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Best post-rock songs of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Songs from the post-rock albums of the 2000s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Mirrored cover№ 1TontoBattles · Mirrored
  1. 2Mirrored coverAtlasBattles · Mirrored
  2. 3Balmorhea coverAttesa (Nils Frahm Rework)Balmorhea · Balmorhea
  3. 4Balmorhea coverAttesa (2014 Recording)Balmorhea · Balmorhea
  4. 5Beacons of Ancestorship coverIce Ice Gravy (Bonus Track)Tortoise · Beacons of Ancestorship
  5. 6Tonto+ coverThe Making of TontoBattles · Tonto+
  6. 7Kicking a Dead Pig coverMogwai Fear Satan (My Bloody Valentine Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  7. 8Kicking a Dead Pig coverMogwai Fear Satan (U Ziq Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  8. 9Kicking a Dead Pig coverMogwai Fear Satan (Mogwai Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  9. 10Kicking a Dead Pig coverTracy (Kid Loco's Playing With the Young Team Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  10. 11Kicking a Dead Pig coverR U Still In 2 It? (DJ Q Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  11. 12Kicking a Dead Pig coverMogwai Fear Satan (Surgeon Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  12. 13Kicking a Dead Pig coverLike Herod (alec empire's face the future Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  13. 14Kicking a Dead Pig coverA Cheery Wave from Stranded Youngsters (Third Eye Foundation Tet Offensive Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  14. 15Kicking a Dead Pig coverGwai On 45 (Arab Strap Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  15. 16Kicking a Dead Pig coverSummer (Klute's Weird Winter Mix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  16. 17Kicking a Dead Pig coverHelicon 2 (Max Tundra Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  17. 18Kicking a Dead Pig coverLike Herod (Hood Remix)Mogwai · Kicking a Dead Pig
  18. 19The Hawk Is Howling coverDracula FamilyMogwai · The Hawk Is Howling
  19. 20The Hawk Is Howling coverBat CatMogwai · The Hawk Is Howling
  20. 21EP+6 coverRage - ManMogwai · EP+6
  21. 22EP+6 coverBurn Girl Prom QueenMogwai · EP+6
  22. 23EP+6 coverChristmas SongMogwai · EP+6
  23. 24EP+6 coverStanley KubrickMogwai · EP+6
  24. 25EP+6 coverSmall Children In the BackgroundMogwai · EP+6
  25. 26EP+6 coverRollerballMogwai · EP+6
  26. 27EP+6 coverX-Mas StepsMogwai · EP+6
  27. 28EP+6 coverStereodeeMogwai · EP+6
  28. 29EP+6 coverNow You're TakenMogwai · EP+6
  29. 30EP+6 coverSuperheroes of BMXMogwai · EP+6
  30. 31Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverUntitled 2 (Bonus Track)Mogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  31. 32Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverUntitled 1 (Bonus Track)Mogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  32. 33Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverBlack Spider 2Mogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  33. 34Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverIt Would Have Happened AnywayMogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  34. 35Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverTime and a HalfMogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  35. 36Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverI Do Have WeaponsMogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  36. 37Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverHalf TimeMogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  37. 38Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai cover7.25Mogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  38. 39Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverTerrific SpeechMogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  39. 40Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverWake Up and Go BeserkMogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  40. 41Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai coverTerrific Speech 2Mogwai · Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
  41. 42Sæglópur EP coverKafariSigur Rós · Sæglópur EP
  42. 43Sæglópur EP coverÓ friðurSigur Rós · Sæglópur EP
  43. 44Sæglópur EP coverRefurSigur Rós · Sæglópur EP
  44. 45Station coverHarper Lewis POS Remix (Bonus Track)Russian Circles · Station
  45. 46Yanqui U.X.O. cover[George Bush Cut Up While Talking]Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Yanqui U.X.O.
  46. 47Yanqui U.X.O. cover[silence]Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Yanqui U.X.O.
  47. 48Yanqui U.X.O. cover09‐15‐00Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Yanqui U.X.O.
  48. 49Englar alheimsins coverBíum Bíum BambalóSigur Rós · Englar alheimsins
  49. 50Englar alheimsins coverTe Morituri...Sigur Rós · Englar alheimsins

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