Rikshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Youth League, A Bottle Volcanic, The Hell No

Scuzzy riffs and sludgy grooves are capped by wild wails on last year’s aptly dubbed Grease Beast EP from Austin three-piece Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, whose mix of monolithic headbangers and melodic buzzsaws leaves a path of destruction in its wake. Durham trio Youth League crafts succinct yet cinematic post-rock with mathy moments. Wilmington’s A Bottle Volcanic makes a rare Triangle appearance, bringing along its dynamic doom spiked with surprising folk elements. —Spencer Griffith