Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers

Fifth album from this Memphis band uses iconic rock'n'roll imagery and muscle-car riffs to chronicle a restless life full of drinking, bars, and girls.

Lucero frontman Ben Nichols has a voice that barely ranges at all, and he sings in an exaggerated grunt that's like Bob Seger with a throat full of phlegm, but in the context of Lucero's songs—all burning-ember guitars and raw need—Nichols' vocals are as natural as smoke. On the band's new album, Rebels, Rogues &…