Various, Summer Twins, Ice Cream Shout, The Garlands, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Dead Angle, Catwalk, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Wallflower, Pale Lights, Sloppy Joe, Northern Portrait, The Proper Ornaments

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.