Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, 'Whenever You See Me' — npr.org

The sibling trio Kitty, Daisy & Lewis. Dean Chalkley /Courtesy of the artist hide caption When Daisy Durham tells the skirt-chaser in her path to "Think about where you put that hand" in this tough-spirited, joyfully punchy musical kiss-off, she has a girl gang's worth of rock 'n' roll predecessors to back her up. Daisy's on-the-corner vocals, doubled by her sister Kitty, recall outer-borough demolition dolls like the Shangri-La's, the Bobbettes and the Angels. The big, bold chorus in "Whenever You See Me" nods to the brassy young women who made London swing, like Lulu and Sandie Shaw, and the song's spirit of ultimatum points toward Lesley Gore's classic "You Don't Own Me." But there's real punk energy in this sibling trio's brand of rocking revivalism: The song's demand for a woman's freedom of movement in the face of macho lechery reflects the slash-and-burn heroines of riot grrrl as much as the gum-snapping sweethearts of the 1960s.

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