Various, Spain, Eefje de Visser, Amatorski, Son Lux, Perfume Genius, Low, Mad About Mountains, Strand Of Oaks, Bill Callahan, William Fitzsimmons, Sharon Van Etten, Few Bits, Phosphorescent, Bon Iver, Marissa Nadler, BRNS

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.