Various, Kitten, The Rest, Joy Zipper, Tanya Donelly, Dylan In The Movies, William Fitzsimmons, Sixpence None The Richer, Sara Lov, Greg Laswell, Dala, Chikita Violenta, Telekinesis, Solvents, The Wedding Present, Mike Viola, The Section Quartet, Trespassers William, Girl In A Coma, Elk City, Katy Goodman, Cinerama, Doug Martsch

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.