Material Issue is a great band..... Connell fans will probably like their style. They have 3 CDs of note.... the best probably being the second one, which is called Internation Pop Overthrow. Unfortunately, the lead singer killed himself in Chicago last summer. It was really sad. I saw the band for my first (and last) time in Chicago over my Spring Break and it was the best show I'd ever seen that was not a Connells or Judybats performance. The Judybats are another band that (while also defunct) Connells fans would like. I would also recommend the also broken-up Jayhwaks and their reincarnation, Golden Smog. Golden Smog's new CD is great..... the first two songs are super. i am VERY excited to see the band tomorrow night in Northampton, Mass. Now I just have to get my paper on de Tocqueville done so that I'm not thinking about that while they play. Mike Becker