Various, Grover, Hirameka Hi-Fi, Left Hand, Perturbazione, Reigns, Jet Johnson, The Oedipus, Short Wave TV, Aqua Vista, Econoline, Southall Riot, Reynolds, Billy Mahonie, Cove, Stanton, Stefano Giaccone

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.