Mando Diao

Another effortlessly blistering rock record from these black-leather-clad Swedes. You can still hear each and every power-chord-loving influence from the Saints to the Libertines, but here the band sounds like it's channeling inspiration from the same pure source as those folks, rather than just aping them. Even the slow numbers are loaded with attitude (claiming you made love "for 14,000 seconds" is a rather manly boast, once you do the math). And just try not to bounce off the walls during the "lie/ lie/ la la la la lie" chorus of "Good Morning, Herr Horst."