From: Los Angeles, California

Active: the Distillers, 1999–2003, 2018–2020; Brody Dalle, 2014

I first heard them: on Pandora, which took the unusual step of feeding me several Distillers songs instead of just picking one

Sound: The band’s first two records didn’t do anything for me, but their last one (Coral Fang) successfully synthesizes Hole and Rancid into a solid set of songs.  And as lazy as it is to say that an album by a 35-year-old woman has a more mature sound than that of a 24-year-old, that is basically what Brody Dalle’s solo album sounds like: the Distillers grown up.

Further listening: The first of these is from Brody Dalle’s album; the others are by the band:

		“Rat Race” (2014)
		“Coral Fang” (2003)
		“City of Angels” (2002)