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post-rock, a. and n.2 Music.
Brit. |ˌpəʊs(t)ˈrɒk|, U.S. |ˈpoʊs(t)ˈrɑk| chiefly in sense A. Brit. |ˈpəʊstˌrɒk|
[‹ post- prefix + rock n.3]
A. adj. Markedly different from, or occurring after, traditional rock music; characteristic of, relating to, or designating post-rock (see sense B.).
[1966N.Y. Times 2 Mar. 48 He is convinced that the post-rock 'n' roll crazes will cause him no trouble.] 1967Time 22 Sept. 60/2 They [sc. the Beatles] are leading an evolution in which the best of current post-rock sounds are becoming something that pop music has never been before: an art form. Serious musicians are listening to them. 1983N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. c11/1 The musical's score was not only a breakthrough in Stephen Sondheim's career but also a much-needed definition of what show music could be in the post-rock era. 1990S. Reynolds Blissed Out (BNC) 23 What The Smiths returned to the charts was..adolescence. New pop had rapidly lost its mischief and settled down into a post-rock, post-teenage maturity. 2003Guardian 3 Jan. ii. 11/2 In the overcrowded post-rock marketplace, large numbers of musicians swill around in the wake of inadvertent scene catalysts Slint and Rodan, making music for love and little reward.
B. n. Any type of popular music composed or performed in a style markedly different from (and freq. representing a conscious reaction to) that of traditional rock music; (spec. in the mid 1990s) a type of experimental music combining a diverse range of influences, esp. from electronic and ambient music and lo-fi.
1971N.Y. Times 7 Nov. 92/2 Its all-encompassing arts-festival benefit..includes..Bach to post-Rock, with art studios, street vaudeville etc. 1982Washington Post 21 June c2/2 This trio, by and large, played rootless, gently mannered post-rock: somewhat self-conscious, obtuse, definitely farcical. 1994Irish Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. 12 However for me the real voice of post rock New Orleans has got to be Aaron Neville whose hit Tell It Like It Is could still be described as the greatest single ever recorded in that city. 1995Wire Jan. 60/1 Viewed from a rock perspective, Ambient, not to mention its close cousins Isolationist (Rock Branch) and Post-rock, might seem like the proper way out of a familiar predicament: the tiredness of the 60s as a source of inspiration, the banality of 4/4 chord changes, the increasing difficulty of resolving rock's narrative aporia. 2003Japan Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. Post-rock's aim was a departure from rock's basic instincts, placing mood and texture over guitar hooks and shrill histrionics. This detour veered through jazz rhythms, ambient minimalism and world pop, often incorporating instruments not normally associated with rock. |