Fugazi gets lots of credit as a progenitor of post-hardcore, but there’s probably more of the band’s influence to be heard in today’s dance-punk. Case in point: Long Beach’s The Valley Arena, a moody post-punk band whose pelvis-whipping rhythms and yelping passion sound like they’ve trickled down straight from Guy Picciotto himself. The quartet somehow manages to squeeze novel sounds from that crowded intersection of post-punk, new-wave, and dance-rock that passed the “exciting” mark about two Interpol albums ago—no mean feat, considering. It’s joined by Athens’ cocksure We Versus The Shark, whose 2005 debut Ruin Everything! also occupies that jittery middle ground between Fugazi and Les Savy Fav. Austin-based Dynah’s glacial new wave provides the calm before the storm. www.theonion.com