Various, Dressy Bessy, Pleasure Center, Jesse Remnant, Ex Pilots, Smug Brothers, Nicole Yun, Soft Crisis, Samuel Locke Ward, Joseph Hooligan, Wussy Duo

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.