Audio Mixer: Tim Green.

As if being one of the only indie punk bands to hail from Israel wasn't enough to distinguish Monotonix from the pack, the band brings a familiarly muscular yet distinctively tweaked aesthetic to the arena as well. The trio's debut EP for Drag City, BODY LANGUAGE, is marked by wild, prog-ish guitar licks and Swiss-watch-strict rhythms that provide a solid yet subtly shifting musical foundation over which lead singer Ami Shalev gleefully spazzes out. Monotonix recall the classic Touch & Go sound in both their precision brutality and their clear love of the sweaty arena rock riff, yet the band's delivery is fresh and even a little quirky, marking them as an intriguing curiosity of which adventurous rock fans should take note.