Alexander F is electric, loud, and something that you're not likely to forget, and from the opening bass hits of new single "Swimmers," you can tell that they're here to get rowdy. The Brooklyn-based garage pop band offers wild musings on the absurdity of life, but serve it up with a side punk snarls and raucous beats--yeilding a sound that's as fun and unhinged as it is utterly catchy. Check them out at Baby's All Right 2/11 alongside Total Slacker, Exhibition, and Really Big Pinecone for their new record release, but do yourself a favor and stream them below in the meantime. - Olivia Sisinni

What do Rubblebucket, Bear In Heaven, and Delicate Steve have in common, besides being based in NYC? Each of these musical projects contributes to new "super-group" Alexander F with a band member. Thankfully, this new musical project doesn't sound like a mix of those three break out artists, but rather like a devastatingly fun version of the loud/quiet/loud rock of the '90s, updated in a direction that's more modern and more punk at once. We are digging their two Bandcamp songs (streaming below), which bode very well indeed for a night of abandon and debauchery at Union Pool on December 18. Kalmia Traver of Rubblebucket will be DJing.