Various, Deer Tick, IAmSu, HBK CJ, 1-O.A.K., Dum Dum Girls, GRMLN, Michael Christmas, Torreblanca, Iraida Noriega

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.