Artist	Song	Buy
Grizzly Bear	Two Weeks
from Veckatimest (2009)
Camera Obscura	Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
from Let's Get Out of This Country (2006)
The Magnetic Fields	I Don't Believe You
from i (2004)
The Airborne Toxic Event	Sometime Around Midnight
from The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition) (2009)
The Walkmen	The Rat
from Bows + Arrows (2004)
Dr. Dog	Hang On
from Fate (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Belle and Sebastian	Another Sunny Day
from The Life Pursuit (Bonus Tracks) (2006)
Ra Ra Riot	Can You Tell
from The Rhumb Line (2008)
Rogue Wave	Eyes
from Eyes - Single (2006)
The Hold Steady	Your Little Hoodrat Friend
from Separation Sunday (2005)
Broken Social Scene	Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl
from You Forgot It in People (2003)
Stars	Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
from Set Yourself On Fire (2004)
The Raveonettes	Dead Sound
from Lust Lust Lust (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
The Kills	U.R.A. Fever
from Midnight Boom (2008)
Antony & The Johnsons	Hope There's Someone
from I Am a Bird Now (2007)
The Clientele	(I Can’t Seem To) Make You Mine
from Strange Geometry (2005)
Blonde Redhead	23
from 23 (2007)
of Montreal	Gronlandic Edit
from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Wolf Parade	Shine a Light
from Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
The Boxer Rebellion	Spitting Fire
from Union (2009)
The Sea and Cake	Aerial
from Car Alarm (2008)
Earlimart	Nevermind the Phonecalls
from Mentor Tormentor (2007)
Okkervil River	Unless It's Kicks
from The Stage Names (2007)

Comment:

When a new Nirvana song ("You Know You're Right") suddenly stormed alternative rock stations in 2002, it didn't just remind us why Kurt Cobain's one of history's greatest rock stars; it also connected the dots between the past two decades, reminding us how we ended up with such post-grunge acts as Godsmack (the bleak sludge backing of "I Stand Alone") and the Vines (the dagger-like soft/loud dynamics of "Get Free"). The hit single also highlighted the differences between Nirvana's countless followers and alt-rock's new school, from the half-pipe hooks of Good Charlotte and Sum 41 to the hip-hop-infused heaviness of Crazy Town and Limp Bizkit.

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