ayu has done, but this band is downright awesome. Their music is leaning towards ambient, going on at a steady but, what do you call it, almost slow-motion kind of pace. What the heck, let's just call it electro. Worth a listen.
Oh, and for anyone who likes some noisy industrial stuff and such, check out the movie 'Tetsuo'. The sound design and soundtrack for it are so incredible, I ripped the sound from the movie and burned it onto a disc. You can easily just listen to that movie, incredible, kudos to the sound designer.
In spite of all though, post-rock is easily my favorite genre. I just love every band that comes out and does a post-rock thing (beats me why, it's true though). The overall quality of the music is just tremendously high, amazing stuff. It's what music has evolved into eventually - it'll be hard for anything in the future to surpass the sheer beauty, intelligence, and quality of post-rock.
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