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By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
The UK is bursting with new rock talent these days. USA TODAY singles out 12 more bands worth getting to know.
Nine Black Alps The Manchester foursome's new Everything Is is everything fans of intense guitar-attack rock want. Nirvana without the neuroses. Maximo Park Northern England's smart and hyperkinetic dance-rock band pumps up its passionate sound with pulsating keyboards and jittery riffs on A Certain Trigger. Noisettes The incendiary Shingai Shoniwa leads this London blues-punk band, known for its feral and explosive live show. A debut album is due this summer. Sons and Daughters Glasgow's gender-blended quartet, a gritty folk-rock ensemble, shares sonic ground with Cat Power on its full-length debut, The Repulsion Box. The Cribs The edgy Yorkshire trio of brothers blend the Sex Pistols and The Beatles on last year's self-titled debut and The New Fellas, an indie-pop gem that spawned UK hit Hey Scenesters! Elbow The Manchester quintet, influenced by Radiohead, Peter Gabriel and Coldplay, toughens its shimmery pop a bit on the current Leaders of the Free World, an emotionally charged survey of politics and media. Art Brut South London's clever punk minimalists pour humor, pathos, parody and pretensions into the oddly addictive Bang Bang Rock & Roll, an import. The Others Known more for its galvanizing performances than any vocal prowess, the East London pop-punk group impressed critics with last year's self-titled debut. The Eighteenth Day of May The London sextet chose an unlikely genre to revive: the British traditional folk-rock of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Trees. And, on their self-titled debut, due May 9, they pull it off enchantingly. |
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