Various, Mrenc, Tim Steiner, Emilie Weiss, Dan Sharrett, Nora's Breakfast Club, Michael McArthur, Van Plating, Dan Rivera, Nick Rivera, Bobby Walker, Kenzie Walker, Emily Jones, Aaron Marsh

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.