Various, Daryll-Ann, 22 Pistepirkko, Dead Moon, The Ex, Tom Cora, The Gathering, Gotcha!, The Wedding Present, The Legendary Pink Dots, Human Beings, Speedy J, Franz Ferdinand, I Am Kloot, Wire, Fuck Buttons, Explosions In The Sky, Midlake, Blood Red Shoes, Triggerfinger, C-Mon & Kypski, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Simon Vinkenoog, Spinvis Combo

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.