New York City’s White Light Motorcade is modern rock revival, unabashedly loud and electic, mindful of their roots but grounded in the present. Like the band’s influences both old school (The Stooges, MC5) and new (Oasis, Supergrass, Muse), they transcend the high volume intensity with keen melodies and well-crafted songs. But if this is pop, it isn’t pretty. The songs are often brash and in your face, while still retaining an instinct for dynamics and well-timed moments of Brit-edged (a la Stone Roses) machinations.