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Photos: Class of 2012 at WFNX

Boston's 12 best new bands

By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | January 11, 2012

Boston's 12 best new bands stopped by WFNX to chat with music editor Michael Marotta on December 8, 2011.

READ: "Class of 2012: Boston's 12 Best New Bands," by Michael Marotta.

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What's F'n Next? Stepdad
The kaleidoscopic neon-pop of Stepdad, which shares some sonic DNA with the Double-P, has unpredictably blown out of Grand Rapids.
Photos: Sky Ferreira at the Fourth Wall Project
Sky Ferreira performs an acoustic show for WFNX at the Fourth Wall Project on November 27, 2012.
What's F'n Next? | Heaven's Gate
After disbanding his punky noise-pop four-piece Sweet Bulbs last year, guitarist Mike Sheffield dove right into assembling his new Brooklyn band Heaven's Gate by having them open a show he'd already booked for touring friends.
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What's F'n Next? Stepdad
The kaleidoscopic neon-pop of Stepdad, which shares some sonic DNA with the Double-P, has unpredictably blown out of Grand Rapids.
Photos: Sky Ferreira at the Fourth Wall Project
Sky Ferreira performs an acoustic show for WFNX at the Fourth Wall Project on November 27, 2012.
What's F'n Next? | Heaven's Gate
After disbanding his punky noise-pop four-piece Sweet Bulbs last year, guitarist Mike Sheffield dove right into assembling his new Brooklyn band Heaven's Gate by having them open a show he'd already booked for touring friends.
Photos: Boston Music Awards 2012 at the Liberty Hotel
The Boston Music Awards take over the Liberty Hotel on December 2, 2012.
What's F'n Next? | The Field Effect
By now it's cliché to write about music having a "driving" force, or describing it taking you to a certain place where mundane daily occurrences could not.
Photos: Mistletoe, Music & Misfits featuring Mean Creek, the Scrooges, and the Field Effect
Mean Creek, the Scrooges, and the Field Effect join WFNX.com to spread holiday cheer at Lansdowne Pub.
What's F'n Next? Nude Beach
Chuck Betz, Ryan Naideau, and Jimmy Shelton met in high school on Long Island while playing in punk and hardcore bands like Guadalupe, Dustheads, and Religious Knives.
What's F'n Next? King Tuff
Sounding like the bastard offspring of T. Rex and Alex Chilton, King Tuff's self-titled second album and first for the iconic Sub Pop label was one of the more pleasant surprises of last year.
What's F'n Next? Chvrches
If you are in a band and you've heard of Chvrches, you probably hate them.
What's F'n Next? Bad Books
Andy Hull is doing just fine with the introspective and sometimes angst-tinged alt-rock of Manchester Orchestra, and Brooklyn-based Kevin Devine has built up a solid following with his own singer/songwriter thing.
What's F'n Next? Caveman
Most people are probably sick to death of Brooklyn being a hipster's paradise where dinks with moustaches tatted on their fingers drive fixed-gear bikes to Williamsburg bars to pay $6.50 for a can of PBR.
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