Powder - Sonic Machine

This is a fun album. Powder is an L.A. band that is part hard rock and part cabaret (check out the videos from their live shows to see what I mean). No show on the CD, though, so you'll have to make do with the great music on their first album, Sonic Machine (they just released a second album but it's only available in Europe right now). You can't go wrong with catchy, hard rocking songs like Seat of My Pants. I would describe the sound as Missing Persons if they were a hard rock band and were transported twenty years in the future. Oh, I just really dated myself with the Missing Persons reference, didn't I? Well, they're a female-fronted band that rawk, with a bit of quirkiness thrown in for good measure. Check out Up Here for more of what I'm on about.