The Flytraps

A raw and raucous female-dominated band (with a male accomplice), the Flytraps make hard-driving music with the sneering attitude and fifth-gear pace of old-school punk, the melodic and lyrical sensibilities of garage rock, and the beefy, overdriven attack of hard rock. Fronted by the gritty howl of singer and bassist Kristen Cooper and the crunchy guitar work of Beth Boyd, the Flytraps first emerged on the West Coast garage rock scene with that side of their sound up front on their debut cassette, 2013's She Freak, but by the time they issued their first proper album, 2020's ...