Angela Perley & the Howlin' Moons

Singer-guitarist Angela Perley, who grew up in Hilliard, started writing songs when she was still in high school and initially put together an all-girl pop-punk band. Then, while attending college at Ohio University in Athens, she began to develop an alt-country bent. The Columbus-based alt-country act Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons came together in 2009. The band’s hard-rocking new single, “Hurricane,” the lead track from Hey Kid, sounds like a cross between Joan Jett and Patsy Cline. Good stuff. (Niesel)