Interpol

Since emerging in the early 2000s, Interpol have occupied a unique space within indie rock. Not only did they -- along with the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- lead New York City's turn-of-the-century rock revival, they also helped kick-start the post-punk revival that endured into the 2020s. On Interpol's instant-classic 2002 debut album, Turn on the Bright Lights, angular guitars and Paul Banks' glamorous, ominous baritone owed as much to the legacy of the Chameleons, the Smiths, and the oft-mentioned Joy Division as they did to the energy sweeping through their hometown ...