Various, Courtney Barnett, Metric, Neon Indian, Sleigh Bells, Poliça, Alice Merton, Tom Morello, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ingrid Michaelson, MNDR, Lucius, Sunflower Bean, Fidlar, Andrew Bird, Tokyo Police Club, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, Ashe, Joshua Radin, Freelance Whales, An Horse, Flume, Neon Indian, Metric, Jai Wolf, Alina Baraz, Sleigh Bells, Courtney Barnett, Jagwar Ma, Tash Sultana, Alice Merton, Lucius, Ingrid Michaelson

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.