Various, Barrie, The Convenience, Slow Pulp, Video Age, Divino Niño, Major Murphy, Amy O, Majetic, PARTS, Brenda's Friend, Kevin Krauter, Thunder Dreamer

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.