The Von Bondies
It Came From Japan

With all the fuzzy out-of-tune charm that this garage rawwwk thing is supposed to be about, The Von Bondies are Rolling Stones to The Strokes’ Beatles, less cross-generational appeal and more energetic punk bite.

Oh and ‘It Came From Japan’ has a super-ace chorus, so why the hell shouldn’t they sing it half a dozen times inside two minutes? Detroit, here at least, rocks and rolls without a sniff of incest or colour coordinated clothes. Result.