The Nation Of Ulysses

Washington, D.C. Hardcore

Fast, moral, self-released punk from a company town — and the label that made independence a working method.

Austin Post-Rock

Instrumental Texas music built on patience: guitars that swell instead of riff, drone that behaves like weather.

Chicago Post-Rock

Rock instruments played like studio tools — dub space, jazz chords, tape edits, vibraphone where the vocal should be.