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JM -The Stranger
Young girls have years of cigarette smoking ahead of them before they can even come close to Rotten Apples frontwoman Dejha Colantuono's husky delivery. (And really, I'd say get on the patch now anyway, because Colantuono comes from a musical family. That smoky aura is in her blood more than in a pair of blackened lungs.) At the same time sweet as a welcomed come-on and prickly as a kick out of bed when the sun comes up, this woman can say more in a couple of lines than most singers can in an entire album. The rest of the band is equally moody in their delivery, but they keep most of the music on the up-and-up, scuffing their power pop with a bit of punk snarl.