Various, Eugene McGuinness, The Kills, Franz Ferdinand, Junior Boys, Max Tundra, Jon Hopkins, Juana Molina, Benjy Ferree, Cass McCombs, King Creosote

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.