Various, Yea-Ming & The Gloomers, Julian Never, Chime School, The Dates, Sob Stories, Flowertown, Nic Hessler, Whitney’s Playland, Smile Too Much, Mister Baby, The Smashing Times, Owen Kelley, Rhymies, Inflatable Men, Sleepworld

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.

Gothenburg Indie Pop

Swedish rain-city pop played like a beach rave: sampled strings, pitched vocals, fake-sunset synths, no guitars allowed.