alice in chains alternative metal alternative rock animal collective arcade fire arctic monkeys aztec camera baggy baroque pop bass guitar big black bikini kill black rebel motorcycle club bloc party blonde redhead boy kill boy bratmobile britpop broken social scene campus radio cansei de ser sexy christian alternative rock cloud cult cocorosie coheed and cambria college rock cut copy diy ethic dance-punk devendra banhart dirty little rabbits dream pop drive like jehu drum kit dunedin sound editors emo explosions in the sky folk punk fugazi garage punk geek rock girls against boys gothic rock grebo grifters grindie grunge music guided by voices guitar hot chip ikara colt independent music indie pop industrial rock jangle pop jawbox joanna newsom john vanderslice johnossi kaiser chiefs kill hannah kings of leon klaxons lcd soundsystem laura marling lightspeed champion list of alternative rock artists liz phair lo-fi music lollapalooza los hermanos mgmt mstrkrft madchester math rock mclusky metric motel motel music of canada music of england music of ireland music of japan music of scotland music of sweden music of wales music of the united states mystery jets new weird america new young pony club new prog noise pop noise rock oceansize orange juice paisley underground pearl jam people in planes pixies pop punk porcupine tree post-grunge post-hardcore post-punk post-punk revival post-rock power pop psychobilly punk rock pure reason revolution q and not u queercore radiohead riot grrrl sadcore sarah records sebadoh selling out shitdisco shoegazing silversun pickups six organs of admittance slint slowcore sonic youth soundgarden space rock sufjan stevens synthesizer tv on the radio the angels of light the black keys the cribs the decemberists the dykeenies the faint the futureheads the hives the horrors the jesus and mary chain the libertines the mars volta the presets the raconteurs the secret machines the smiths the stone roses the strokes the subways the ting tings the vines the von bondies the white stripes the wombats timeline of alternative rock tokyo police club underground music united kingdom united states unwound vhs or beta vampire weekend wooden wand and the vanishing voice