The Go! Team

Add Date: February 1 

Artist: The Go! Team 

Album: Rolling Blackouts 

Label: Memphis Industries 

Genre: Pop, indie rock

Comments: I absolutely love this line from AllMusic.com: "The sound of The Go! Team, a six-piece group from Brighton, England, is a stunning blend of indie rock guitars, police show themes, hip-hop beats, and schoolyard chants built on samples and then augmented by live instrumentation." Throw in some funk, some '60s pop influences and (of course) the synthesizers, and I think that pretty much sums it up.

For a while, The Go! Team were one of the most buzzed-about bands in indie rock, dazzling with their 2004 debut Thunder, Lightning Strike and following that up with a solid sophomore LP, Proof of Youth. But it's been more than three years since the last release from the bunch; while that's enough time to forget about how much fun their music is, my memory was quickly restored by listening to Rolling Blackouts.

Check out "Buy Nothing Day" (featuring Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino), "T.O.R.N.A.D.O." and "Secretary Song" (with Satumi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof).