Hit Or Hype?: The Last Shadow Puppets, Frightened Rabbit and the Black Angels
The Band: The Last Shadow Puppets
The Buzz: Alex from Arctic Monkeys & Miles of the Rascals.
Listen If You Like: Playing Parklife while watching The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Key Track: “Age of Understatement,” which sounds like an outtake from the soundtrack from some mod western, full of clomping percussion, twitching guitar and a string section that swirls like a lasso.
The Band: Frightened Rabbit
The Buzz: Scottish quartet finds catharsis through rock.
Listen If You Like: Sobbing along to the Frames while flipping through pics of the ex.
Key Track: “The Modern Leper,” where a dry acoustic strum builds to a thundering, pleading chorus.
The Band: The Black Angels
The Buzz: Stonerrific psych rock.
Listen If You Like: Standing on your neighbor’s lawn in a black cloak, lit torch held high.
Key Track: “You on the Run,” which marries doomy guitars to even doomier drums.
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