Various, Wednesday Week, Game Theory, Jon St. James, The Textones, Ben Vaughn Combo, Plasticland, Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, The Dead Milkmen, Agent Orange, Plan 9, Wipers, The Flaming Lips

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.