Audio Mixer: Little Teeth.

These San Franciscans let their freak flag fly on the ironically titled CHILD BEARING MAN, bringing the weirdo New York stylings of bands like Animal Collective back to the West Coast. Their debut is both complex and shambolically childlike, as the trio trade off on string instruments, synths, accordions and, once in a while, something as typical as a banjo. At times sounding like kids let loose in their high school band room after sniffing glue ("Oh Drag!") and other times nearing Appalachian folk authenticity ("Between My Ears"), MAN is never boring, even if sometimes Little Teeth sound like they have a little growing up to do.