Wave To Earth, Wave To Earth

Korean Indie

Hongdae's answer to K-pop: band music with feelings the charts don't manufacture.

Athens, GA

Art-school kids in a college town inventing American indie rock in rented houses, one party at a time.

Gothenburg Indie Pop

Swedish rain-city pop played like a beach rave: sampled strings, pitched vocals, fake-sunset synths, no guitars allowed.