Calgary, AB

If rock & roll is still a boy's club, can we all finally agree to pull a runner and head across town to wherever The Shiverettes are playing instead? It's surely going to be a better party. With brutally-honest lyrics shouted atop an increasingly confident garage and post-punk foundation, their new album, Real Shrill Bitches, lands a kick that sends cock rock straight to its knees. Founding mother Sister Rosetta Thorpe would be proud. (Photo: Elizabeth Cameron)