Weed-lovin’ trio JANK’s latest release Awkward Pop Songs is laced with energetic, melodic power pop that instrumentally vents in controlled explosions, emotively bursting at the seams and begging the volume to increase. The trio finds the give and take of personal grooves that increase into unrestrained jams, injecting playful aspects in the process. You can catch them at Stone Cold Castle on January 10. (Photo by Anna Ladd)