Alternative Rock

Wolf Alice from London: Ellie Rowsell, the Mercury Prize-winning Visions of a Life, Blue Weekend, The Clearing and Don't Delete the Kisses, and where to start.

Death Cab for Cutie from Bellingham, Washington: Ben Gibbard, Transatlanticism, Plans, I Will Follow You into the Dark and Narrow Stairs, and where to start.

Modest Mouse from Issaquah, Washington: Isaac Brock, The Moon & Antarctica, Float On and a No. 1 album with Johnny Marr, and where to start.

Bloc Party from London: Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Silent Alarm, Banquet and Helicopter, the post-punk revival band, and where to start.