*Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet to find the ones you need to hear now.* **The Band:** The Dodos
**The Buzz:** Rambunctious Californians write speedy, giddy pop songs with big hooks and racing tempos.
**Listen If:** Your problem with most music is that it takes up too much of your day.
**Key Track:** "Fools," a fast-n-frantic sugar rush with tumbling acoustic guitars and a loping, loopy vocal melody.

**The Band:** Titus Andronicus
**The Buzz:** Jersey sad-sacks turn mourning into dancing with broke-down rock songs and quivery, quavering vocals.
**Listen If:** Your problem with punk rock was that it wasn't sad enough, or if you often wish Bright Eyes had a little more attitude.
**Key Track:** Appropriately, "Titus Andronicus," where vocalist Andrew Cedermark pitches and moans over blown-apart guitars and ramrodding drums. **The Band:** The Mole
**The Buzz:** Sleek and slippery grooves that fuse disco, house and techno into a single gleaming whole.
**Listen If:** You're looking for a quick primer on dance music, or you wonder what Morse Code might sound like set to dance rhythms.
**Key Track:** "Alice You Need Him," where pinpricks of sound flicker and dart across shuffling percussion.

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