Hipster Rejection Scale: 7 of 10. Factors: '80s band reinvents self, non-ironic use of Vox organ.

It's hard to say exactly what someone would expect from a San Antonio band in the disco-drenched early '80s, but "guys in suits and matching Rickenbacker guitars" was probably not high on the list. The Krayolas excelled in power-pop, but then called it quits. It must have surprised even the band that its 2008 comeback album La Conquistadora would gain critical raves and national attention on Dave Marsh's Sirius show. But Long Leaf Pine (No Smack Gum) is even better. The writing is crisp, and the sound is powerful and locked-in, effortlessly mixing Tex-Mex, Motown and British Invasion sounds into a winning concoction. —Jeff McCord