{"podcast":{"title":"Ongoing History of New Music","slug":"ongoing-history-of-new-music-636844","podcast_index_feed_id":636844,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CORU5791969113","website_url":"http://www.edge.ca/ongoinghistory/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3df56f68-e283-11ec-85f4-6f2fa9aeccea/image/image.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Curiouscast","episode_count":536,"summary":"Ongoing History of New Music looks at things from the alt-rock universe to hip hop, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. It is Canada’s most well known music documentary hosted by the legendary Alan Cross. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:18:12.388892+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ongoing-history-of-new-music-636844"},"episode":{"title":"What Exactly is Post-Rock? Part 1","slug":"what-exactly-is-post-rock-part-1","published_at":"2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ongoing-history-of-new-music-636844/what-exactly-is-post-rock-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ongoing-history-of-new-music-636844","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU9139484798.mp3?updated=1768320931","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU9139484798.mp3?updated=1768320931","summary":"What exactly is \"Post‑Rock\"? In this first installment of a two‑part deep dive, we unpack one of the most misunderstood labels in modern music. From its origins in the 1960s to its evolving relationship with rock, ambient, jazz, and experimental traditions...Post-Rock has come to mean different things to different listeners. In part 1, we focus on where the term came from and what it was originally trying to describe. We explore ideas like: The cultural and musical context that gave rise to post‑rock Why the genre resists simple definitions Early artists and scenes that shaped its sound and philosophy How “using rock instruments for non‑rock purposes” became both a manifesto and a limitation Rather than treating post‑rock as a fixed style, we look at it as an idea...one that reflects broader shifts in how music moved away from verse‑chorus structures and toward texture, atmosphere, and long‑form composition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"What exactly is \"Post‑Rock\"? In this first installment of a two‑part deep dive, we unpack one of the most misunderstood labels in modern music. From its o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1722,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ongoing-history-of-new-music-636844/episodes/what-exactly-is-post-rock-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ongoing-history-of-new-music-636844/what-exactly-is-post-rock-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}