Lydia Loveless grew up in a New Wave band with her siblings and father. But her own goals were a little different: “I always daydreamed of being in an awesome band that looked really sweaty and punk-rock onstage,” she says. On this year’s breakthrough, Real, the 26-year-old singer-guitarist often sounds like Loretta Lynn fronting the Replacements. Loveless, who started writing as a teenager, used to be too shy to play live. Now, she has the guts to turn down major-label offers: “This Maroon 5 manager or something rolled in and asked, ‘Would you be willing to do what it takes?’ And I was like, ‘Probably not for you.'”
From Lydia Loveless’s 2016 Bloodshot album ‘Real’
Lydia Loveless, “Same to You”
Tough Ohio roots rocker offers a kick-ass existential shrug from inside a brutal relationship – it’s the kind of song that’ll get you side-eyeing the liquor shelf at 9 a.m.
From Lydia Loveless’s 2016 Bloodshot album ‘Real’:
The Fat Angel Sings 