Carol Bui

She seizes your attention with hardscrabble, gritty guitar riffs and then holds forth on the title theme in aggro, anguished fashion, like the bastard spawn of Eddie Vedder and Alanis Morissette. Sure, no one’s really heard of Carol Bui yet, but that could and should change, provided she kicks the habit of prefacing every song with a lengthy intro that telegraphs the melody she’s about to wield like a garrote.