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• A Genuine Freakshow
  A Genuine Freakshow
  A Genuine Freakshow are a baroque pop band originating from Reading in the United Kingdom. They were formed in 2005, settling on their current 7-piece permanent line-up in 2008...
  
  
• A Minor Forest
  A Minor Forest
  A Minor Forest was a San Francisco-based math rock band in the 1990s. They were musically related to the Louisville scene of post rock groups like Slint and had personal connections to the San Diego scene of Three Mile Pilot and related bands...
  
  
• A Northern Chorus
  A Northern Chorus
  A Northern Chorus was a Canadian band from Hamilton, Ontario.-History:The band was formed in 1999 after the breakup of Stu Livingstone and Pete Hall's previous band, Datura Dream Defered. They have released four records on the Sonic Unyon label, Before We All Go To Pieces, Spirit Flags, Bitter...
  
  
• A Whisper in the Noise
  A Whisper in the Noise
  A Whisper in the Noise is a musical project of rock composer West Thordson. Centered in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro, the group is known for their dark sound and unique instrumentation, as well as their effective live performances...
  
  
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• The Album Leaf
  The Album Leaf
  The Album Leaf is an American solo musical project founded in San Diego, California in 1998 by Jimmy LaValle. He is known for his use of electronics, synthesizer and Rhodes piano...
  
  
• The American Dollar
  The American Dollar (band)
  The American Dollar is an American post rock/ambient band, formed in 2005 in Queens, New York. The band consists of drummer John Emanuele and guitarist Richard Cupolo, They have released four studio albums, the latest of which, entitled Atlas, was released by Yesh Music on January 1, 2010.-Studio...
  
  
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• Amiina
  Amiina
  Amiina is an Icelandic band composed of Hildur Ársælsdóttir , Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir , Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir , and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir . They frequently perform live and in the studio along with Sigur Rós...
  
  
• Amp
  Amp (band)
  Amp is an electronic space rock band formed in London by Richard F. Walker in 1992, after collaborating with David Pearce on the The Secret Garden and the Distance projects...
  
  
• And So I Watch You From Afar
  And So I Watch You From Afar
  And So I Watch You From Afar are a three-piece instrumental rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band consists of Rory Friers on guitar, Johnny Adger on bass and Chris Wee on drums...
  
  
• Apse
  Apse (band)
  Apse was an American rock band signed to the UK label ATP Recordings and Spanish label . The band moved through many different musical styles since its inception, weaving together at various times shoegazer, Heavy Metal, gothic rock, post-punk, prog-rock, industrial, and post-rock influences;...
  
  
• Arctic Plateau
  Arctic Plateau
  Arctic Plateau is an Italian post-rock and shoegaze one-man band formed by Gianluca Divirgilio.-Biography:The first song, "Eight Years Old", was composed in June, 2006. In the same year, Gianluca composed other instrumental tracks, and recorded two songs called "Coldream" and "On a Sad Sunny Day";...
  
  
• The Appleseed Cast
  The Appleseed Cast
  The Appleseed Cast is an American emo/post-rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, composed of singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci , guitarist Aaron Pillar, bassist Nathan Whitman and drummer John Momberg...
  
  
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• Ativin
  Ativin
  Ativin is an experimental post-rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. Chris Carothers and Dan Burton of Early Day Miners make up their core, with a revolving door of drummers.- Biography :...
  
  
• Auburn Lull
  Auburn Lull
  Auburn Lull are a five-member dream pop/shoegaze band from Lansing, Michigan, which formed in 1995.-Biography:The band consisted of guitarists Sean Heenan, Jason Kolb, Eli Wekenman, Ron Gibbs and drummer Jason Wiesinger...
  
  
• Audrey
  Audrey (band)
  Swedish four-piece Audrey formed in 2002 in Henån, Sweden. The band first formed in a run-down music house that was going to be demolished during their time there. According to the band there were mice running on the floor and the pipes were frozen. In this harsh environment they started playing...
  
  
• Austin TV
  Austin TV
  Austin TV is an instrumental post-rock band formed in 2001 in Mexico City. Austin TV creates sonic landscapes with their music without lyrics. They have opened for groups like Yo La Tengo in Mexico and Café Tacuba in the U.S. leg of their 2007 tour, and have released three LPs, one EP and...
  
  

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• Bakunin's Bum
  Bakunin's Bum
  Bakunin's Bum, named after the anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, is a musical collaboration between Norman Nawrocki and Godspeed You! Black Emperor drummer Aidan Girt. Their first recording, Fight to Win! was released as a benefit for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and features spoken...
  
  
• Balmorhea
  Balmorhea (band)
  Balmorhea is a minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas that was formed in 2006 by Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. Balmorhea were influenced by Ludovico Einaudi, The Six Parts Seven, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rachel's, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage.The band...
  
  
• Bardo Pond
  Bardo Pond
  Bardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London based label Fire Records. The current members are Michael Gibbons , John Gibbons , Isobel Sollenberger , Clint Takeda , Jason Kourkonis , and Aaron Igler...
  
  
• Bark Psychosis
  Bark Psychosis
  Bark Psychosis are an English post-rock band/musical project from east London formed in 1986. They were one of the bands that Simon Reynolds cited when coining "post-rock" as a musical style in 1994, and are thus considered one of the key bands defining the genre...
  
  
• Battles
  Battles (band)
  Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City, comprising guitarists Ian Williams and Dave Konopka , and drummer John Stanier .-Biography:...
  
  
• Beaten by Them
  Beaten by Them
  Beaten by Them is a multi-national San Francisco/Melbourne/New York quintet combining cello, guitars, bass, drums and electronics.-Musical style:...
  
  
• Because of Ghosts
  Because of Ghosts
  Because of Ghosts is a three-piece post-rock band based in Melbourne, AustraliaThey are often compared to bands such as Dirty Three or Godspeed You! Black Emperor....
  
  
• Bell Orchestre
  Bell Orchestre
  Bell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to...
  
  
• The Berg Sans Nipple
  The Berg Sans Nipple
  The Berg Sans Nipple are an indie rock band from Nebraska and Paris, consisting of Lori Sean Berg and Shane Aspegren. They are currently with Team Love Records....
  
  
• Beware of Safety
  Beware of Safety
  Beware of Safety, commonly abbreviated as BoS, is an instrumental post-rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band plays sprawling, instrumental rock that could be classified as post-metal, post-rock, and even math rock at some points. Beware of Safety is currently on The Mylene Sheath roster...
  
  
• The Big Sleep
  The Big Sleep (band)
  The Big Sleep are a three piece band based in Brooklyn, New York. The band consists of Sonya Balchandani , Danny Barria , and Gabe Rhodes...
  
  
• Billy Mahonie
  Billy Mahonie
  - History :Formed in 1997, the original line-up consisted of Gavin Baker , Howard Monk , Hywell Dinsdale and Kevin Penney . Their first release was on the Fierce Panda record label, a split-single with Rothko, followed by a release on the Fierce Panda offshoot Livid Meercat...
  
  
• Bowery Electric
  Bowery Electric
  Bowery Electric was an American indie band formed in New York's East Village in 1992 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener.-Music:Bowery Electric's music defies easy classification...
  
  
• Broadcast
  Broadcast (band)
  Broadcast are an electronic music band, founded in Birmingham, England. Original members were Trish Keenan , Roj Stevens , Tim Felton and James Cargill . Various drummers played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins, and Neil Bullock...
  
  
• Brokeback
  Brokeback (band)
  Brokeback is a project of Doug McCombs, bassist of Tortoise and Eleventh Dream Day.- Featured artists :* Rob Mazurek* Noel Kupersmith* Mary Hansen * James McNew * Chad Taylor...
  
  
• Butterfly Explosion
  Butterfly Explosion
  Butterfly Explosion are an alternative-rock band from Dublin, Ireland.-History:Butterfly Explosion was formed by guitarist/vocalist Gazz Carr in 2005.By 2007, the band had released two EPs while going through a number of line up changes....
  
  

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• Califone
  Califone
  Califone is an experimental rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer. Their work has been critically acclaimed....
  
  
• Callisto
  Callisto (band)
  Callisto is a post-metal band from Turku, Finland. The band was formed in 2001 in Kokkola. Whilst their early works are hardcore/metalcore, their first album True Nature Unfolds has a strong sludge metal and doom influence and their second album Noir is more influenced by progressive and more...
  
  
• The Cancer Conspiracy
  The Cancer Conspiracy
  The Cancer Conspiracy was a progressive rock group from Burlington, Vermont featuring guitarist Daryl Rabidoux, drummer/keyboardist/saxophonist Greg Beadle, and bassist Brent Frattini. Rabidoux and Beadle were veterans of the local hardcore scene, and had broken away from their respective bands...
  
  
• Caspian
  Caspian (band)
  Caspian is an instrumental post-rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts. Since 2003 Caspian have released 2 full-length albums, an EP and a split 7".-Early History 2003-2004:...
  
  
• City of Caterpillar
  City of Caterpillar
  City of Caterpillar was an American band, from Richmond, Virginia. They released a split with pg. 99, a full length album, and an album-length compilation of their demo and some live tracks....
  
  
• Clogs
  Clogs (band)
  Clogs are a mostly instrumental project led by Bryce Dessner and Australia's Padma Newsome. Their existence predates Dessner's other band The National...
  
  
• Codes in the Clouds
  Codes in the Clouds
  Codes in the Clouds are an English post-rock band formed in July 2007. Consisting of Dartford, Kent natives Stephen Peeling, Ciaran Morahan, Rob Smith, Jack Major Joe Power and Olly Glosby, the group plays instrumental post-rock with cinematic qualities...
  
  
• Couch
  Couch (band)
  Couch is an instrumental Post-rock band based in Munich, Germany. The band is:* Jürgen Söder * Thomas Geltinger * Michael Heilrath * Stefanie Böhm ; also plays in Ms...
  
  
• Crippled Black Phoenix
  Crippled Black Phoenix
  Crippled Black Phoenix is a post-rock supergroup from the United Kingdom. Several musicians have contributed to Crippled Black Phoenix's albums and play with them during their live shows.-History:...
  
  
• Cul de Sac
  Cul de Sac (band)
  Cul de Sac are a rock music group formed in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts and led by guitarist Glenn Jones. Their music is primarily instrumental. Jones and keyboardist Robin Amos have been the only constant members....
  
  
• Cult of Luna
  Cult of Luna
  Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå. They formed from the remnants of a Umeå hardcore punk band called Eclipse in 1998. They slowly garnered critical appreciation and underground popularity with early releases Cult of Luna and The Beyond ; however, it is 2004's Salvation that can...
  
  

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• Dappled Cities Fly
  Dappled Cities Fly
  Dappled Cities are a five-piece indie rock band from Sydney, Australia.-History:The band, originally called Periwinkle, first came together in the leafy, northern Sydney suburb of Pymble in 1997. Dave Rennick and original drummer Hugh Boyce were soon joined by Alex Moore on bass and Tim Derricourt...
  
  
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• The Declining Winter
  The Declining Winter
  The Declining Winter are a British band based in Leeds, led by Richard Adams, the co-founder of the Domino Records group, Hood. The band features members of Fieldhead, Brave Timbers, Quack Quack and Gareth S. Brown....
  
  
• Decoder Ring
  Decoder Ring
  Decoder Ring is an experimental electronic-rock crossover group from Australia.-Biography:Decoder Ring was formed in 2001, in Sydney, Australia. The original line-up consisted of Matt Fitzgerald Geoff Towner , Pete Kelly , Kenny Davis Jr &...
  
  
• Destroyalldreamers
  Destroyalldreamers
  Destroyalldreamers was a four-piece instrumental shoegaze band based in Montreal, Canada consisting of guitarists Eric Quach and Mathieu Grisé, drummer Shaun Doré and former bassist Michèle Martin. Their sound has often been described as a mix of classic '90's shoegazing with Godspeed You! Black...
  
  
• Dianogah
  Dianogah
  Dianogah is a Chicago, Illinois based indie rock outfit formed in 1995, noted for their use of two bass guitars. Members include Kip McCabe, Jay Ryan and Jason Harvey. Dianogah's first full-length album, As Seen From Above, was recorded by Steve Albini, who also produced their second full-length...
  
  
• Disco Inferno
  Disco Inferno (band)
  Disco Inferno was an English experimental rock band, formed in Essex in the late 1980s, by Ian Crause , Paul Wilmott , Rob Whatley and Daniel Gish .-History:...
  
  
• Dirty Three
  Dirty Three
  Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis , Mick Turner and Jim White , originating from Melbourne, Australia. Since the Dirty Three formed in 1992, they have spent a lot of time overseas...
  
  
• Do Make Say Think
  Do Make Say Think
  Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums, distorted guitars and wind instruments, as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar.-Biography:...
  
  
• Don Caballero
  Don Caballero
  Don Caballero are an American rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group took their name from the character Guy Caballero, portrayed by Joe Flaherty, on the sketch comedy show Second City Television...
  
  
• Downy
  Downy (band)
  downy were a Japanese band often classified under the genres and sub-genres of post-rock, ambient, post-metal, and shoegaze.downy released four studio album releases in the 2000s, all titled Mudai, which roughly translates to Untitled. Each release has a distinct yet mutually comparable sound...
  
  
• Dreamend
  Dreamend
  Dreamend is a Chicago-based shoegazer musical group signed to Graveface Records, whose music is characterized by textured guitar work and prominent drums and percussion. Song styles range from post-rock to bluegrass...
  
  
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• Kyle Bobby Dunn
  Kyle Bobby Dunn
  Kyle Bobby Dunn is a composer, arranger, and live performer of modern and neo-classical based drone music. He has performed in live and exclusive outdoor settings, including Banff National Park, since 2000 and has released music on various international recording labels.His work has been described...
  
  

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• Early Day Miners
  Early Day Miners
  Early Day Miners are a band from southern Indiana, United States who released records on the Bloomington, Indiana based label Secretly Canadian. In September 2009 the band had released seven full-length records....
  
  
• Ef
  Ef (band)
  Ef is a post-rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Using little vocals, they feature a wide variety of instruments. Their debut album Give me beauty... Or give me death! was released in May 2006...
  
  
• Efterklang
  Efterklang
  Efterklang is an indie rock group from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in December 2000. To date, the band has released three studio albums and are currently signed to the 4AD label, as well as their own record label Rumraket.-History:...
  
  
• Eksi Ekso
  Eksi Ekso
  Eksi Ekso is a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band is known for atypical rock instrumentation, form experimentation, and collaborative writing techniques...
  
  
• El Ten Eleven
  El Ten Eleven
  El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles, CA post-rock duo known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the utility of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming...
  
  
• Electrelane
  Electrelane
  Electrelane are a British all-female indie rock band, formed in Brighton in 1998 by Verity Susman and Emma Gaze. The band comprised Susman, Gaze, Mia Clarke, and Ros Murray. Their music draws from wide range of influences including Neu!, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and The Velvet Underground...
  
  
• Envy
  Envy (band)
  Envy is a rock band from Japan. They are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. More recently in their career, Envy's music has grown to include elements of post-rock.Vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa...
  
  
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• Esmerine
  Esmerine
  Esmerine is an experimental instrumental group started by Bruce Cawdron and Beckie Foon, who have contributed to other Montreal-based bands as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Set Fire to Flames, and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...
  
  
• Everything Is Made in China
  Everything is made in China
  Everything Is Made in China or Eimic is a Russian three-piece indietronica band formed 2005 in Moscow and composed of Max Fedorov on vocals, lead guitar and percussion, Phil Premyak on bass guitar and keyboards and Alex Zotov on the drums...
  
  
• The Evpatoria Report
  The Evpatoria Report
  The Evpatoria Report is a Swiss post-rock band. The band was born in January 2002, and it consists of two guitars, a bass, drums, a violin, and a keyboard...
  
  
• Exhaust
  Exhaust (band)
  Exhaust is a bass clarinet, drum and tape trio from Montreal that started in the mid-90s. The bands members are Aidan Girt , Gordon Krieger and Mike Zabitsky . Their debut album was a self-released 7" cassette entitled 230596. Their first release on Constellation Records was in 1998 . It was...
  
  
• Experimental Audio Research
• Explosions in the Sky
  Explosions in the Sky
  Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...
  
  

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• Faunts
  Faunts
  -History:Faunts was formed in the fall of 2000 by two brothers Steve and Tim Batke. Faunts are released on Friendly Fire Recordings. In 2005, their debut album High Expectations/Low Results was well-received. In 2006, a 40-minute EP entitled M4 was released that grew out of music crafted to...
  
  
• Feu Thérèse
  Feu Thérèse
  Feu Thérèse is a Canadian band formed in 2005.The band is composed of guitarist and Fly Pan Am member Jonathan Parant, bassist Alexandre Saint-Onge , keyboardist and guitarist Stephen De Oliveira, and drummer Luc Paradis...
  
  
• Fifths of Seven
  Fifths of Seven
  Fifths of Seven is an instrumental string/piano/accordion-based trio out of Montreal, Canada, composed of Spencer Krug , Beckie Foon , and Rachel Levine...
  
  
• Fly Pan Am
  Fly Pan Am
  Fly Pan Am, or Le Fly Pan Am, are a Canadian experimental rock band formed in Montreal in 1996. They release their albums through the Montreal-based Constellation Records, producing and collaborating on works with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Shalabi Effect.-About the band:The band was formed in...
  
  
• Flying Saucer Attack
  Flying Saucer Attack
  Flying Saucer Attack was an experimental space rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. David Pearce was the core member of the group, and Rachel Brook was a member for most of the band's lifetime....
  
  
• The For Carnation
  The For Carnation
  The For Carnation are a post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky who formed in 1994. The band was formed by Brian McMahan, who is the only constant group member. McMahan's previous band Slint hinted at the distinctive sound and sombre aesthetic he would create in The For Carnation...
  
  
• For a Minor Reflection
  For a minor reflection
  For a Minor Reflection is a post-rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The band comprises four 20-year-olds. Their self-produced debut album Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... featuring six songs lasting an hour in total, all recorded over a weekend in Iceland...
  
  
• Foxhole
  Foxhole (band)
  This article is about the band Foxhole. For the method of combat, see Defensive fighting positionFoxhole is a post-rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky.- Members :Derek Holt - BassGreg Leppert - Brass, KeyboardsAdam Moore - GuitarR...
  
  
• Fridge
  Fridge (band)
  Fridge are an English post-rock band, comprising school friends Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, and Sam Jeffers. Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly...
  
  
• Friends of Dean Martinez
  Friends of Dean Martinez
  Friends of Dean Martinez is an instrumental rock/post-rock band featuring members of Giant Sand, Calexico, and Naked Prey. FoDM music may be described as a combination of americana tunes with bits of electronica, ambient, lounge, psychedelia and dub intertwined with surf rock inspired lead...
  
  
• From Monument to Masses
  From Monument to Masses
  From Monument to Masses was a politically-charged post-rock band which was founded in San Francisco in late 2000. They have released four albums to date, the latest full-length of which was released through Dim Mak on March 10, 2009...
  
  
• Fuck Buttons
  Fuck Buttons
  Fuck Buttons are a two-piece electronic group formed in Bristol in 2004 by Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power.-Biography:Hung and Power grew up in Worcester. Hung was influenced by Aphex Twin, while Power was a fan of Mogwai. They developed a friendship in 2004 while attending art school in...
  
  
• Fuxa
  Füxa
  Füxa was a space rock duo, consisting of Detroit musicians Ryan Anderson and Randall Nieman . Füxa was created in 1994 and their music has been described as psychedelic and experimental...
  
  

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• Gastr del Sol
  Gastr del Sol
  Gastr del Sol was a Chicago band consisting, for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 1993 and 1998 they put out seven albums ranging in genre from post-rock to musique concrète....
  
  
• Giant Squid
  Giant Squid (band)
  Giant Squid is a post-metal band from San Francisco, California, currently signed to Translation Loss and Vega Vinyl. They were previously signed to The End Records.-Early years :...
  
  
• Giardini di Mirò
  Giardini di Mirò
  Giardini di Mirò is a post-rock unit based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group formed in 1998, and its members include Jukka Reverberi, Lorenzo Lanzi, Mirko Venturelli, Luca Di Mira, and Corrado Nuccini...
  
  
• Gifts From Enola
  Gifts From Enola
  Gifts From Enola is a four-piece instrumental post-rock band from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Their music is characterised with a strong riff-orientated guitar sound along with the soft-loud approach prevalent in some post-rock. They have released three full length albums and a split album...
  
  
• Glissandro 70
  Glissandro 70
  Glissandro 70 is a Canadian band, consisting of Craig Dunsmuir and Sandro Perri, who play an amalgam of dance and experimental rock styles...
  
  
• God Is an Astronaut
  God Is an Astronaut
  God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental/post-rock band from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.-History:After forming in 2002, God is an Astronaut took the inspiration for its name from a famous quote in the movie Nightbreed...
  
  
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994...
  
  
• Goonies Never Say Die
  Goonies never say die
  Goonies Never Say Die are a six piece instrumental and post-rock band from Blackpool, England. Although they are a little vague on the formation date, they think it was around August 2007.-Career:...
  
  
• Grails
  Grails (band)
  Grails is an American instrumental rock band from Portland, Oregon.-Biography:Initially going by the name "Laurel Canyon", guitarist Alex Hall, drummer Emil Amos and second guitarist Paul Spitz garnered positive reactions following their first show, played on a whim...
  
  
• Gravenhurst
  Gravenhurst (band)
  Gravenhurst is a vehicle for the music of the singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, Nick Talbot, who lives in Bristol, England and is signed to Warp Records.-History:...
  
  
• Gregor Samsa
  Gregor Samsa (band)
  Gregor Samsa is a band from Virginia formed in 2000 and fronted by Champ Bennett. It takes its name from the main character of Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis....
  
  

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• Hacia Dos Veranos
  Hacia Dos Veranos
  Hacia Dos Veranos is an Argentinian post-rock band born in 2005 as a project of two friends who moved to Buenos Aires to study....
  
  
• Hammock
  Hammock (band)
  Hammock is an American two-member post-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. With music created in between production and songwriting projects over the course of two years, Hammock combines live instrumentation, electronic beats, and droning guitar into atmospheric music similar in style to the work...
  
  
• Hangedup
  Hangedup
  Hangedup are an experimental rock group from Montreal, Canada. They are a two-piece band, featuring Genevieve Heistek on Viola and Eric Craven on drums and percussion...
  
  
• Her Name is Calla
  Her Name is Calla
  Her Name Is Calla are a post-rock band based in the English cities of Leicester, Leeds and York.-History:After playing live throughout the United Kingdom to much critical acclaim, with the likes of iLiKETRAiNS and The Twilight Sad, they released their debut album, The Heritage, in 2008, which was...
  
  
• Hood
  Hood (band)
  Hood is a UK-based band from Leeds, that formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends .- History :...
  
  
• Hope of the States
  Hope of the States
  Hope of the States were an English post rock-influenced indie band from Chichester.-Members:* Sam Herlihy - vocals, guitar, piano, music boxes, glockenspiels, mellotron, sampler, celeste, harmonium* Michael Hibbert - guitar, harmonica, backing vocals...
  
  
• Hrsta
  Hrsta
  ' is a Montreal post-rock band that records on Constellation Records. The band's leader, Mike Moya , was also one of the founding members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Hrsta's sound has been compared to that of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...
  
  
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• I Am David Sparkle
  I Am David Sparkle
  I Am David Sparkle is a band from Singapore and was formed in 2001 as an instrumental collective.The band's name is a direct literal translation from the name of a famous Malaysian singing legend – M...
  
  
• I Concur
  I Concur
  I Concur is an alternative rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.The band is known for using their lyrics to tell unusual stories from modern culture...
  
  
• If These Trees Could Talk
  If These Trees Could Talk
  If These Trees Could Talk is an instrumental post-rock band from Akron, Ohio. The band self-released their debut self-titled EP, If These Trees Could Talk, in 2006...
  
  
• I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
  I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
  I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness is an indie rock quintet originating from Austin, Texas...
  
  
• iLiKETRAiNS
  ILiKETRAiNS
  I Like Trains are an alternative/post-rock band from Leeds, England. The group play brooding songs featuring sparse piano and guitar, baritone vocals, uplifting choral passages and reverberant orchestral crescendos...
  
  
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• Isis
  Isis (band)
  Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
  
  
• Isotope 217
  Isotope 217
  Isotope 217° is a Chicago based band composed mainly of members from Tortoise and the Chicago Underground Orchestra that was formed in 1997. The New York Times described the band as "..adept to varying degrees at rock and funk and jazz and electronics, turn those introspective moments into jams...
  
  
• Irepress
  Irepress
  Irepress is a five-piece instrumental rock / metal band from Sharon, Massachusetts. Associated with the Boston music scene, Irepress have been together since high school, and remain a band to this day. Their unique and complex sound fuses elements of dance, metal, sludge, and electronica...
  
  

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• Jackie-O Motherfucker
  Jackie-O Motherfucker
  Jackie-O Motherfucker is an American experimental music group that formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994.-Biography:Jackie-O Motherfucker began as a duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist Tom Greenwood and saxophonist Nester Bucket. The group has had more than forty members drawn from the U.S....
  
  
• Jaga Jazzist
  Jaga Jazzist
  Jaga Jazzist is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush , the best jazz album of 2002. The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth...
  
  
• Jakob
  Jakob (band)
  Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in the Hawkes Bay city of Napier. The band consists of guitarist Jeff Boyle; bassist Maurice Beckett; and drummer Jason Johnston...
  
  
• Japancakes
  Japancakes
  -History:Rhythm guitarist Eric Berg formed the band with the idea of putting ten musicians in a band without any rehearsal, and performing a D chord for 45 minutes . He continued performances with numerous instrumentalists before releasing their first recording If I Could See Dallas on Kindercore...
  
  
• Jeniferever
  Jeniferever
  Jeniferever is a band from Uppsala, Sweden formed in 1996. Their music could be described as ambient indie rock or post-rock; it is slow-paced, melodic, and frequently building to an orchestral-like climax. Their sound has been compared to bands such as The Appleseed Cast and Sigur Rós. Their name...
  
  
• Jessamine
  Jessamine (band)
  Jessamine was a band that recorded three albums for Kranky records between 1994 and 1998 and a number of singles for other record labels. These singles were later collected by the band on a self-released compilation album....
  
  
• Jesu
  Jesu (band)
  Jesu is a post-metal band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of Godflesh. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of this project....
  
  
• Jim O'Rourke
  Jim O'Rourke (musician)
  Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
  
  
• Joy Wants Eternity
  Joy Wants Eternity
  Joy Wants Eternity is a five piece post-rock band from Seattle. The band has drawn comparisons to Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai in album reviews with its melodic passages and equal parts ambience through heavily effected guitar. The Joy Wants Eternity song "You are the Vertical, You are the...
  
  
• June of 44
  June of 44
  June of 44 was an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, and Hoover. The band's music is often described as 'math rock'. The band's name refers the period during which erotic fiction writers Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin corresponded.The band toured...
  
  
• Junior Blue
  Junior Blue
  Junior Blue is a Canadian post-rock group, consisting of Justin Peroff and Dylan Hudecki, along with contributions by Peroff's Broken Social Scene bandmates Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, and Hudecki's By Divine Right bandmates José Miguel Contreras and Brian Borcherdt.The band has released one...
  
  
• Junius
  Junius (band)
  Junius is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The bands name is taken after Junius, the pseudonym of a political writer who lived during the late 1700's.-History:...
  
  

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• Karate
  Karate (band)
  Karate was an American band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar...
  
  
• Kayo Dot
  Kayo Dot
  Kayo Dot is an American avant-rock/experimental music group that was formed in 2003 by Toby Driver. They released their debut album Choirs of the Eye on John Zorn's Tzadik Records label that year. Tzadik's descriptive label on that album reads: "Kayo Dot powerfully integrates elements of modern...
  
  
• Kekal
  Kekal
  Kekal is a heavy metal band formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to Allmusic, Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Indonesia to make international inroads, and according to Keith Kahn Harris was one of the few extreme metal bands from Southeast Asia to ever make more than a...
  
  
• Keser
  Keser
  Keser are a Scottish band from Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. The name Keser was chosen from a graffiti tag seen around Edinburgh. Keser consists of Gavin Clark and Kevan Whitley, and they debuted in 2005...
  
  
• KC Accidental
  KC Accidental
  K.C. Accidental was a Canadian post-rock band formed in 1998 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This band was the original basis for Broken Social Scene.-History:...
  
  
• Kinski
  Kinski (band)
  Kinski is a rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States. They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin and Lucy Atkinson about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also...
  
  
• Kling Klang
  Kling Klang (band)
  Kling Klang are a five-piece experimental rock band from Liverpool consisting of four synth players and a drummer. The band formed in mid 1999 as a three-piece. They used cheap synths and old drum machines...
  
  
• Kyte
  Kyte
  Kyte are an electronic indie pop group, from Leicestershire, England.Kyte comprise Nick Moon , Tom Lowe , Scott Hislop . Their earlier musical output was often labelled shoegazing and post rock but they have since moved into a more electro and pop influenced sound...
  
  

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• Labradford
  Labradford
  Labradford is a U.S. post-rock musical group from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1991. They have released six full albums from 1993 to 2001. Though not officially disbanded, its members have since been active with separate projects.-Biography:...
  
  
• Landing
  Landing (band)
  Landing is an indie rock outfit from Connecticut, USA. Terms used to describe the music created by Aaron Snow and Adrienne Snow include ambient, shoegaze, slo-core, and space rock...
  
  
• Lanterna
  Lanterna
  Lanterna is a musical project led by guitarist Henry Frayne, formerly of Ack-Ack, Area and The Moon Seven Times. Their tracks are evocative soundscapes, usually instrumental, that focus on Frayne's melodic guitar work awash in effects.-History:...
  
  
• Last Lungs
  Last Lungs
  Last Lungs are a five piece Post-rock band from Preston, England.Their style of music is simple, with a combination of clean melodic guitars reminiscent of American Football and the ability to build their songs into a glorious end.-History:...
  
  
• Last Vote
  Last Vote
  Last Vote is a Swiss post-rock band that was formed in the spring of 2002 by Domininik Fischer, Roman Steiner, Hansmartin Hehrmann and Christian Dill...
  
  
• Late Night Venture
  Late Night Venture
  Late Night Venture is a Danish indie/post-rock act, consisting of five persons, striving to serve pieces of dark pop and alluring soundscapes....
  
  
• Laura
  Laura (band)
  Laura is a post-rock band from Melbourne, Australia.-History:Laura formed in 2001 and released their debut EP - Photographs... in 2002. Although it received positive reviews on the whole, it failed to gain the band a significant following...
  
  
• Les Discrets
  Les Discrets
  Les Discrets is a French post-metal band/musical project that was formed in 2003 by Fursy Teyssier as "a platform gathering music and art." The band embraces a musical style similar to that of fellow French acts like Alcest and Amesoeurs and released their first full-length album in...
  
  
• Lights Out Asia
  Lights Out Asia
  Lights Out Asia is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based post-rock and Electronic band that formed in February 2003.-History:Lights Out Asia is an electronic musical project that formed in February 2003 when Chris Schafer and Mike Ystad, themselves members of Aurore Rien, decided to abandon the traditional...
  
  
• Logh
  Logh (band)
  Logh is a post-rock band formed in 1998 in Lund, Sweden. With four members, their first LP was released in 2002 on Bad Taste Records, incorporating elements of indie rock and shoegaze with hushed vocals and introspective lyrics...
  
  
• Long Distance Calling
  Long Distance Calling (band)
  Long Distance Calling are a German Post Rock band.- History :Formed in 2006 in Münster.Their melancholic tracks, usually lasting five or more minutes, are mostly instrumental, but some of them feature guest vocalists: Peter Dolving from The Haunted and Jonas Renkse from Katatonia...
  
  
• Lounge Piranha
  Lounge piranha
  Lounge Piranha is an alternative rock/post-rock band from Bangalore. Formed in 2005 and having gigged heavily around India since then, Piranha now has a large community of fans and regular listeners around the country. From guitars and drums to didgeridoos and djembes, and a short wave radio to a...
  
  
• Lotus
• Lymbyc Systym
  Lymbyc Systym
  Lymbyc Systym is an instrumental band from Tempe, Arizona which formed in 2001, consisting of brothers Jared and Michael Bell. Their sound combines elements of instrumental rock and electronic music. Lymbyc Systym have toured with Broken Social Scene, The Books, Crystal Castles, The Album Leaf, ...
  
  

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• Macha
  Macha (band)
  Macha was an experimental post-rock band from Athens, Georgia composed of brothers Josh McKay , Mischo McKay , Kai Reidl , & Wes Martin...
  
  
• Magnog
  Magnog
  Magnog were a U.S. space-rock/post-rock band, initially active in the mid to late 1990s, then returning to live performances in 2011.-Biography:...
  
  
• Magyar Posse
  Magyar Posse
  Magyar Posse is a Finnish post-rock band established in 2000 in the city of Pori. Their name comes from the white wine brand. They have been praised by critics since their first album. Their second album achieved Top 40 status in Finland. They have toured frequently in Europe...
  
  
• Make Believe
  Make Believe (band)
  Make Believe is an indie rock band, initially formed as a touring version of Joan of Arc. The band was initially composed of singer Tim Kinsella, guitarist Sam Zurick, bassist Bobby Burg, and drummer/keyboardist Nate Kinsella. After 3 months of touring as Joan Of Arc the quartet returned home and...
  
  
• Maserati
  Maserati (band)
  Maserati is a band from Athens, Georgia, United States whose sound is best described as a combination of post-rock and psychedelic influences. Their music is instrumental, relying on the standard rock instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums...
  
  
• Maybeshewill
  Maybeshewill
  Maybeshewill are an instrumental band from Leicester, United Kingdom whose music is characterised by the use of programmed and sampled electronic elements alongside guitars, bass and drums....
  
  
• Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia...
  Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia...
  Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia... was a post-rock band from Oxford, England.-History:The group was founded in 1999. The band's original line up featured keyboardist Tim Croston, guitarist Pete Williams, guitarist James Shames, singer Emily Gray, singer Ed Carder and guitarist and drum machine...
  
  
• Menomena
  Menomena
  Menomena are an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States; currently made up of Justin Harris, Danny Seim and more recently Joe Haege of 31Knots and Tu Fawning...
  
  
• The Mercury Program
  The Mercury Program
  The Mercury Program is an American musical group composed of Dave Lebleu on drums, Sander Travisano on bass guitar, Tom Reno on guitar, and Whit Travisano on vibraphone and piano. They are based in Gainesville, FL. The first three members formed a trio in August 1997 and Whit Travisano joined in...
  
  
• Metavari
  Metavari
  Metavari is an American instrumental electronic band composed of Ty Brinneman, Andrew McComas, Nate Utesch and Kyle Steury. They are based in Fort Wayne, IN. Metavari combine nuances of both electronic music and post-rock...
  
  
• Mew
  Mew (band)
  Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006...
  
  
• Mice Parade
  Mice Parade
  Mice Parade is an indie/shoegaze band from New York City led by percussionist Adam Pierce. Mice Parade's albums were all initially released on Pierce's record label, Bubble Core Records and Fat Cat Records...
  
  
• Migala
  Migala
  Migala was a rock-based experimental band hailing from Madrid, Spain. The band was known for its complex, varied, and often cathartic musical arrangements, heavily influenced by pop, post-rock, folk, and traditional Spanish music....
  
  
• Milhaven
  Milhaven
  Milhaven are a 4-piece post-rock band from Bochum, Germany, on the label . Their sound has been compared to that of various post-rock bands, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor, whom the band has quoted as an influence. According to the band's biography, their title roots from the name of a...
  
  
• Minimum Chips
  Minimum Chips
  Minimum Chips are an Australian band formed in Brisbane in the mid-1990s. During their Brisbane years they supported many international acts including Stereolab, Bikini Kill and Pavement...
  
  
• Mogwai
  Mogwai
  The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
  
  
• Mono
• Mouth of the Architect
  Mouth of the Architect
  Mouth of the Architect is an American atmospheric post-metal band from Dayton, Ohio, creating music influenced by and similar to Neurosis, Isis, Pelican, Cult of Luna, and various post-metal bands.-Biography:...
  
  
• Moving Mountains
  Moving Mountains (band)
  Moving Mountains is an American indie rock/post rock/post hardcore band from Purchase, New York. Combining emotional vocals with elements of post-rock, the band has often been compared to such acts as The Appleseed Cast and Thrice.Moving Mountains was formed in Westchester, New York in 2005 by...
  
  
• Mutemath

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• Nedry
  Nedry (band)
  Nedry are a three-piece band formed in London in 2008. The band consists of Chris Amblin and Matt Parker, on guitars, laptops and synthesizers and Ayu Okakita on vocals...
  
  
• Neil on Impression
  Neil on Impression
  Neil on Impression is an instrumental rock band from Italy.-Discography:*2006 - The Perfect Tango*2008 - L'oceano Delle onde che Restano onde per Sempre-References:*Sniffen, Nate , Date Accessed: July 19, 2009....
  
  
• Nekropsi
  Nekropsi
  Nekropsi is an Istanbul-based rock band whose sound spans a number of genres, including progressive metal and post-industrial.In 2007, they released a new album, self-titled Nekropsi, following an almost ten-year hiatus.- Current Lineup :...
  
  
• Neurosis
  Neurosis (band)
  Neurosis is a post-metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music...
  
  
• The Notwist
  The Notwist
  The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup...
  
  

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• Oceansize
  Oceansize
  Oceansize were a British rock band, formed in Manchester, England on 19th October 1998. The band consisted of Mike Vennart , Steve Durose , Richard "Gambler" Ingram , Mark Heron and Jon Ellis for the majority of its career, with Steve Hodson replacing Ellis on bass in 2006...
  
  
• The Octopus Project
  The Octopus Project
  The Octopus Project is an American indietronica band based in Austin, Texas, active since 1999. Its unique sound, blending pop and experimental elements, is a combination of digital and electronic sounds and noises and analog equipment...
  
  
• Old Man Gloom
  Old Man Gloom
  Old Man Gloom is a sludge/doom metal/post-metal band originally formed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, but now based in Massachusetts. The group, formed by Aaron Turner of Isis and Santos Montano, has now expanded to become a sort of supergroup in the Boston hardcore and metalcore scene....
  
  
• Old World Vulture
  Old World Vulture (band)
  -Biography:The band formed in 2008 and released its self-titled debut EP on May 11, 2010. The EP was recorded by Chris Hegge in Toronto. The album reached the Top 50 and Top 200 positions on !earshot's Canadian campus and community radio charts...
  
  
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• One Act Play
  One Act Play (band)
  One Act Play is an instrumental rock, post-rock band from Dallas, Texas. Heavily influenced by and often compared to bands such as Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, and The Cancer Conspiracy, One Act Play has been known for their impassioned and diverse sound, from simple profound elements of post...
  
  
• OOIOO
  OOIOO
  OOIOO are an all-female group founded by Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We.According to allmusic's Kieran McCarthy "It's next to impossible to describe their sound, because — by design — it rarely follows consistent patterns"...
  
  
• Oxes
  OXES
  OXES are an instrumental rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. Their music has been called math rock or post-punk.OXES are part of what is known as "The Baltimore Rowdy Collective" which stages practical jokes, usually involving a confrontational and outlandish racket in public places...
  
  

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• Pacific UV
  Pacific UV
  Pacific UV is an indie-rock band currently residing in Portland, Oregon. Their style is frequently categorized as utilizing elements of Dream pop, Post Rock, Shoegaze, and Space Rock. They are currently signed to WARM Records and are distributed by Touch and Go Records.-History:The band was...
  
  
• Paik
  Paik
  Paik is a post-rock/space rock outfit originally from Toledo, United States, currently living in Detroit, Michigan, United States, that includes Rob Smith and Ryan Pritts. Bassist Ali Clegg left the band in 2005, and has since been replaced by San Francisco native Anthony Petrovic...
  
  
• Pele
• Pelican
  Pelican (band)
  Pelican is a post-metal quartet from Chicago, Illinois.-Biography and description:The band is known for its dense combinations of different melodies and extended track lengths. Its distinctive sound draws from stoner rock, doom metal, post-rock, and other influences...
  
  
• Pell Mell
  Pell Mell
  Pell Mell was an instrumental rock combo, formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon.The original members were Arni May, guitar, and Jon-Lars Sorenson, bass, from the Portland avant-garde group UHF, and from local Reed College Bill Owen on guitar, and Bob Beerman on drums...
  
  
• Permanent Fatal Error
  Permanent Fatal Error
  Permanent Fatal Error is a new musical project by Olivier Manchion, Ulan Bator founder member, and long time Faust collaborator. PFE first album is entitled Law Speed and was released in 2004 by Wallace Records, Ruminance, Klangbad...
  
  
• Piano Magic
  Piano Magic
  Piano Magic is a musical collective formed in the summer of 1996 by Glen Johnson, Dominic Chennell, and Dick Rance in London, England. Their sound has been described as ambient pop, post-rock, indietronica, coldwave, dark wave and ghostrock...
  
  
• Picastro
  Picastro
  Picastro is a sleep rock band from Toronto.Currently members include guitarist/vocalist Liz Hysen, cellist Nick Storring and drummer Brandon Valdivia...
  
  
• Pivot
  Pivot (Australian band)
  PVT is an experimental rock band based in London and Sydney.-About:PVT are a 3-piece band based in London and Sydney. They are currently signed to Warp Records. Band members are Richard Pike, Laurence Pike and Dave Miller...
  
  
• Port-Royal
  Port-Royal (band)
  port-royal is a Genoa, Italy-based electronica and post-rock band formed in the year 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone and Ettore Di Roberto...
  
  
• Pram
  Pram (band)
  Pram are an experimental band who formed in the Balsall Heath/Moseley area of Birmingham, England in 1990.-History:Originally from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Rosie Cuckston and Matt Eaton went to school together. They moved to Birmingham in the late 80s, schoolfriend Andy Weir keeping in touch...
  
  
• Precious Fathers
  Precious Fathers
  Precious Fathers is a Vancouver-based instrumental post-rock shoegazer ensemble, with members linked to other projects such as Destroyer, Loscil, Sparrow and The Battles.-Albums:* Precious Fathers * Alluvial Fan -External links:**...
  
  
• Pure Reason Revolution
  Pure Reason Revolution
  Pure Reason Revolution are a British rock group formed at the University of Westminster in 2003 and who are playing their final dates together in November 2011. Their music incorporates elements of progressive rock and electro. Their music has been variously described as 'Astral Folk' and 'New...
  
  

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• Rachel's
  Rachel's
  Rachel's is an American chamber music group that formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1991. Former Rodan guitarist, Jason Noble, played music individually and referred to himself as Rachel's but then began collaborating with now core members, violist Christian Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes...
  
  
• Radarmaker
  Radarmaker
  Radarmaker were a Perth-based, Australian indie rock band that formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2009. Song-writing duties and instruments were shared equally between the four members...
  
  
• Red Sparowes
  Red Sparowes
  Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
  
  
• Redjetson
  Redjetson
  Redjetson was a UK based post-rock band who were influenced by a diverse selection of bands including Interpol, Slint, Radiohead, Joy Division, Explosions in the Sky, My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Rós, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Doors & Mogwai....
  
  
• The Redneck Manifesto
  The Redneck Manifesto (band)
  The Redneck Manifesto are an instrumental rock band from Dublin, Ireland. Its members are Mervyn Craig , Richard Egan , Niall Byrne , Matthew Bolger and Neil O'Connor .-History:...
  
  
• Replikas
  Replikas
  Replikas is a avant-rock, experimental rock band from Istanbul, Turkey.-History:Their debut album, Köledoyuran was released in 2000, on Ada. Their second album, Dadaruhi followed in 2002. After signing with Doublemoon records, the band released their third studio album, Avaz in 2005...
  
  
• Rodan
  Rodan (band)
  Rodan was an American math/post-hardcore band in the early to mid 1990s. The best known lineup of the band consisted of Jeff Mueller , Jason Noble , Tara Jane O'Neil , and Kevin Coultas .-History:...
  
  
• Rosetta
  Rosetta (band)
  Rosetta is an American post-metal band from Philadelphia incorporating elements of post-hardcore, shoegazing, drone, post-rock, avant-garde, and ambient, with influences as diverse as Neurosis and Isis, My Bloody Valentine, Frodus, and Stars of the Lid...
  
  
• Rothko
  Rothko (band)
  Rothko were a London-based instrumental ambient group. The group mainly used bass guitars and keyboards to create their soundscapes. They derived their name from the painter Mark Rothko...
  
  
• Rumah Sakit
  Rumah Sakit
  Rumah Sakit was an instrumental rock band from San Francisco, California. The group was signed to Temporary Residence Limited. "Rumah sakit" means "hospital" in Indonesian .- Discography :* Rumah Sakit...
  
  
• Rumour Cubes
  Rumour Cubes
  Rumour Cubes are a 6-piece instrumental band based in London, UK. The band's music has been described as post-rock, cinematic and atmospheric and likened to bands such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Yndi Halda.-History:...
  
  
• Russian Circles
  Russian Circles
  Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental rock/metal band from Chicago. Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to soft delicate passages...
  
  

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• Salvatore
  Salvatore (band)
  Salvatore is a Norwegian instrumental rock band influenced by post-rock, electronica and kraut-rock that was formed in 1998, lasting until 2008.-History:...
  
  
• Saxon Shore
  Saxon Shore (band)
  Saxon Shore is an American post-rock band consisting of members from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York. The group has thus far released five albums: one packaged as an EP and four as full-lengths...
  
  
• The Sea and Cake
  The Sea and Cake
  The Sea and Cake is an indie rock band with a pronounced jazz influence, which formed in the mid-1990s in Chicago out of the ashes of local bands The Coctails and Shrimp Boat. The group's name came from a willful reinterpretation of "The C in Cake", a song by Gastr del Sol...
  
  
• Seefeel
  Seefeel
  Seefeel are a British electronic/post-rock band formed in the early 1990s. They are currently signed to Warp Records.-Biography:Seefeel formed during 1992 in London, England; with Mark Clifford on guitar, Mark Van Hoen on bass, Justin Fletcher on drums and Sarah Peacock on vocals and guitar. During...
  
  
• Set Fire to Flames
  Set Fire to Flames
  Set Fire to Flames is a post-rock band of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Canada, who have released two albums on Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records....
  
  
• The Seven Mile Journey
  The Seven Mile Journey
  The Seven Mile Journey is musically situated in the post-rock genre. The band from Denmark has worked with instrumental music since 1999, which also characterizes the debut album The Journey Studies...
  
  
• Shalabi Effect
  Shalabi Effect
  Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...
  
  
• Shipping News
  Shipping News
  Shipping News is an American post-rock/post-hardcore band. The group formed in the fall of 1996 when members Jason Noble and Jeff Mueller, who were both in Rodan, collaborated to create music for the Chicago-based syndicated National Public Radio program This American Life. Kyle Crabtree was later...
  
  
• Sickoakes
  Sickoakes
  Sickoakes is an eight-piece postrock instrumental group based in Stockholm, Sweden.-History:In the early summer of 1999, David, Jonas, Mats and Simon started getting intimate with their guitars in an old candy factory...
  
  
• Signal Hill
  Signal Hill (band)
  Signal Hill are a 4-piece instrumental rock band from Los Angeles, California. They have played shows with such bands as All India Radio, This Will Destroy You, Balmorhea, Beware of Safety, and Caspian, and they have toured the West Coast of the United States as well as played shows in Melbourne...
  
  
• Sigur Rós
  Sigur Rós
  Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...
  
  
• Silencio
  Silencio
  Silencio is a progressive rock band from Columbus, Ohio, known for creating music of intricate complexity and difficulty.The band was formed in 2001 by guitarist and principal songwriter Jamie Hafler with drummer Nathan Ward and keyboardist Anna Wuerth...
  
  
• The Six Parts Seven
  The Six Parts Seven
  The Six Parts Seven was an American post-rock band formerly based in Kent, Ohio. The band was founded in 1995 by brothers Allen and Jay Karpinski , who had earlier played with Old Hearts Club, a band of similar style...
  
  
• Sleeping People
  Sleeping People
  Sleeping People is an instrumental rock band from San Diego, California that formed in early 2002. They first started playing live at the end of that year as a trio consisting of Joileah Maddock , Kasey Boekholt and Brandon Relf . Bassist Kenseth Thibideau joined the group in 2003...
  
  
• Slint
  Slint
  Slint was an American rock band consisting of Brian McMahan , David Pajo , Britt Walford , Todd Brashear and Ethan Buckler...
  
  
• Sonna
  Sonna
  Sonna is a post-rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. The band formed in 1998, and have released two full length albums on label Temporary Residence, of which guitarist deVine is the owner.-Studio albums:...
  
  
• Southpacific
  Southpacific
  Southpacific was a space rock band with prominent dream pop/post-rock leanings, originally based in Ottawa, Canada.-History:...
  
  
• Special Others
  Special Others
  Special Others is a Japanese band that blends improvised jazz with post-rock influences. The members of the band met in high school and formed the group in 1995...
  
  
• Sputniks Down
  Sputniks Down
  Sputniks Down are a Scottish band from Glasgow. Signed to Edinburgh's Human Condition Records, Sputniks Down were a three piece from Bishopbriggs on the outskirts of Glasgow. They produced instrumental electronica with 'Eno-esque gorgeousness'...
  
  
• Stafrænn Hákon
  Stafrænn Hákon
  Stafrænn Hákon is the stage name used by Icelandic musician Ólafur Josephsson. Ólafur has been making music at his home studio since 1999. Stafrænn has self released 3 albums in Iceland. Later 2 of the albums were re-released on Resonant in the UK and the debut on Secret Eye in the U.S. ...
  
  
• Star FK Radium
  Star FK Radium
  Star FK Radium is an instrumental rock trio combining the accessible song structure and drive of rock music with a touch of classical music inspired instrumentation.-Biography:...
  
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• Stars Like Fleas
  Stars Like Fleas
  Stars Like Fleas is a Brooklyn-based band formed by multi-instrumentalist Shannon Fields and vocalist Montgomery Knott in the winter of 1998. Frequently compared to later Talk Talk and Robert Wyatt, their music blends avant-jazz and free improvisation with electronic textures and several...
  
  
• Stars of the Lid
  Stars of the Lid
  Stars of the Lid is a duo specializing in drone-based ambient music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk , post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian...
  
  
• Stereolab
  Stereolab
  Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
  
  
• Surface of Eceon
  Surface of Eceon
  Surface of Eceon , is a supergroup of sorts whose music has been described as ambient space rock. This unit, which has a penchant for the phantasmagoric, includes members of from Landing and Yume Bitsu, two notable psychedelic rock groups.-Current line-up:* Dick Baldwin: guitar;* Adam Forkner:...
  
  
• Swans
  Swans (band)
  Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
  
  
• Sweep the Leg Johnny
  Sweep the Leg Johnny
  Sweep the Leg Johnny was a Chicago-based math rock band in existence from 1996 till 2002. The name is a reference to a line in the film The Karate Kid....
  
  
• Sylvain Chauveau
  Sylvain Chauveau
  Sylvain Chauveau is a critically acclaimed instrumental music and electronic music artist and composer from Bayonne, France.-Background:Sylvain Chauveau was born in Bayonne, France , and now lives in Brussels, Belgium...
  
  

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• Talk Talk
  Talk Talk
  Talk Talk were an English musical group, active from 1981 to 1991. The group had a string of international hit singles including "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World"....
  
  
• Talons
  Talons (band)
  Talons are a 6-piece instrumental band from Hereford. They formed in 2008, altering the line up from an older band, Kites, and recruiting two violinists.-Career:Talons formed in 2008 as a reincarnation of an older band, Kites, with an altered line up....
  
  
• Tarentel
  Tarentel (band)
  Tarentel is a band based in San Francisco, California, which formed in 1995. Initially, the band consisted of Danny Grody and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma...
  
  
• Tarwater
  Tarwater
  Tarwater is a German music duo comprising Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok. Tarwater have recorded several albums of mostly instrumental music usually tagged as post-rock.-History:...
  
  
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• Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
• This Is a Process of a Still Life
  This is a Process of a Still Life
  Scriptures is an instrumental collective from Missoula, Montana. The outfit performs ambient, post-rock music with a focus on layered melodies and shifting tones...
  
  
• This is Your Captain Speaking
  This is Your Captain Speaking
  - History:This Is Your Captain Speaking released their debut album Storyboard independently in Australia in May 2005 and quickly sold out of the first pressing....
  
  
• This Will Destroy You
  This Will Destroy You
  This Will Destroy You, often abbreviated to TWDY, is an American post-rock band from San Marcos, Texas, formed in 2005. The band consists of guitarists Jeremy Galindo and Chris King, bass player and keyboardist Donovan Jones and drummer Alex Bhore...
  
  
• Tied & Tickled Trio
  Tied & Tickled Trio
  Tied & Tickled Trio is a German electronica/dub/jazz musical collective. It was founded in 1994 by Markus Acher and Christoph Brandner in Weilheim, Bavaria as a polyrythmic duo playing drums only. After the joining of sculptor Andreas Gerth and Markus' brother Micha , the core of "Tied & Tickled...
  
  
• The Timeout Drawer
  The Timeout Drawer
  The Timeout Drawer is a post-rock band from Chicago formed in 1999. Often compared to bands such as Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with Tangerine Dream influences, they have carved out a niche of sound that they can call all their own.- Current members:...
  
  
• Toe
  Toe (band)
  Toe is a Japanese music group. While mentioned in many post-rock circles, their song structure and dynamics are similar to many popular math rock artists....
  
  
• Toiling Midgets
  Toiling Midgets
  Toiling Midgets is an influential rock band from San Francisco, California with "roots in seminal San Francisco punk acts the Sleepers and Negative Trend1." They were "one of the first West Coast punk bands to experiment with dub and post-punk elements1", and have been active on-and-off since 1979...
  
  
• Torngat
  Torngat
  Torngat is a Montreal indie band and instrumental trio established in 2001.-Biography:Torngat's popularity increased with the 2005 release of their EP La Rouge. During the spring of 2006 and after increasing demand, Torngat toured Eastern Canada. Torngat signed a two-album deal with Montreal...
  
  
• Tortoise
  Tortoise (band)
  Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990.-Music:Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in...
  
  
• Tracer AMC
  Tracer AMC
  Tracer AMC is a Northern-Irish post-rock band formed in Bangor, Northern Ireland in 1999.The band consists of:*Jonny Ashe *Alex Donald *Michael Kinloch *Keith Winter -Formation:...
  
  
• Trans Am
  Trans Am (band)
  Trans Am is a three-piece band which originated in Bethesda, Maryland that was one of the originators of "post-rock" in the mid 90s. Their work centers on a cerebrally robotic, usually instrumental, semi-danceable, minimalistic format, with influences including Krautrock, heavy metal, hardcore...
  
  
• Trigon
  Trigon (band)
  Trigon is a German based fusion band, and their history is carved by the numerous changes in line-up which contributed to Trigon's creative potential, as the band draws heavily on jamming as a source for their music. The band has also become a regular attraction at various music festivals...
  
  
• Triosk
  Triosk
  Triosk were an experimental jazz band from Sydney, Australia, who formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2007. Though coming from a jazz foundation, their sound has very strong electronica elements as well as influences from the textures of musique concrète, with their use of loops of hisses and...
  
  
• Tristeza
  Tristeza
  Tristeza is a post-rock band from San Diego, California. The band has performed in 19 countries.Tristeza is a California-based band, with most members currently living in Oakland, CA....
  
  
• Turing Machine
  Turing Machine (band)
  Turing Machine is an instrumental rock band formed in New York City in 1998 by Justin Chearno and Scott DeSimon, late of DC's noise-rockers Pitchblende and Gerhardt 'Jerry' Fuchs, who had moved to New York to play with Bitch Magnet guitarist Jon Fine's new band, Vineland...
  
  

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• Ui
  Ui (band)
  Ui is an American post-rock/funk band based in New York City, which started in 1990. The group was started by Sasha Frere-Jones and Clem Waldmann. Wilbo Wright joined the group in 1993. The group's songs are often described as "bass-heavy", as the band frequently uses two bass guitars. Other...
  
  
• Ulan Bator
  Ulan Bator (band)
  Ulan Bator is a French experimental post-rock band founded in 1993 by Amaury Cambuzat and Olivier Manchion. They got their name from Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia...
  
  
• Under Byen
  Under byen
  ' is a Danish band founded in 1995 mainly by Katrine Stochholm and Henriette Sennenvaldt. is known for producing their own unorthodox interpretation of rock. They rarely use guitars. Instead their soundscape is dominated by piano, cello, violin, electrically distorted saw, organ, drums and...
  
  
• The Union Trade
  The Union Trade
  The Union Trade is an American Indie rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 2006. An early and leading member of the Bay Area post-rock scene, The Union Trade is also the founding band of San Francisco independent music label, Tricycle Records...
  
  
• Unwed Sailor
  Unwed Sailor
  Unwed Sailor is a mostly instrumental band formed in 1998 by Johnathon Ford. Unwed Sailor's recordings range from instrumental rock to ambient drones. The band's touring and recording line-ups have largely been in rotation over the years, with the core member being the band's founder, Johnathon Ford...
  
  
• Up Dharma Down
  Up Dharma Down
  Up Dharma Down is an award-winning Filipino rock band. Their discography already contains two LPs, 2006's Fragmented and 2008's Bipolar ....
  
  
• Uzeda
  Uzeda
  Uzeda is a Sicilian math rock group founded in 1987, consisting of lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri. Steve Albini recorded three of their records...
  
  
• Uzi and Ari
  Uzi and Ari
  Uzi and Ari is an American indie rock band based in Salt Lake City, Utah that has received favorable comparisons to artists such as Thom Yorke, Mogwai, The Postal Service, and The Album Leaf. Founded by Ben Shepard in 2003, Uzi and Ari has seen many changes in its lineup...
  
  

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• Valley of the Giants
  Valley of the Giants (band)
  Valley of the Giants is a Canadian post-rock supergroup formed in Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada, in early 2002. The group is composed of members from Broken Social Scene, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion, Do Make Say Think, Shalabi Effect and Strawberry...
  
  
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• Vidavox
  Vidavox
  Vidavox was an instrumental rock band from Miami, Florida. Formed in 2002, "Vidavox drew from jazz, progressive rock, jam band, math rock, and elements of electronica to strike a balance between repetition and development"...
  
  

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• We vs. Death
  We vs. Death
  - History :In the second half of 2000 a couple of like-minded musicians find each other at Utrecht University in Netherlands and decide to start a band. The band's name was initially Dylman's Disco Method, but after a while was changed to We vs. Death. Almost right away they chose to make...
  
  
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• Windsor for the Derby
  Windsor for the Derby
  Windsor for the Derby are an American post-rock band based in Austin, Texas, whose members are originally from Tampa, Florida.Their debut album was released in 1996 on Trance Syndicate, and was produced by Adam Wiltzie, who then joined the group after the release of the album...
  
  
• Winter Equinox
  Winter Equinox
  Winter Equinox were a post-rock/experimental band hailing from Dundas & Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, formed in May 2004.The band was a mainly instrumental quartet that created music with elements of post-rock, electronic, glitch, and experimental sounds...
  
  
• World's End Girlfriend
  World's End Girlfriend
  World's End Girlfriend is the musical project of Katsuhiko Maeda, whose work blends elements of electronica, classical music, and post-rock to create a style reminiscent of several other modern day bands.-Band:...
  
  
• Worriedaboutsatan
  Worriedaboutsatan
  Worriedaboutsatan are an electronica band who originated in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:The band comprises of charismatic front-man Gavin Miller and rhythm master Tom Ragsdale, who met whilst both attending Leeds College of Music in 2005...
  
  

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• Yndi Halda
  Yndi halda
  Yndi Halda is a post-rock band from Canterbury, England. 'Yndi Halda' is Old Norse for "Enjoy Eternal Bliss", also the name of their self-titled debut...
  
  
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• Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson
  Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson
  Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson is a Norwegian post-rock band, formed by journalism students in Bodø in 2003. The band is now located in Oslo.-History:...
  
  
• Yume Bitsu
  Yume Bitsu
  Yume Bitsu , was a psychedelic rock/space rock band from Portland, Oregon active between 1995 and 2002.Their debut Giant Surface Music Falling to Earth Like Jewels From the Sky was self-released in 1998 and was re-released by BaBaBing! Records in 1999...