Plunt
Cowpunkcockrock (Bongo Beat)
The debut from Montreal’s Plunt harks back to, if not really cock rock (though there is a tune called “Boner”), certainly thick ’n’ jangly cow-punk. Other late-’80s proto-grunge sounds too—Hüsker Dü’s guitar squalls, the Pixies arch aggro-pop (the vocals of Peeps G sound a good deal like Kim Deal’s)—plus the occasional stolen punk riff. Nuthin’ fancy, just comfort-food coolness. 7/10 Trial Track: “Chapi Chapo” (Rupert Bottenberg) CD launch with the Wrong Kind, Armedalite Rifles at 3 Minots, Sat., April 18, 9 p.m., $7