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Post-Rock
From Louisville basements to Montreal soundscapes: the reinvention of rock as texture, atmosphere, and instrumental storytelling
Montreal / Chicago / Glasgow / 1986-2005
15 min read · 5 sections · 19 timeline events · 10 albums · 5 stories · connections
- Era
- 1986-2005
- Region
- International (Louisville, Chicago, Montreal, Glasgow)
- Key Artists
- 4
- Albums
- 10
01
The Scene
London, 1977. Brian Eno and David Bowie hunched over a mixing desk, sculpting Low—its side two a suite of instrumental pieces where texture mattered more than riffs, where atmosphere replaced showmanship. Two decades later, critics would call it proto-post-rock. But the real ground zero was a basement in Louisville's Highlands neighborhood, 1986. A few hardcore kids were getting bored.
Key Artists
SlintGodspeed You! Black EmperorMogwaiTortoise
Essential Albums
01
Spiderland
Slint · 1991
02
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise · 1996
03
F♯ A♯ ∞
Godspeed You! Black Emperor · 1997
04
Mogwai Young Team
Mogwai · 1997
05
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Godspeed You! Black Emperor · 2000
06
Rock Action
Mogwai · 2001
+4 more albums inside
Full pack includes
5 deep-dive sections8 artist profiles10 essential albums19 timeline events5 stories
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