Part of the Bay Area garage punk gang, Pookie & the Poodlez cracks its collective knuckles next to the likes of Hunx & His Punx and Shannon & the Clams. Nobunny released the Poodlez’s debut EP, The Last Thing I Did as a Teenager, on his own Rubber Vomit Records. Are these dogs really more bark than they are bite? I’d stay on their side just to be safe. (Kaufman)