Various, Inner Wave, Niko Rose, Golden Daze, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Boyo, Mellow Fellow, Worn-Tin, Cool Sounds, Yot Club, Berta Bigtoe

Boston Alternative

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

Gothenburg Indie Pop

Swedish rain-city pop played like a beach rave: sampled strings, pitched vocals, fake-sunset synths, no guitars allowed.