Various, Xerox, Wet Hair, Hallways Of Always, Blizzards Of Wizards, Huge Lewis, Jenny Hoyston, Bleeds, Liberty Leg, Brooks Strause, T'Bone, Chris Besinger, Supersonic Piss

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.