Oh, I used to be really into this genre.
Tortoise (first 2.5 albums) was always a favorite.
As were Jessamine, Bowery Electric, Do Make Say Think, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Turing Machine, Ganger, Gastr del Sol and Mogwai.
Do Slint and June of 44 count?
Also liked Dirty Three, Labradford, Stars of the Lid, Windsor for the Derby, Fuxa, Windy & Carl, Tribes of Neurot, A Minor Forest, AmAnSet, Pell Mell, Ui, early Trans Am, Six Parts Seven, Hood, Aerial M, Broadcast first 2 albums,
Played a show with Mono on their 1st American tour, Le Fly Pam Am were s'posed to play too, but got turned back at the border. Played a couple shows with Tristeza, too.
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