Pretty Ugly

Lunachicks, “Pretty Ugly” (GoKart, 1997)
Fourth and best album from these ‘70s-inflected NYC scum-punk women. Big holler-along hooks and a gonzo/trash-culture bad-girl sensibility that’s halfway between the Dictators and the Shangri-Las adds up to a big, beautiful hard-rocking, Bronx cheer in the face of the world.
Try 9, 13
1/23/14