Give Vancouver power-rock crew Econoline Crush credit for having the nerve to experiment. Formed in the early '90s at the height of painfully earnest hard rock popularity, the quintet took the initiative to play around with the form on their second disc, 1997's The Devil You Know. The soaring ballads and clenched-fist crooning of vocalist Trevor Hurst remain, but tracks like "Surefire" and "All That You Are" feature Econoline Crush dabbling in electronic beats and Nine Inch Nails-style techno aggression. It's an interesting diversion from an otherwise generic hard rock record and one of the few elements of The Devil You Know that doesn't sound dated years after its release. --Matt Galloway