We're not talking illegitimate offspring here, but the spiritual sons and daughters of older bands — ones who carry on (and expand) the musical legacy of predecessors' classic albums.
PIXIES Trompe le Monde ----> MODEST MOUSE This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About ----> BORN RUFFIANS
Meet a young Toronto three-piece in thrall to the sound of Up
Records-era Modest Mouse. Their debut, Red, Yellow & Blue (out March 4),
is also a jaunty, jittery remembrance of the Pixies.
DEVO Q: Are We Not Men?
A: We Are Devo! ----> THE RAPTURE Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks ----> FOALS
Newly signed to Sub Pop (Antidotes arrives April 8), these five
ambitious Brits trace the propulsive proto-dance rock of Devo and the
Rapture's early, punkier incarnation.
THE ROLLING STONES Their Satanic Majesties Request ----> PRIMAL SCREAM Screamadelica ----> MGMT
What is rock music without decadence — and perhaps body paint? Brooklyn's
MGMT echo the sprawling, trippy Satanic-period Stones and '90s-era
Primal Scream on Oracular Spectacular (out now).
SWELL MAPS International Rescue ----> GUIDED BY VOICES Bee Thousand ----> TIMES NEW VIKING
Frantic, chaotic, and lo-fi: This coed Ohio outfit's recent Rip It Off is a tribute to fuzz-busting progenitors GBV, as well as underground
U.K. icons Swell Maps' raucous anthems.
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