The Portlandia co-star, former Sleater-Kinney and now Wild Flag guitarist/vocalist on her favorite punk albums of all time: “I don’t exactly know how to define punk because there are so many iterations of it, not to mention renunciations. Also: ambivalence. Perhaps something is punk merely because that’s how it makes us feel when we hear it: untethered, inspired, brave. In the end, my methodology was to just pick the singles and albums I’ve ­listened to the most—and that have meant the most to me—over the years.”

In no particular order:

• Wire, 154

• Au Pairs, “You” 7-inch

• Delta 5, “Mind Your Own Business” 7-inch

• Undertones, “You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It?)” 7-inch

• Wipers, Is This Real?

• Talking Heads, Remain in Light

• Bad Brains, “Pay to Cum” 7-inch

• Fugazi, 13 Songs

• Mo-Dettes, “White Mice” 7-inch

• The Slits, Cut

• The Jam, All Mod Cons

• The Stooges, Fun House

• X-Ray Spex, Germ Free Adolescents

• The Clash, Sandinista!

• Rites of Spring, Self Titled

• Buzzcocks, A Different Kind of Tension

• Minutemen, Double Nickles on the Dime

• Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade

• The Replacements, Let It Be

• B-52’s, Wild Planet

• Television, Marquee Moon

• Gang of Four, Entertainment!

• Pylon, Gyrate