Kelly O on Hunx and His Punx:

Hunx and His Punx, Ononos, Telepathic Liberation Army

(Funhouse, early) Some might recognize Seth Bogart as the keyboard player and singer from the hamburger-loving electro-pop band Gravy Train!!!!. Now he's also the mustachioed, leather-jacket-wearing lead singer of bubblegummy, homorrific garage band Hunx and His Punx. I don't think I've ever heard a band quite like them. The best way I can think to describe them is if someone put equal parts Ramones, John Waters, and the Ronettes in a blender with some ice and made hot-pink frozen daiquiris to serve at one of those big gay pool parties where everyone looks like early-'80s-era Freddie Mercury in a bathing suit. Hunx and His Punx have released singles on San Francisco label True Panther (think Ty Segall), Atlanta's Rob's House (think Demon's Claws, Black Lips, Golden Triangle), and Jay Reatard's Shattered Records. I predict their weird trashy combo of '60s girl-group styling and catchy lo-fi punk is going to seriously take them places, especially if Bogart keeps taking his clothes off every chance he gets. Much like the lyrics to new single "Cruising," I'd bet dollars to doughnuts he really does have "so many fellas, [he] makes all the girls jealous."

In Up & Coming:

Spindrift, Black Nite Crash, Levator

(Chop Suey) If Spacemen 3 were from the California desert and harbored an Ennio Morricone fixation, they'd probably sound like Spindrift. They exude that downered cool that comes from wearing fringed suede jackets and writing songs in minor keys with descending chord progressions and judicious use of reverb. Speaking of Spacemen 3, Seattle quintet Black Nite Crash tap into that seminal British group's '80s retrofitting of late-'60s psych rock with fiery aplomb. Their songs bear familiar structures, but they're executed with passion and liberal dosages of burnt-orange fuzz tones. A healthy worship of elegant Aussie psych-pop songsmiths the Church also surfaces. Levator purvey sweet, ethereal shoegaze with the methodical earnestness of Slowdive and Windy & Carl completists, distinguished by Sky Lynn's dreamy, featherweight vocals and glistening guitars. DAVE SEGAL

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