The Dismemberment Plan

Of all the weirdo guitar-driven indie outfits the '90s spat out, few have been as stylistically singular and influential as post-hardcore group the Dismemberment Plan, whose game-changing Emergency & I emotively spoke to worldly malaise with the wonkiest of melodies and oddest of time signatures. Re-formed groups often have little to prove to overeager fans or to themselves. Fortunately, last year's reunion album, Uncanney Valley—an ambitious, weird and slightly out of time collection—demonstrated that the group still has something novel to offer.