Many indie rock bands such as Polvo, Grifters, Freakwater, Versus, Slant 6, Rodan, Unwound, Helium, Sleepyhead, Crain, and Ruby Falls are featured in the movie.
Tara Jane O'Neil is growing weary of her life at the Rocket House, a party pad filled with crashing slackers, artists, and rock bands.
She works as a ticket taker at a movie theatre and hangs out with a group of friends who are equally aimless, skateboarding through the streets of Louisville, KY, and just generally waiting for their lives to start.
The next morning, they find themselves in Chattanooga without money or food, so they pose as a touring rock band called Truckstop.
Upon entering a record store, they meet the owner, Moses, and talk their way onto the bill of a local punk show.