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Dedicated proponents of the more-is-more school of loud rock, this New York quartet barely even glances at its underground roots while cranking out some of the catchiest stadium-rock riffs this side of AC/DC. Chavez do maintain a level of self-awareness--irony, even--that allow them to stand apart from the Bic-lighting set, but there's an undeniably immediate appeal to songs like "Tight Around the Jaws" and "Flight 96." Blame axemen Clay Tarver (ex-Bullet LaVolta) and Matt Sweeney (formerly of Skunk) when those tunes are stuck in your pleasure center like pins in a voodoo doll. --David Sprague
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New release, the second album for Chavez the band voted best New York Band by New York Press. Check out their video Break Up Your Band being played on MTV's 120 minutes.