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On their self-titled debut album, Spinnerette, the new band from punk-rock goddess Brody Dalle, sound sort of like a cross between Dalle's old band, the Distillers, and Eagles of Death Metal, the sleazy riff-rock outfit her husband Josh Homme works on when he's not busy with his main gig, Queens of the Stone Age.

Brody Dalle left the punk guitars behind when her former band the Distillers came to an end, but she's kept the attitude for Spinnerette.

It's been six years since Brody Dalle put out an album, but tonight the former Distillers frontwoman will hit the Bowery Ballroom with her new band Spinnerette.

Spinnerette 's debut disc sees the returning scream-queen tone down her throat-ripping carnage to make more room for contagious melodies and ass-shaking hooks.

The 15th edition of Toronto's North By Northeast music fetival launches tonight, but frankly it's hard to wrap your head around 500 bands in 50 venues -- including free shows at Yonge-Dundas Square -- between now and the weekend .

Different is good, right? Er, not always... Ita s been three years since one of punka s most famous frontwomen disbanded the very group that put her at the forefront of wet dreams, magazine posters and everything cool you wish youa d done first.

AFTER disbanding The Distillers, Brody Dalle seems to have finally found her feet with new project Spinnerette.

While this band may not sound familiar, the musicians involved will. Fronted by Brody Dalle of The Distillers fame, the line-up also includes her former bandmate Tony Bevilacqua on guitar, ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons and Queens Of The Stone Age's Alain Johannes.

The Artist Known Formerly as The Saint Alvia Cartel is coming to the Forest City this weekend to rock this town with its new moniker -- and its new reggae-infused punk rock album, 2008's Between The Lines.