Leopold and his Fiction

Garage rock tracking very closely to the White Stripes.  Got that heavy rock and roll blues-vibe of Led Zeppelin, just missing the virtuoso playing and singing of that band.  Can't say I like the band name much though.  Maybe it has a cool back story about being a lyric from a Robert Johnson tune or something.  Unfortunately, this is not the studio version of this tune, which I think is a damn fine song.  But you'll get the flavor of how this one rocks, here is "Cowboy," their most popular track on Spotify with 38k listens.

Sweet stuff.  I like it.  Their discography shows some growth over time, as their initial album, titled Leopold and His Fiction and released in 2006, is that raw garage rock scruff.  Here is the most listened to track from that album, with almost 40k spins, called "Go On Have My Way"

This is the Jack White/White Stripes stuff I was talking about.  The whole album is similarly tasty. After that 2006 album, it looks like the band split up and re-formed with new personnel, and then put out a second disc in 2009 called Ain't No Surprise.  Spotify doesn't carry that one for some reason, so I couldn't tell you what it sounds like.  But then they put out a few singles before a new album in 2012, called 3.  3 is pretty different from the first album - less raw, DIY swagger (although they still have some) and a more polished indie rock sound.  I still like it, but from all appearances, that didn't go over as well with fans, as no song from that album cracks the top ten on Spotify for popularity.

Since that 2012 album, Spotify has three newer singles, and they rock it out.  The first is "Cowboy," linked up above.  The second most popular is called "Waves (Golden)" and it also jams.

Dig it.  You would expect that they have a new album coming out this summer, or something to create a bit of buzz for them since their last music came out three years ago.  But either way, I think they'd be a fun band to see do their thing.