Who? Oxford, England's Young Knives mix post-punk revivalism with a U.K. cast of the Office–meets-Devo aesthetic. The trio features frontman and guitarist Henry Dartnall, bassist Thomas Dartnall (they're brothers—though the latter earns Brit Pop cred via stage name the House of Lords) and drummer Oliver Askew.

CLOSING TIME
05.01.06, 2:23 A.M.

Stop, hey where's that sound? Everybody look (but find your view obscured) what's going down.

In the land of festivals, you know you've made it when the city says so. This year, San Francisco music festival Noise Pop laid claim to its own official Noise Pop Week Proclamation as penned by Mayor Gavin Newsom -- and if that weren't reason enough to clear some display space on the fridge, Flaming Lip Wayne Coyne read the official document on opening night.