Various, Janet Jackson, S'Express, Tracie Spencer, Nia Peeples, Grace Jones, XS-5, Magnifique

Minneapolis Sound

Linn drums, Oberheim stabs, no horn section: funk rebuilt by one city's worth of overlapping bands.

New York Indie Rock

Downtown guitars and a drum machine in the next room — the decade rock and dance stopped arguing.

NYC 2000s Indie Rock

Downtown guitars rebuilt on a disco floor: tight drums, cold reverb, cowbell, and leather-jacket melancholy.