Various, Noxagt, Flamenco Peko, June Panic, Astroburger, Songs: Ohia, Dipsomaniacs, 10. Floor Orchestra, Kelner, Stuntbike, Andreas Brandal, Marmoset, Echo Troopers, The Delerious Peyote Brothers, Hobbits, Slowburn, Cirkus Gilmour, Lasse Marhaug

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.