Mozes & The Firstborn, The Parrots, Billy Changer

Dutch garage-rockers Mozes and the Firstborn swing between muses pretty often. Hinging their scope of interest on poppy songs like the opening track of their new album Dadcore (just released via Burger Records), the crew is clearly run on having fun. But it’s the grungier side of the band’s work that provides the dynamics; locked-in tracks like “If I” and “Fly Out I” conjure the quiet-loud-quiet melodics of formidable ’90s acts. Listen to “Sad Supermarket Song” for further proof, as vocalist Melle Dielesen channels the angst of luminaries like Dave Grohl and Blake Schwarzenbach.