Various, Thrice, Sparta, Division Of Laura Lee, If It Kills You, Ways Away, Fotocrime, No Lights, Spite House

Austin Post-Rock

Instrumental Texas music built on patience: guitars that swell instead of riff, drone that behaves like weather.

Chicago Post-Rock

Rock instruments played like studio tools — dub space, jazz chords, tape edits, vibraphone where the vocal should be.