Various, Garden Party, Michael Gallagher, Thom Southern, Spangled, Gallus, Crawlers, Bull, George Hennessey, Jamie Pollock, The Katuns, Hayley Mary, Wharves, The Royston Club, The Skinner Brothers, The Sway, Louis Croft, The Chase, Headshrinkers, Clwb Fuzz, Crystal Tides, The Native, Stanleys, Venus Grrrls, The Roly Mo, Lucy Gaffney, Dead Pony, Flechettes, The Kairos, Talkboy, Fitzroy Holt, Cobain Jones

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.