tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240737.post9082338767947874458..comments2023-10-02T23:19:20.226+10:00Comments on The long slow {typecast} blog: Thinking 'bout Mogwairino breebaarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08732964644950027323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240737.post-19895882614978442932011-04-12T18:43:08.032+10:002011-04-12T18:43:08.032+10:00I haven't heard that Crimson album in a long w...I haven't heard that Crimson album in a long while, but I'd say that prog in general is conceptually post-rock - but in terms of sonics it's more about virtuosity than sound...<br /><br />This begs a difficult definition of what Post-Rock actually is meant to be. <br /><br />In the guitar-context though, a band like Wire is definitely Post-Rock in my book.rino breebaarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732964644950027323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240737.post-71596259349327318122011-04-12T03:27:22.730+10:002011-04-12T03:27:22.730+10:00Would King Crimson's _Discipline_ count as pos...Would King Crimson's _Discipline_ count as post-rock then?<br /><br />I like your definition and focus on guitars and I believe you have it right, even though I also think of bands like Sigur-Rós that use a lot of organ and mallet percussion, as well as strings and brass. <br /><br />In writing my songs I have struggled with how to describe them for purposes of recruiting musicians to play them. "Post-rock" has never seemed a good fit, and now I think that's because I almost never write guitar parts.D. Loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13692050568996373253noreply@blogger.com