Brody Dalle’s unique beauty

Pretty much the entire punk-rock community exiled ex-Distillers frontwoman Brody Dalle after her divorce from Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong in 2003, which seemed a little harsh. Maybe it was because she immediately shacked up with Queens of the Stone Age singer Josh Homme. But seriously, Armstrong was so strung out on smack in 2003, I doubt he could even use the bathroom by himself. And with her new band, Spinnerette, it’s clear that Dalle has turned her back on the past in favor of creating some of her best work to date, adding elements into her music that would have been considered off-limits in the Distillers. You’ve got synths, drum loops, nods to Devo and Dalle’s signature sneer dripping into every raspy, cigarette-tainted lyric. But perhaps most important is Dalle’s unwavering ability to be stunningly beautiful while simultaneously saying “I don’t give a fuck what you think” with just one smile.