Explosions in the Sky

If you dyed your hair purple, wore a white belt with black skinny jeans and fell in love for the first time sometime between 2001 and 2008, then chances are you've got powerful emotional associations with Austin-based post-rock outfit Explosions in the Sky. The band, who also penned the soundtrack for Friday Night Lights (the movie, though many of the songs also made it onto the show), really come into their own live with intricate, starry soundscapes and light shows that build slowly in intensity to a pulse-quickening effect – as the White Stage crowd sure found out at Fuji Rock 2016.