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RS: 3of 5 Stars

2007

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In case the cover -- a leather-pants-clad ass that could have adorned a Joan Jett LP way back when -- didn't tip you off, the Donnas still jones for sweaty, Seventies-style hard rock on Bitchin', their seventh album. The four Bay Area ladies have done the same kind of thing better on albums like '02's Spend the Night and '99's The Donnas Get Skintight, but their straightforward approach and succinct tunes still make for freewheeling fun: Years of channeling their inner (and outer) bad girl have taught them how to juice a kiss-off like the catchy, sorta-disco shout-along “Better Off Dancing,” and they're at their nastiest on the hard-riffing, bare-bones “Give Me What I Want,” which seems to extort sex from an ex-boyfriend. Bitchin' offers little you haven't heard before -- even if you haven't heard a Donnas record -- but it should go well with a beer or six.

CHRISTIAN HOARD

(Posted: Sep 5, 2007)

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