Various, Ivory Hours, HighKicks, The Unreal, The Clearing, Safety's Off, Yours Truly T.Y., The Lost Chord, Texas King, The Anti-Queens, Messes And Miracles, Still Above Snakes, The Shallow Seas, Samantha Hooey, The Raspberry Heaven, Ari Neufeld, Snowdrifts

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.