Despite Radley‘s attempt to (ahem) pimp the New Pornographers for the better part of a year, at least, I’ve only just checked them out. High badass quotient. I was surprised to discover that, with the exception of Neko Case’s sometime-vocals, they sound a hell of a lot like Blur. Objectively speaking, they’re actually a lot better than Blur, but the latter band will always have a special place in my heart for penning the song “Pressure on Julian.”