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post-rock

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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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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

The duo from North Carolina that records as Magic Tuber Stringband connects Appalachian tradition to Minimalism, meditation and perhaps post-rock, carrying forward the ideas of musicians like John Fahey and Sandy Bull.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

A sense of weightlessness pervades the album’s 11 atmospheric cuts, festooned with galactic synths and post-rock guitars.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023

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