Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet.

The Band: Kiss Me at the Gate
The Buzz: Spry, female-fronted indie band craft sugary, breakneck songs with big hooks.
Listen If: You can name the last three Juliana Hatfield records or often find yourself arguing that the second Belly album is underrated.
Key Track: "Come On," where pouty vocalist Claire Cormany begs "Come on, come on, the water's warm / And I don't want to swim alone" as guitars turn dizzying loop-de-loops behind her.

The Band: Cause Co-Motion
The Buzz: Wound-up New York noiseniks bang out 90-second pop hits, swaddled in so much echo it sounds like the Television Personalities at the bottom of a well.
Listen If: You think most indie bands are far too polished, and gravitate toward what could best be defined as "nursery school chic."
Key Track: "Who's Gonna Care?", where a spindly guitar lick twitches and kicks over a heart-attack drum beat.

The Band: Desolation Wildnerness
The Buzz: Call them Cause Co-Motion's gloomier older brother: Olympia band creeps and croons across hypnotic, dreamlike guitar-pop.
Listen If: You've got a thing for trances, or for playing Jesus & Mary Chain records at the wrong speed.
Key Track: "And All the Boys Looked," a gorgeous lullaby where pillows of echoey guitar cradle Nicolaas Zwart's distant vocals.