Various, The Liberty Thieves, Rorschach, Windy Miller, The Believers, And So To Bed.., Things In General, Jim Jiminee, Peppermint Parlour, The Last Peach, Peruvian Hipsters, Shame, The Daisychain Connection, Bedflowers, The Hypocrites, Black & White Lovers, Stranger Than Fiction, Beware The Dog, The Mechanical Hearts, The Monkey Run, The Caz Carnaby Five

Athens, GA

Art-school kids in a college town inventing American indie rock in rented houses, one party at a time.

Gothenburg Indie Pop

Swedish rain-city pop played like a beach rave: sampled strings, pitched vocals, fake-sunset synths, no guitars allowed.