As a matter of fact, yes! I’ve been meaning to listen to the new Franz Ferdinand album, The Human Fear! It dropped last Friday, and I’ve been hearing a few of its singles on KEXP lately (including “Night and Day” which I’m really liking). They’ve always been one of those bands who are catchy as hell yet slightly off-kilter — and super fun live, considering we caught them at Outside Lands a few years back — and they sound better than ever.
Anything else…? Well, there’s also Lambrini Girls’ Who Let the Dogs Out. Shouty punk with thick Brighton accents? Sure, why not? This is one of the many styles I listened to back in the 90s and I love that it’s experiencing a renaissance.