Various, Cosines, Los Bonsáis, The Just Joans, The School, The Sweet Nothings, Darren Hayman, Eux Autres, Stephen Todd, Little My, The Wendy Darlings, Simon Love, Laura K, The Catenary Wires

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.