The band name might sound like the worst buddy-cop comedy ever, something that would star Adam Sandler and a karate-master dog. But this British-not-Japanese indie band has built up an impressive body of work, culminating in their smashing fourth album. They specialize in churning, bass-heavy groove-bombs in the Krautrock style — it sounds like they’ve worn out a few vinyl copies of their favorite Can records — plus a dose of Nineties trip-hop, decorated with organ blasts. The words are funny ("We speak but we don’t think/We make each other sick") but David Best’s half-whispered vocals are strictly minimal — like every other sound here, he’s just a slave to the rhythm.

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“Tonight's the Night”

The lead cut and title track from this girl group's debut album, "Tonight's the Night" was written by 19-year-old bandmember Shirley Owens, who sings lead, and producer Luther Dixon. The band from Passaic, New Jersey met in high school, first calling themselves the Pequellos. The song's frank thoughts about sexual and emotional surrender was racy for the time, but that didn't stop the Chiffons from cutting a similar version immediately after the original came out. "We were the first female group to write some of our own material," band member Beverly Lee recalls. "We did have some say-so in our writing."