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The Detroit Cobras make hard-rocking versions of R&B and soul classics utterly devoid of irony. On their latest album, this year's Tied and True, the female-fronted Motor City five-piece run the gamut, covering such greats as Bettye LaVette, Leadbelly, Tammi Terrell, The Equals, and Little Willie John.

The Detroit Cobras, from the selfsame city, mix the old and the new, combining the sounds of Motown girl groups with raw garage rock. With their tough chick singer Rachel Nagy (and female guitarist Mary Ramirez), the Cobras are kinda like a certain big-haired British trainwreck minus the trackmarks. LA Weekly said it loud and clear: "No offense to Amy Winehouse, but it was the Cobras [and] Rachel Nagy who first reinvented the 60s soul-pop diva as a boozy, punk-informed, smart-mouthed chanteuse in the late 90s."