Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet. This week: a few choice picks from the charts at BlogFreshRadio.

The Band: Cool Kids
The Buzz: Chicago duo do old-school hip-hop with pride, passion and plenty of punchlines.
Listen If: You also miss the sound of an 808, and prefer T La Rock to T-Pain.
Key Track: "What it Is" off the upcoming Bake Sale EP, where the pair freewheel over a track that would do Eric B proud.

The Band: White Williams
The Buzz: Weirdo electro new wave with pitch-bent vocals, LED synths and whole canyons of empty space.
Listen If: You find yourself saying the words "Man, Tubeway Army were so underrated" with alarming frequency.
Key Track: "Violator," whose twinkling electronics and strange spirals of sound will probably make your calculator and your microwave amorous.

The Band: Young Knives
The Buzz: Hip-dork Brit band overloads songs with words, riffs.
Listen If: You really could have used the concept of the "hip dork" 10 or 15 years ago.
Key Track: "Up All Night," where guitars zig-zag over bouncing-ball bass and Henry Dartnell's self-aware Cockney pout.

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