Various, Teeel, The Death Of Pop, Young Pharaohs, Tape Waves, The Skating Party, Night Panther, The Arctic Flow, Moon Pollen, Roman Ruins

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.