Various, Crain, Papa M, Parlour, Evergreen, The Quiz, The Web, Tara Jane O'Neil, Retsin, Experimental Pollen, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Speed To Roam, Four Fifty Six, Paden, Per Mission, The Aasee Lake, At Right Angles

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.