The music media has loudly and deservedly trumpeted the incredible accomplishments of The Shins and The New Pornographers in sustaining impressive streaks of quality across consecutive albums. Perhaps less noticed among their similarly toned Indie Rock peer group, Midlake put together an equally brilliant string of releases before unleashing this year's 'The Courage of Others,' a solid candidate for "album of the year" honors.  

Broken Teeth isn't exactly a household name, but the Texas quintet has been cranking out blistering Hard Rock for well over a decade and inspiring comparisons to the genre's best known and, perhaps more to the point, biggest selling proponents, so it begs the question: Why aren't these guys huge? They're not reinventing the wheel on their fifth full-length, 'Viva La Rock, Fantastico!,' but they're most assuredly putting the rubber to the road from start to finish.