Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Formed in 2000, New York's Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their debut self titled EP in July 2001 and followed this up with the Machine EP in November 2002. Date With The Night was the first single from their album, released in April 2003 with the album, Fever To Tell, coming 2 weeks afterwards on the 29th; it was highly acclaimed, overall receiving very strong positive reviews. July's Pin, February 2004's Maps and June's Y Control rounded off the album, all of the tracks also getting positive acclaim. For their second album, March 2006's Show Your Bones, the garage rock elements had been almost removed, demonstrated by the album's singles Gold Lion (released a week prior on the 21st), June's Turn Into and September's Cheated Hearts. After July 2007's Is Is EP, the electronically-aimed It's Blitz! was released in March 2009, again to positive acclaim. DWTN's video is below, with downloads after.

The Von Bondies

Born in Detroit in 1997, The Von Bondies have had many line-up changes since their inception, with lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Jason Stollsteimer and drummer Don Blum being the only persistent members. They issued their first album Lack Of Communication in 2001, with an European reissue the following year, receiving positive reviews on both occasions. It wasn't until the success of the single C'mon C'mon, which was featured in Burnout 3: Takedown and also hit #21 in the UK charts, in early 2004 got the band even more followers, and the second album of Pawn Shoppe Heart in March received much more critical acclaim than the first. The majority of the group's line up changes happened in 2006, when guitarist Marcie Bolen and bassist Carrie Smith both left, and were replaced by temporary touring musicians. The group recruited Christy Hunt to replace Bolen and Leann Banks to replace Smith, and released their third album Love, Hate And Then Theres You in February 2009. C'mon C'mon's video is below, with downloads afterwards.

The Horrors

The Horrors are a Southend-based garage rock quintet with a dark sound and even darker image. Formed in 2005 via a shared interest in garage rock, the group's first single, the sub-120 second Sheena Is A Parasite released in April 2006, was released on the Loog label, where the band would stay for the whole of their first album, Strange House. Prior to the album, the singles Death At The Chapel, from July, and Count In Fives, from October, were chart ineligible due to the inclusion of stickers within the singles. The first chart-applicable single, Gloves, hit #34 when released in February 2007, before the album dropped the next month. Final single She Is The New Thing ended the band's association with Loog, before recent independent music experts XL Recordings picked up the group for 2009's brighter Primary Colours album. Count In Fives' video is below, and so are the downloads.

Be Your Own Pet

The frenetic pace and overall joyfulness of this Nashville quartet was one of the reasons they attracted so much attention during their active period from 2004 to August 2008, when they announced that they were to split. Download-only single Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle is a fine example of their mad yet fun spirit.

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