Various, Métal Urbain, Stiff Little Fingers, The Prats, The Raincoats, Swell Maps, Scritti Politti, The Fall, Rainy Day, Arthur Russell, The Smiths, The Strokes, The Libertines, Palma Violets, British Sea Power, Arcade Fire, Babyshambles, Antony And The Johnsons, Micachu, Warpaint, Sufjan Stevens

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.