Rocker of the Day: "Devastation"

I like these guys, because they rock pretty hard for a bunch of Canadian shoegazers. Kind of like if Arcade Fire listened to a lot of weird 70s art rock.

Rocker of the Day: "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"

A few weeks ago Jay Reatard took his own life, and while his second album Watch Me Fall is filled with jangly punk rock numbers, the lyrics and tone of the album have taken on a whole new meaning since then. "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" is a bubbly clap-along head nodder, but when the bridge starts in with "All is lost there is no hope", it becomes a maudlin farwell address.

Rocker of the Day: "Five on the Five"

On The Raconteurs' second album Consolers of the Lonely they strayed from the basic classic rock archetypes on their debut for a little more variety. It featured everything from country ballads to punk jams, and this slice of gasoline-soaked rock n' roll. Starting with Jack White's signature guitar scream the song is relentless to the end, filled to the brim with jangly tambourines, misplaced cowbell, and power choruses and fretwork that would make Thin Lizzy jealous. Rock on.