Better late than never

When I was about five or six years old my uncles gave me a CD. Heart's Bad Animals was one of the first albums I owned and I loved it. Shortly thereafter I watched a music video for Alone and immediately knew, "Yup, I'm into girls. Girls are what's for me".

It was Nancy Wilson. I considered her the sexiest thing alive before I even knew what that meant and ever since I've had an affinity for chick rock. The Go-Gos, Belinda Carlisle, Bonnie Raitt, Tsunami Bomb, Avril, Michelle Branch, Jessica Harp, Kelly Clarkson, Evanescence. You name it...

Twenty-plus years later we finally have someone to take the mantle away from Nancy, though.

Orianthi fucking rocks. I've been listening to her album Believe all afternoon and, to put it simply, I'm blown away. She can sing her ass off, she's shreds on guitar and, yea, she's hot.

Best of all, though, her tunes are actually good.

I was digging her first track "According to you" fairly quickly. It's her first single. Youtube it. Then I heard "Suffocated" and my eyebrows raised. By "Bad News" I was hooked and the album just stayed consistently solid throughout.

Guitar fans, give "Highly Strung" a listen. It'll rocks your balls off.