Various, Death Lurks, Pavement, Matthew Sweet, Death Lurks, Liz Phair, Scott Thompson, Joe Sealy, They Might Be Giants, Pell Mell, Cibo Matto, The Tragically Hip, Guided By Voices, Yo La Tengo, Stereolab, Pizzicato Five, Odds, Paul Bellini, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet

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.