Various, Mary's Danish, Hoi Polloi, Decor, The Rebel Pebbles, Sixtieth Parallel, Darius, TalkBack, The Big Shots, Laura Molina, The Leonards

Vancouver Punk

The west-coast first wave that coined 'hardcore' — political, tuneful and absurdly early.

Austin Post-Rock

Instrumental Texas music built on patience: guitars that swell instead of riff, drone that behaves like weather.