I'll second this.

I will also add the following (much smaller) artists to the list:

- Balmorhea

- Tunturia

I've been listening to both of them a lot lately - more so than I have the heavy-weights (as listed above)

Thanks for those recs; I hadn't heard of either of them.

You should give The American Dollar a listen; they're a really great postrock band from Queens. And Mercury Program, too, but they're in the heavyweights category, more or less.

Thanks for adding .. I've been on a Toronto music binge lately as I just moved here and definitely going to check more of Tunturia out.

Balmorhea sounds great, too!

Thanks for the tip. Some of my favorites:

Lvmen, Caspian, Kinski, Mogwai

Great list.

Less explosive, in the post-rock realm: Epic45, The Album Leaf, Years.

Also like Lymbyc Systym, who occasionally sort of rock out.

Throwing in The Non from Oklahoma City: myspace.com/thenonband

+1 for Godspeed, although it does make me sad sometimes.

I'll add to this list :

- The Red Sparowes (their first 2 albums)

- The Redneck Manifesto