It's a story you've heard before: exiles from local punk or hardcore scene embark on writing some pop tunes, realize they're damn good at it, and put out a dance-rock record. Hailing from Chicago (the hardcore scene that's produced its fair share of pop-punk superstars...Fall Out Boy anyone?), White Hot Knife have been conquering the airwaves in their hometown: the big commercial stations Q101 and WXRT are playing them, as are WLUW and WNUR (Loyola's and Northwestern's college stations, respectively).

Dark but danceable, White Hot Knife is a pretty safe bet for fans of Head Automatica, Panic! at the Disco, Cobra Starship, and The Bravery.

Here are a few good points to jump in from:
Plastic Connection (

Pedestals

Dynamite

Bonus: enjoy this video of White Hot Knife performing what the quick-RECing TristramAiblins calls "Best song of the album:"