Various, Foals, The Big Moon, The Vaccines, The Orielles, Alfie Templeman, The Magic Gang, Nilüfer Yanya, Wolf Alice, Baxter Dury, Spector, Jessica Winter, Pixx, Swim Deep, Sports Team, The Wombats, Oscar Lang

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.