Amazing Baby Rewild (Shangri-La) - Maybe it’s because their songs owe a great debt to the Stone Roses and Frank Zappa, or perhaps it’s because all five of them have long, messy hair, but Amazing Baby, the Brooklyn-based heirs apparent to MGMT, have been pigeonholed as “drugged-out nudist hippies” -- even before the release of their debut album. Rewild is, however, a major acid trip down psych-pop lane, flitting between synthesizers and traditional instruments, a playfully (and deliberately) regressive bathtub brew of escapist melodies. On tracks like “Bayonets” and “Kankra,” one gets the sense that these babies are moving one step forward, and two steps back -- in the best way possible. -- Bryan Levandowski

Once upon a time some guys met at a ringtone factory and decided to start a psychedelic rock band. Still nameless a few months later, they came across a really awesome baby while surfing the Internet and decided he would be the namesake for the project. And thus Amazing Baby was born. They have yet to release a full album and never intended for the project to go beyond the recording studio, but after uploading some songs and getting enough buzz off those tracks alone to open up for Bloc Party and MGMT, it was probably time to quit their day jobs. They’re currently working on a full-length debut album called Rewild, out on Shangri-La music this year, and are playing live dates, which you should check out. In New York they’re opening for Cold War Kids this Friday at Terminal 5, and they're at The Bell House next Friday. But first, guitarist Simon O’Connor took some time to answer our totally Pop Quiz. It's amazing, baby.