Bands. Labels.
Et Cetera.

Here are a ton of links to pages belonging to/made about local bands.

And here is the requisite list of local record labels (oh, so many).

It's after the end of the year, which is a good time to provide you with the following:

• Fifteen local releases from 1996 which you might want to hear.
• Fifteen local releases from the past 15 years which are, uh, "important."