Hot Snakes/Duchess Says/Meat Wave

Singer-guitarist John Reis and singer-guitarist Rick Froberg, who played together in the San Diego-based post-hardcore band Pitchfork, started the garage punk act Hot Snakes together in 1999 with drummer Jason Kourkounis. The band would issue three studio albums before calling it a day. But the group reunited about seven years ago and will release Jericho Sirens, its first studio effort in more than 10 years, later this month. With its parched vocals and gritty guitar riffs, the album's single, the hard-driving "Six Wave Hold-Down," suggests the band hasn't lost a step. (Niesel)