One hopeful sign: Thursday night's showcase at the Belmont in the Warehouse district featured a dream lineup including Alt-J, Atlas Genius, FrightenedRabbit, Guards and the Joy Formidable the kind of groups that might be associated with indie rock.
The Scottish quintet FrightenedRabbit fits pretty neatly into a collection of majestically surly Scottish bands The Twilight Sad, Glasvegas, We Were Promised Jetpacks and others that sound as if they'd like to be left alone.