Keith Shackleton on March 2nd, 2010

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If the Runaways came from Memphis and had Dan Penn as a mentor instead of Kim Fowley, they’d have sounded like the Pack A.D. Hell, with song titles like “Don’t Have To Like You,”, Vancouverites Becky Black (guitar/vocals) and Maya Miller (drums) probably don’t care what I think anyway, and that’s a fine attitude, if you’ve got the scuzzy blues-rock chops to back it up. The Pack A.D. have Suzi Quatro feather-cuts, a raw spirit and a juke-joint heart. And one of the best things about “Crazy” (from the forthcoming album “We Kill Computers,” out April 27) is that Jack White isn’t on it. For fans of the Kills and Fat Possum Records.

||| Download: “Crazy”

||| Live: The Pack A.D. perform March 12 at downtown’s Redwood Bar.

Photo by Mark Maryanovich