If You Like... Kings of Leon

Blue-collar indie rock is all about roots, and Kings of Leon's go deep. Caleb Followill's Tennessee howl and self-mythologising lyrics recapture the backwoods spirit of Creedence Clearwater Revival for a modern, post-Strokes age. And in the Followill family's wake, a generation of bands have learned to weave intense feeling into astringent guitars and sharply worded love songs.