Spinto Band - Direct to Helmet

There's this weird new genre that the 21st Century has offered up, an indie rock that kicks up its heels with absurd choruses, that dances rosey-posey in a circle with Grandaddy, The Eels and Modest Mouse – but that is so much more light-footed than those bands. Despite the Mystery Jets' best efforts, the royalty is all American and Delaware's Spinto Band are like dukes. Direct to Helmet is no rival to their first single Oh Mandy, but what could be? Here there's no breathless downhill run, just kids bicycling through outer space, astronauts chomping on unambitious cheddar cheese, and smiling. [Sean Michaels]