Not sure if you've spent much time trolling MySpace for new music, but there's a lot of f'ing bands in Brooklyn. It's really astounding, especially when you realize how much amazing music is out there. One that caught my ear today: Obits.

These guys crank out some serious rock n roll. On first listen, I was sure it was a secret Iggy and The Stooges MySpace page and even now when I listen, it's hard not to make the association; and don't get me wrong, it's not derivative at all and sounding like The Stooges could never be a bad thing at all.

Says their iconic indie rock label Sub Pop: Every so often over the past few years you'd hear a whisper about this new Brooklyn band featuring a couple of indie rock veterans. Supposedly they'd been practicing since 2006, but weren't ready to play live yet. Then they finally did play and immediately a bootleg recording of that first show spread all over the web. In lieu of having anything recorded for people to hear, the band even put some of the songs on its MySpace page.

But little did Obits know how much the listening public was clamoring to hear more. With only the bootleg to go on, bloggers tried to fill in the blanks with comparisons both apt and not. They don't really sound that much like Creedence, maybe a little. Who knows what the people at Sub Pop were thinking, other than they wanted the band to join their roster post-haste–in July of 2008 they invited Obits to play their 20th anniversary bash in Seattle, months before the ink was even dry on any contract.

Read all about Obits on Sub Pop's site, where you'll also find tour dates and a few MP3's to listen to. Don't forget to check out their MySpace, where you can test drive tracks, their official site, and a bunch of tracks from live sets on a site called Free Music Archive, an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by legendary WFMU.

Take my word for it: if you like down and dirty rock n roll, you're going to love Obits.