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post-rock

British  

noun

  1. a type of music that often varies from traditional rock in terms of form and instrumentation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this type of music

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Glasgow post-rock band Mogwai, who are Celtic fans, feature on the green-and-white men's away shirt.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The English group’s second album is a work of unclassifiable but bracingly original music, drawing on post-rock, jazz, folk, reggae and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Something is eerily wrong in the world of this indie-art-folk post-rock fusion debut from My New Band Believe.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Key also produced a post-rock electronic-heavy project called Jedha with Mendez, and the pair also does a lot of TV and film scoring work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

For some, like the post-rock musician Anas Maghrebi, who brought his three drum kits on the boat across the Atlantic, their vocation is a spiritual life jacket of sorts.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

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