Various, The Gentle Spring, Action Painting!, The Catenary Wires, The Hit Parade, Jetstream Pony, Soundwire, Leaf Mosaic, Secret Shine, Even As We Speak, GNAC, Tufthunter, Useless Users, The Orchids, Wandering Summer, Mystic Village, Boyracer, Robert Sekula, Vetchinsky Settings, St. Christopher, Sepiasound

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.