Various, The Finks, Liz Stringer, Hachiku, The Merindas, Ouch My Face, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Jen Cloher, Jen Cloher, Tiny Ruins, Courtney Barnett, Mess Esque, Hachiku

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.