These guys combine a truly original sound with a sense of… hey, wait a second! They’re called Bush! Like, you know, a girl’s whozitthingy? That’s so cool!
“I’m going to a triplety-triplety vocal like I burned my hand and I’m hopping around the room, then I’m going to howl like a demonchild who wants his mommy.”
Though they bear a resemblance to Spacemen 3, Juneau achieve a close approximation of their effects with more straightforward rock instrumental imperatives.
Joey Beltram’ eschews the countless electronic sub-genres that he unwittingly helped to create, sticking with his bread-and-butter, “less is more” philosophy.
Combining ex-members of Descendents, Pennywise, Doggy Style, and Dag Nasty with a massively (over)-produced ’90s punk sound, Humble Gods can’t go wrong.
Fist-bang favorites, time changes, key changes, and while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-through-lots-of-effects, with Lombardo’s heavy tribal drumming influences.
Two guys who spend a lot of time at home. Prior to Dead Cities, they released ISDN, their “live” album, as a follow-up to their tremendous Lifeforms album.