Various, Simrock 10, Leonard Gincberg Percussion, No Wave, Solar Message, Tyr, Phaedra, The Patch, Dimension, High Voltage, Schneegarn

NYC 2000s Indie Rock

Downtown guitars rebuilt on a disco floor: tight drums, cold reverb, cowbell, and leather-jacket melancholy.

New York Indie Rock

Downtown guitars and a drum machine in the next room — the decade rock and dance stopped arguing.

Athens, GA

Art-school kids in a college town inventing American indie rock in rented houses, one party at a time.