Artist Wolfmother

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Australia's Wolfmother made a huge noise in 2006, when its classicist crunch—all proto-metal stomp and psych-rock organ whirls, and Andrew Stockdale’s tight-pantsed, unabashedly Robert Plant-esque—heralded a whole new generation of throwback power trios. It squandered its chance to lead that charge, however, held back by intra-band squabbling; in 2008, founding members Myles Heskett and Chris Ross abruptly left Stockdale to carry on the Wolfmother name alone. He’s since turned the group into a quartet (including a full-time keyboardist) and recorded 2009's Cosmic Egg with My Bloody Valentine producer Alan Moulder. Despite all the shake-ups, the album reveals that almost nothing has changed.

Updated 07/27/2010