VINYL FORMAT. The first British band to rival the garage rock revival sparked by the Strokes and White Stripes in the U.S., the Hives in Sweden, and the Datsuns in, er, New Zealand, the Libertines burst onto the scene with Up the Bracket, a debut album so confident and consistent that the easiest way to describe it is 2002's answer to Is This It? That's not just because singer/guitarist Pete Doherty's slurred, husky vocals sound like Julian Casablancas', (with the added bonus of a fetching Cockney accent),...   [ read more ]

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Never mind the garage punk, here comes the cock rock revival in the form of New Zealand's Datsuns and their alternately righteous and over-the-top self-titled debut. While the group has been associated with the Strokes, the Hives, and the White Stripes, this isn't exactly accurate -- though the Datsuns are very much a "return to rock," the rock they return to, and how they return to it, is considerably different. While the other bands mix mid-'60s mod and garage rock with late-'70s punk (as well as other i...   [ read more ]

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A six-song collection of perfectly crafted neurotic rock songs. This band injects innovative dual guitar interplay into the dying art of the pop song and comes out with a debut that's impossible to turn away from. Eccentric, melodic, creepy, pissed, and backed by an archetypal drummer/wildman who rarely showers. Imagine the Pixies if they weren't so twerpy or the Afghan Whigs if they weren't on a perpetual booty call. "Hands down this EP redefines what a rock band from Detroit should sound like. They guys ...   [ read more ]

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