Various, R.E.M., RAH Band, The Cure, Swing Out Sister

Athens, GA

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

New York Indie Rock

Downtown guitars and a drum machine in the next room — the decade rock and dance stopped arguing.

NYC 2000s Indie Rock

Downtown guitars rebuilt on a disco floor: tight drums, cold reverb, cowbell, and leather-jacket melancholy.