Somewhat Manly Nerd » post-rock http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog infrequent blogging from some dude Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:36:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Your Song of the Week Returns – 4/12/11 http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2011/04/12/your-song-of-the-week-returns-41211/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2011/04/12/your-song-of-the-week-returns-41211/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:37:35 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=3193 Mogwai – George Square Thatcher Death Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhzOE35057M

The newest Mogwai album is fantastic. It came out two months ago, but considering I haven’t posted any music on here since last year, this is as good a song as any to bring attention to. I thought about the song “Rano Pano”, which I actually posted on Roto Hardball months ago, but this track title is about twenty times more awesome. I imagine the American equivalent would be Portland Reagan Death Party? Some public square in the Pacific Northwest, anyway, or one in a poor black neighborhood. 80s conservative leaders aside, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is an hour of great instrumental (mostly) music to listen to while writing blog posts.

]]> http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2011/04/12/your-song-of-the-week-returns-41211/feed/ 0 Your Math Rock-Influenced Post-Rock Song of the Week http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2010/02/26/your-math-rock-influenced-post-rock-song-of-the-week/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2010/02/26/your-math-rock-influenced-post-rock-song-of-the-week/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:14:34 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=2446 65daysofstatic – This Cat is a Landmine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y92IoM_ERcg

I’ve actually had the album — The Fall of Math — that this track is on for quite a while, but never gave it a listen. That may be due to it being in a random post-rock album collection I acquired at some point in time; I didn’t know any of the bands and never really gave them any sort of priority. But due to a tweet where I posted an Explosions in the Sky song, and a sort back-and-forth about the drums during the climax at the end, @waxinthaksin (Karakand on GAF and other places on the web) linked to this YouTube video, which pretty much blew my face off with its insanity in the middle.

Since then, I’ve been listening to The Fall of Math more regularly than I have any other full album in probably a year or two. No post-rock album ever grabbed me like this. I like quite a few Explosions in the Sky songs, and Mogwai ones as well, but their meandering softer parts sometimes bore me to death. 65daysofstatic is definitely a different type of post-rock band, and it certainly provides a nice soundtrack for playing Starcraft II.

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