Various, Suzi Wu, Knox Fortune, Ness Nite, The Shacks, Gang Of Youths, EmoniFela, T.Y.E., Toulouse, Miya Folick

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.