Mogwai

"The Scottish post rockers from Mogwai are today perhaps best known as masters of one of the movement's distinctive trends - abrupt successions of calm, meditative parts with roaring, all-out outbursts of sound."

"Mogwai's tracks are often built around huge guitar riffs and building arpeggios, but they also implement keys, vocals and other instruments. Mogwai helped establish some of the hallmarks of post-rock music, including striking dynamics, recurring phrases, and swelling tremolo picking. When combined with gain, delay, and reverb, rapid picking of single notes and slides up and down the fretboard can create epic glissando."