When Vines frontman Craig Nicholls gets ready to scream, his Muppet-like face scrunches up and he rolls back his eyes, sticks out his tongue and folds his lips over his teeth. And then the scream ...

The Vines are not to be confused with the Hives, although that wouldn't be hard to do. While the latter are from Sweden and the former from Australia -- but now based in L.A. -- both bands play ...

Two years ago, it was easy to write off the Vines. After making a splash with 2002's "Highly Evolved," diminishing sales and a reputation for increasingly erratic live shows consigned the Australian ...