Chetes and his old band Zurdok sparked La Avanzada Regia—Monterrey's '90s indie rock explosion—after being the first non-Mexico City act to win Rockotitlán's Battle of the Bands. In the early aughts, the earnest-voiced rocker poured out gritty, psych-kissed garage gems with his English-language group Vaquero, and he's explored even further on solo releases since. Chetes' rockabilly-tinged Efecto Dominó is loaded with instant earworms, the proggy Hipnosis showcases his ability to craft epic transformative jams, and 2012's disco-inflected Cardio Sapien proves his elasticity and staying power.