The Distillers

If Nirvana had been led by a chick singer, Bleach might have sounded like the Distillers'
Coral Fang. On its third album, the Los Angeles quartet rips through a series of punk songs
that balance throat-shredding, brain-rattling intensity with an undercurrent of sadness and
vulnerability. These brief punk ditties are catchy but not cookie-cutter; "The Hunger"
swings and sways on the back of an acoustic guitar part before the calm is disru... More >

Blood lust meets death wish where punk meets metal ("The Gallon Is God," "Hall of Mirrors").