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Originally Posted by Glice
For a while post-rock plodded along, including the more errant edges of college rock and indie. Then Fridge came along, and everyone loved them, for about ten minutes. Then Mogwai appeared, and were probably more popular than Tortoise. Thanks to Mogwai being popular, G!YBE (who hadn't yet moved their exclamation mark) also became popular, and not long after Sigur Ros appeared and were also popular. Meanwhile, the likes of Six by Seven and Doves had the 'post-rock' tag thrown at them. Then, mysteriously, the influence of G!YBE took hold, and nowadays post-rock seems to mean only that particular sort of music (i.e., shit).
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Yep, back in them olden days post-rock meant anything with amplified live instruments that was unusually structured (i.e. not verse chorus verse), now it means stuff that sounds like mogwai.