Various, Friends, Bob Hope, Newsflash, Sandle Woods, Said Liquidator, Reserve, Benny Profane, Dubious Brothers, Phil Wilson, The Groove Farm, Splendid Fellows, The Big Gun, Harbour Bar, The Honest Johns, Fat And Frantic, Fallover 24, The Passmore Sisters, Love Parade, Ambitious Beggars

Athens, GA

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

Gothenburg Indie Pop

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