

Relentlessly fighting for their rights, the indie punk trio get ever more brazen the deeper you dig into their bulging catalogue. A young Sleater-Kinney channelled fierce femininity through lean, lo-fi punk on their 1995 debut, and since, they've only gotten wittier in their gender politics ("Male Model") and more vicious in sound—see the expansive sludge rock stunner "Let's Call It Love."