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: Graves of Valor
The Buzz: South Carolina metal band whose specialty is brutality, topping
whiplash riffs with throat-punishing vocals.
Listen If: You’re looking for the new soundtrack to the high school parking lot — Satanic songs that sound perfect blasting from the trunks of beat-up Chevys.
Key Track: The faster-than-light “Locusta,” a tornado of blinding guitars and palpitating percussion — music made from inside a machine-press.

The Band: Anni Rossi
The Buzz: Violinist from Minnesota plucks and strums her instrument like a banjo, making for tiny ballerina music made even more precious by Rossi’s tiny, tentative voice.
Listen If: You’re sick and tired of waiting for the next Regina Spektor record.
Key Track: “Wheelpusher,” the perfect falling-in-love song for next year’s Sundance breakout.

The Band: Gentleman Reg
The Buzz: Scruffy Canadian has both a British-sounding name and British-sounding tunes — emotional indiepop for big-hearted dreamers.
Listen If: You can name all the members of Travis. Listen again if you can do the same for Supergrass.
Key Track: The spunky “You Can’t Get it Back,” where Reg huffs and puffs over a dizzying, darting guitar line.