Cake

Originally formed as a sort of slightly provocative answer to grunge, CAKE has stood out for its fierce autonomy and lucid, inventive music, to the point of becoming a sort of sovereign state in its own right, with no equivalent in either sound or vision. The band's most recent album, Showroom of Compassion, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and has been hailed as a display of unflappable brilliance by The New Yorker magazine.