Guerilla Toss

Since forming in 2010, this art-rock band out of New York has consistently given listeners the impression that it’s from another planet. On its most polished album to date,September’s Twisted Crystal,front woman Kassie Carlson’s sugar-sweet melodies are packaged in otherworldly instrumentals and sci-fi sound effects, with synthesizers bending in unexpected ways and guitar riffs zig-zagging in all directions.—Howard Hardee