Dude, Sigur Ros! "Staralfur" is my favorite of theirs, but "Hoppipolla" might be better for modern dance.
Explosions in the Sky - I particularly like "A Song for Our Fathers" as the kind of thing that has an AWESOME build. (Modern instrumental rock!)
I don't have time to upload these, but you can listen to them all on http://www.songerize.com. Streaming!
(PS OMG SWELL SEASON. I was kind of emo that I may never get to see Glen Hansard play a small venue again, but it was WONDERFUL, and the man has charisma to spare. He filled our opera house with his sound, just him and his guitar if necessary. Plus! They did "Into the Mystic" AND "Fitzcarraldo," NEITHER of which I had seen him/The Frames play before. *dies*
And there was this lovely bit right before they played "Falling Slowly" where he talked about how, sometimes you're kicking a ball around your backyard, and it doesn't just go to the end of the yard, it goes over the fence, and over the river, and across town...and part of you is thinking, "Wow, did I really kick the ball that hard?!" and part of you is thinking, "...I want my ball back." But then he made a comment about how huge the room was, and it was sold out, and he looked over and said, "We must have done something right, Mar." It was wonderful.)
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Explosions in the Sky - I particularly like "A Song for Our Fathers" as the kind of thing that has an AWESOME build. (Modern instrumental rock!)
I don't have time to upload these, but you can listen to them all on http://www.songerize.com. Streaming!
(PS OMG SWELL SEASON. I was kind of emo that I may never get to see Glen Hansard play a small venue again, but it was WONDERFUL, and the man has charisma to spare. He filled our opera house with his sound, just him and his guitar if necessary. Plus! They did "Into the Mystic" AND "Fitzcarraldo," NEITHER of which I had seen him/The Frames play before. *dies*
And there was this lovely bit right before they played "Falling Slowly" where he talked about how, sometimes you're kicking a ball around your backyard, and it doesn't just go to the end of the yard, it goes over the fence, and over the river, and across town...and part of you is thinking, "Wow, did I really kick the ball that hard?!" and part of you is thinking, "...I want my ball back." But then he made a comment about how huge the room was, and it was sold out, and he looked over and said, "We must have done something right, Mar." It was wonderful.)