Care Bears On Fire

Every few years, a band of tweens or early teens seems to pop up, playing music too enjoyable or cool to be performed by people so young. The phenomenon hearkens back to the early days of music, when groups were assembled by managers and producers, but there’s nothing Machiavellian about Care Bears On Fire, a trio of teenage girls who play fun pop-punk in the Go-Go’s/Runaways vein. The band began buzzing with 2007’s I Stole Your Animal, but has broken through (in the indie world, at least) with 2009’s Get Over It! and last year’s EP, Girls Like It Loud.

Updated 02/16/2011