Radiohead started out mainstream and they sucked. It is all about a natural progression of things. Arcade Fire really don't impress me that much yet. We'll see which direction they go.
Slint - Spiderland Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Okay, Landlord - 2 monumental albums that help kickstart post rock - give me some rep for listening to those today! (I keed, I keed about wanting the rep that is)
I would.....but I'm still waiting on your opinion of Stubborn Tiny Lights' 'The Infinite Regress' if you liked GY!BE at all, you'd like this album. It's really refreshing PR. Actually, it's one of the more stunning post rock albums in the past 5 years or so. imo.
Manny (or whoever) - Can you recommend an Aphex Twin album for a n00b to start off with? I was listening to them the other day, but it seems like I could use a gateway.
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 would be where I would start. My favorite by him is I Care Because You Do but it has some tracks in it that could turn off the newbie simply because they can be grating on the ears (Ventolin in particular).
Drukqs is good too but it has 2 sides of Richard James - the drill n bass side that was more or less The Richard James Album and the Come to Daddy ep and the other side was gentle piano ballads - very schizophrenic album but a good one, nonetheless, IMO.
I'm not as cool as the rest of you guys, but my current rotation is: Terrible Things - Terrible Things The Dirty Heads - Any Port in a Storm 36 Crazyfists - Collisions and Castaways Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More Blue October - Foiled Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy Two Tongues - Two Tongues
Theodore Milquetoast - Born to Be Mild Busta Clauss - ImaBeSumBuddysHoHoHo Bucky Weinstein - Too Goyim to Be Kosher Pussbucket - Christmas Jeer
Nujabes - Luv (Sic) (Modal Soul Remix) Boards Of Canada - Music Is Math DJ Krush - Danger Of Love (Ft. Zap Mama)
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Why?- Alopecia Joanna Newsom- Y's Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr- Horse Power EP Eluvium- Copia Warpaint- The Fool
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