Post-rock

Post-rock is a genre characterized by its instrumental, atmospheric soundscapes, often featuring a mix of electronic and organic elements. Emerging in the 1990s, post-rock evolved from the avant-garde and experimental scenes, drawing from krautrock, ambient, and indie rock traditions. Typically, post-rock music eschews traditional rock structures and vocals, instead emphasizing texture, timbre, and dynamics. The genre flourished in the early 2000s, with a global network of artists creating music that was both introspective and cinematic. Post-rock's cultural significance lies in its ability to evoke emotions and environments, making it a staple of film and video game soundtracks. While related to ambient and electronic music, post-rock's emphasis on guitar work and rhythmic experimentation sets it apart. Artists in this genre often push the boundaries of traditional instrumentation, incorporating found sounds, synthesizers, and unconventional playing techniques to create a unique sonic tapestry.

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AMRV
And Beyond
Any Name's Okay
Balduvian Bears
Beforefrances
Bella Wakame
Bent By Sorrow
Birds 3AM
Carousel Casualties
Champions United
Chasing The Eclipse
Citrine
Cloudsurfin'
Coltsfoot
Comet Blue
Crafted Child
Cryptic Cadet
Darryl Kissick
Dawn River
Diego's Scenes
Distance Is a Way of Life
Dog Bedtime
Dog Wellness
Doves
Dowsing Rod
Earth
Elements of Nature
Encam Potkal
Equatorial Forest
Fire Sounds
GRÓA
Gabb.
Goro Ito
Gorrsowtu
Green Gardens
Grey October Sound
I'm Geist
Ilai Ashdot
Jef Martens
Jeune Lion
Kayen
Kendra Motion Pictures
Land Of Valen
Landlady
Lauren Duffus
LiGe 力哥
Lodger
MRCY
MayNard
Merpire
Miracle Wake
MujjO
NIKKO
NO TIME FOR SILENCE
Nume
Ocean Vacation
One Mississippi
Owen Soergel
Paperfriend
Rahul Uikey
Reigns
Roope
Ruido Cassette
Saint Slumber
Sigur Rós
SoiSong
Solitary Sun
Som
Songs for Dogs to Sleep To
Sounds of Thunder and Rain
South Side Symphony
Stereolab
Sunset Hunter
Swans
TNL VZN
The January Lanterns
The Last Dinosaur
The Sleep Specialists
The Vanished People
The cty
These New Puritans
Thomas Stenström
Thunderstorms
UNIVERSITY
Uni V. Sol
Vålådalen
Wanderlust
Waterfall in the distance
Waves of Atlantic
Waynewood
White Sleeping Sough
XTC
caroline
heryol
lightheart
mary in the junkyard
outoftouch
thankful for the rain
vinter
yutori
Radiohead
Cigarettes After Sex
Beach House
Sawano Hiroyuki
my head is empty
STARSET
The Last Dinner Party
Up Dharma Down
Higashi
Sleepy Dogs
Ichiss
Our Last Night
Palace
Franc Fala
Yoko Gold
Path to the Wild
sapientdream
PornoGraffitti
Black Country, New Road
ロクデナシ
Rain Radiance
Mon Rovîa
Baby Lasagna
Fools Garden
Amber Run
Sail North
Sigur Rós
ECLIPSE
Saliva Grey
GenriX
Scarlet House
Segah
Caos
Zayde Wølf
INOHA
Offthewally
a girl and a cat
Stereolab
Deafheaven
Night Tapes
Rubyeye
Cö shu Nie
Thomas Stenström
Dekker
The Vanished People
Zemfira
Low Roar
ギヴン
Jonas Sandberg
Fire Sounds
Aquilegia
Other Nothing
.Feast
Dexter and The Moonrocks
Glass Beams
13 Killoki
Glass Trio
Sparky Deathcap
Pelican
Blurred Figures
The Paradox
The Sound Reserve
antihoney
Granuja
cloudyfield
Mogwai
Samuraï
Piotr Musiał
Angel Olsen
Ourson
Syd Matters
Racoma
Kroi
Adventurine
Lake Melville
Iyowa
Oscar Anton
Vane Lily
Tailormade Rain
Tommy Guerrero
NOIT
Draumur
Streaming Waves
Spring Euphemia
XTC
Hakuuro
Animal Collective
Som
Son Lux
Poets of the Fall
sunflwr
The Castellows
bomull
Balmorhea
Explosions In The Sky
Archive
tenkousei.
iwilldiehere
Evening Elephants
Really Slow Motion