Jens Lekman

Gothenburg Indie Pop

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

Paisley Underground

Punk kids who kept the fuzzboxes but put the Byrds and Love back on the turntable.

San Francisco Psychedelia

Ballroom bands who stretched blues and folk into twenty-minute jams, pressed before anyone edited them down.