LYDIA LUNCH: 13.13 CD

Before riot grrrl had a name, before noise rock was a genre, Lydia Lunch was already burning down the house. A founding voice of New York's no wave scene and one of the most uncompromising artists to ever pick up a microphone, she made music that felt less like songs and more like confrontations.

Originally released in 1982, 13.13 is Lunch at her most direct and her most unsettling, drawing from post-punk's angular dissonance and pushing it somewhere darker and more personal. This isn't background listening. It's the record you put on when you want people to know what kind of person you actually are.

CD format. Genre: No Wave, post-punk, experimental noise rock.

Fans of: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Birthday Party, Throbbing Gristle, Diamanda Galás.