Hayley and the Crushers Detroit, Michigan
One part pop, one part poison, all “poolside glitter punk,” Hayley and the Crushers are a tsunami of bold, bad girl power. Anointed as “the naked embodiment of power pop punk” by New Wave icon Josie Cotton, the Crushers have skipped the pupa stage in favor of a more dramatic comic book-style metamorphosis. Enter: Modern Adult Kicks (9/13/22), their most ambitious and self-possessed album to date. ... more
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