Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand, R. Stevie Moore, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Sandy Nelson, Life Without Buildings, Can, The Limiñanas, Ian Dury, Disco Dub Band, Zapp, Serge Gainsbourg, Lee Perry, James Brown, Wings, Spring, Boards Of Canada, Oneohtrix Point Never, Justus Köhncke, Alex Kapranos, Carrie Cleveland

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.