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It's always refreshing when a band comes around that actually wants to rock. You wouldn't think this would be such a rare occurrence considering pretty much all this stuff we write about is within the genre of "rock 'n roll." But somewhere along the recent way, rocking out became passï¿© and synths became key. F-that and thank goodness for Brooklyn's Appomattox.

These three dudes are a straight up guitar band that rips through peppy power-chord songs with an underlining current of nicely-tempered spazz. I'm not exactly sure what these songs are about, nor do I exactly care. I just know that sometimes the band's slightly-distorted choruses with the proper amount of feedback make me want to raise my fist in the air just like I used to do back in the '90s when I would "borrow" my friend's ID so I could go see shows in bars in Chicago.

Appomattox may be a blast from the indie rock past, but that's definitely a past worth blasting around about. Appomattox blasts.