Olivia Jean

FROM GARAGE BATS TO NIGHT OWLS, THIS QUIRKY ROCK ’N’ ROLLER’S NEW ALBUM IS PACKED WITH ANIMAL MAGNETISM — NOT TO MENTION SOME DANGEROUSLY CATCHY RIFFS

- Mark McStea

THE RONETTES-STYLE imagery, early Sixties kitsch vibe and bold colors that grace Olivia Jean’s “Night Owl” music video are already enough to make an odd but sticky impression on the casual listener. But throw in the hooky riffs and jolting rockabilly, surf and garage-rock feel of the disc as a whole, and you know you’ve stumbled onto something special.

Best of all, Olivia produced the album — Night Owl (Third Man Records) — herself. And although she played most of the instruments on her last disc, the Jack White-produced