Various, The Prids, Two Two Four, The Stargazer Lilies, Shadowlands, Blacklit, Lost Echoes, Murderbait, Pacific Latitudes, Vibrissae

Vancouver Punk

The west-coast first wave that coined 'hardcore' — political, tuneful and absurdly early.

Austin Post-Rock

Instrumental Texas music built on patience: guitars that swell instead of riff, drone that behaves like weather.