Golden Triangle, Don Pedro's

Regular SPIN.com contributor Jackie Roman, who took all the photographs in this gallery at last week's CMJ festival in New York City, has some unique praise for Golden Triangle percussionist Carly Rabalais. "She's one of the best tambourine players I know -- seriously, she's really good at it." Look for a tambo-accented album from the garage-rocking GT's on the Hardly Art label next year. -- Written by David Marchese