post-rock

I suppose this is why they're often characterized as "post-rock," a term that implies the cosmos.

Slate Magazine Mike Spies 2011

I suppose this is why they're often characterized as "post-rock," a term that implies the cosmos.

Slate Magazine Mike Spies 2011

Soon after, he brought that wizardry to the Brooklyn post-rock outfit Battles, injecting lots of loops and Carl Stalling-esque humor into precise muscular riffing.

Rocking the Mic Andy Beta 2011

Somewhere between the two there's Battles, specialising in an oddly glam take on post-rock.

This week's new live music 2011

They play obscure post-rock songs with long instrumental movements and intense dynamics and atmospherics.

January's best new music from across the MAP 2011

There's Bj ö rk and the majestic post-rock swells of Sigur R ó s, of course, but emergent artists from that country are capturing new listeners as well.

Dust of the Old, Boot Up the New Andy Beta 2011

Lead singer John Thornley, who founded the band with guitarist brother Paul, has a post-rock voice that buoys the disc's heavier songs but also adds to its air of dislocation.

Album review: U.S. Royalty, "Mirrors" Allison Stewart 2011

These being more sophisticated times, the Londoners confine themselves to doing much the same, but in a format you'd loosely have to call post-rock.

This week's new live music 2011

Lead singer John Thornley, who founded the band with guitarist brother Paul, has a post-rock voice that buoys the disc's heavier songs but also adds to its air of dislocation.

U.S. Royalty's new album sounds familiar, somehow Allison Stewart 2011

Not that he's abandoned the drums: Mr. Arnalds could be considered a "post-rock" composer, his music as evocative as that of thunderous ensembles like Explosions in the Sky and fellow countrymen and one-time tourmates Sigur R ó s.

Dust of the Old, Boot Up the New Andy Beta 2011