Your top 10 post-rock bands

When I thought of post-rock, I thought of GY!BE, mogwai, explosions in the sky. Maybe going a little further, I could think of bands like slint, do make say think, storm & stress. But the scene seems alot bigger, and there are alot more post-rock bands than i originally thought. Finding new bands like below the sea, the evpatoria report, samuel jackson five, bright red paper, battles, God is an astronaut, ect

I haven't seen anyone do a top 10, so i don't know if its discouraged, but I'm curious as to your top 10, current or all-time doesnt matter b/c I know it always changes.

1.GY!BE
2.Slint
3.Tortoise
4.Sea and cake
5.Do Make say think
6.Sonora Pine
7.Explosions in the sky
8.Mogwai
9.Grails
10.by the end of tonight

ya ive recently gotten into a bunch of awesome post-rock bands thanks to this forum. so as of right now these are my favorite post-rock/instrumental bands:

Explosions In The Sky (i think theyll always be number one for me, the very first post-rock band i ever got into just a few years ago)
Godspeed You Black Emperor! (got into them around the same time as eits, they took a little longer to digest though but also one of my top bands! there simply geniuses)
Yndi Halda (just got into them recently thanks to this forum, very very beautiful stuff)
Sparrows Swarm and Sing
The Lights From Here (sprecially since there from my city :)
Mono
Russian Circles
Red Sparowes
Kayo Dot
This Will Destroy You

ps i love any post-rock that comes out of the state of Texas

Explosions in the Sky
Mogwai
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Mono
Yndi Halda
Sigur Ros
Redjetson
The Evpatoria Report
Sickoakes
and....hmmm...difficult to narrow it down for the 10th place, guess I'll just say Saxon Shore but it could be one of many...

mogwai
dianogah
the mercury program
tortoise
explosions in the sky
saxon shore
slint
rachel's
russian circles
do make say think
tracer amc

oops... that's 11.

ah well.

i also like unwed sailor quite a bit.

... and some other bands

...

my top:
Do Make Say Think
Explosions in the sky
Kinski
Mogwai
God Is An Astronaut
Microfilm
Russian Circles
Saxon Shore
We vs. Death
Te'

In no order:

The Six Parts Seven
The Mercury Program
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Explosions In the Sky
The Evpatoria Report
A Silver Mt. Zion
Destroyalldreamers
Saxon Shore
This Is A Process of A Still Life
Fridge
Mogwai


That's eleven, but no one really cares.

I would be very interested in any reactions, especially because EVERYTHING POSTROCK I'VE EVER HEARD IS WHAT MAKES UP THIS LIST. thanks.

01. Sigur Rós
02. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
03. Mogwai
04. Explosions In the Sky
05. Bark Psychosis
06. Labradford
07. A Silver Mt. Zion
08. Talk Talk
09.
10.

What is the most obvious next step or two for me to take?

What, if any, are the more obscure inclusions in my list so far?

you can send me personal reply if you want to be nice!

1. mogwai
2. mogwai
3. mogwai
4. mogwai
5. mogwai
6. mogwai
7. mogwai
8. mogwai
9. mogwai
10. mogwai

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2. Explosions in the Sky
3. Mogwai
4. Sweek
5. Mono
6. Sigur Rós
7. Exhaust
8. Molasses
9. Slint
10. Do Make Say Think

So for me theres quite clearly an elite top 5, and then all the other pretenders.

1.Godspeed - classically overblown melancholic
2.Sigur Ros - popplagid
3.Mogwai - wall of sound + a song called glasgow-megasnake
4.Mt Zion - terrible yet moving singing, gypsy rock, choir action, sad
5.Explosions - happy! chimes, build ups which aren't quite as good as godspeed's, talent

You don't need any others.

Red Sparowes
Saxon Shore
Caspian
The Exploits of Elaine
65daysofstatic
Port-Royal
GY!BE
EITS
Mogwai
Sigur Ros

1. Explosions in the Sky
2. Mogwai
3. The Evpatoria Report
4. Mono
5. 65daysofstatic
6. A Silver Mt. Zion
7. gybe

1.sigur ros
2.World's End Girlfriend
3.GY!BE
4.Mogwai
5.Dreamend
6.Mono
7.EITS
8.Sickoakes
9.
10.