Rusty Belle (folky music from Amherst, MA)
http://www.myspace.com/rustybelle Blind the Thief (hardcore from Dundalk, MD [hopefully they're named after the boss from A Link to the Past?])
http://www.myspace.com/blindthethiefmd Teenage Cool Kids (poppy punk? [in the vein of Jawbreaker/The Doughboys] from Denton, TX)
http://www.myspace.com/teenagecoolkids Barking Spiders (experimental/punk from Brooklyn/Philly)
http://www.myspace.com/barkingspiders