Grrl rock has never been hotter than The Butchies. The Durham-based group's latest release Make Yr Life has garnered them shoutouts on MTV2 and VH1. The album itself sounds like what Ashlee Simpson's debut Autobiography should have been that is if Simpson had a whole lot more soul and growl, influences which range from the Indigo Girls to Cheap Trick and, of course, a shred of songwriting (and singing) chops. Indeed, these power-pop maestros will transcend sonic boundaries and sexual orientations as they play the Coffeehouse Friday. Special note: watch as dreamy lead singer Kaia Wilson croons the band's cover of Outfield's "Your Love." Fireworks.
— Robert Winterode
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