Meeting In The Ladies' Room: Straight Girls We Love
Welcome to the first installment of a new column for the ladies, by the ladies--Amelie (your TNG women's event planner) and Anne (her BFF forever, and not just in a Paris Hilton-reality show kind of way). We plan to discuss all things gay and vaguely-gay, whether it be related to pop culture, gay culture, or dc culture.
Below the fold, we're discussing our favorite female musicians who aren't so much of the gay, but we love them anyway. Mixtape included!
And here's why:
1. Marnie Stern--Girl is hot, girl can shred. Her first album made a surprisingly fitting soundtrack for roaming the backwoods of Maine in a busted Hyundai Accent. Now, her new album is making a pretty great soundtrack for being young, broke and under-employed. Her cover of "Don't Stop Believin'" brings Journey into the 21st Century, and brings them there to stay. Also, she's an inspiration to all of us slackers that have always wanted to learn guitar.
2. Elizabeth Powell from Land of Talk--She may be Canadian, but we still want to bang her. Land of Talk sounds like a lazy summer day, but in the best way possible. Seriously, listen to Summer Special and tell me you don't want to go swimming, tan for a bit, buy a pizza and pass out until your parents wake you up for a BBQ? Yeah, I thought so.
3. Cat Power-- She may seem like an obvious choice, but let's review the evidence. She's done Chanel ads, she's made some of the best indie records of our time. Even though she loses points for dating Vincent Gallo, Cat Power, or Chan Marshall, will always be in our top six.
4. Santogold-- Whether it be You'll Find A Way or L.E.S. (LEZ!) Artistes, everyone loves Santogold. You've probably heard her song Lights Out on the Bud Light Lime Commercial. Let's pretend that never happened--but I mean, have you seen her onstage?
5. Alice Glass from Crystal Castles-- Alice Glass may only be twenty, but she can bring it better than most of the boys in her genre can. As someone that has gotten to see Crystal Castles live, the show was made by Alice Glass hopping around the stage, humping the keyboards, standing on the strobe light and dancing in a way Karen O. could only imagine.
6. Scout Niblett--A female singer-songwriter that doesn't instantly conjour up memories of Lilith Fairs past, Scout Niblett brings new energy to the singer-songwriter genre by bringing in raw vocals and whimsical lyrics unmatched by most in her game. Not to mention the fact that her cover of "It's Just What I Needed" is the best we've heard...ever. And she loves blonde wigs. Enough said.
Honorable Mention-- Anne won't let me send this without acknowledging the 'hotness" of Joanna Newsom. To quote Anne directly, "She's like fairy elf princess you want to bang. Then she sits by a river for days without eating or sleeping, and yet you still want to bang her."
Who would make your list?
6 comments:
I'd reccommend checking out Shingai Shoniwa of Noisettes - she's kind of a mix of Santogold and Alice Glass, puts on one hell of a show and is seriously fun to watch rock out!
what about thao?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thao_Nguyen_and_The_Get_Down_Stay_Down (sorry for the lame link -- my office won't let us use facebook/myspace)
oh the best female (straight) band is most def. the breeders. kim and kelly are amazing, and last splash is fucking incredible. their record (mountain battles) from this year wasn't too shabby either.
I can't believe you'd entitle the article "Meeting in the Ladies Room" and not even mention '80s all-female band Klymaxx! True, at least half of their songs were filler and they're almost completely un-P.C. when lead singer Lorena Porter was spending time obsessing about her man in almost every one of their hit singles. But they had enough of a sense of humor to record a song called "The Men All Pause" (say it fast) and turn it into a hit record, and a song like "Lock and Key" could be seen as a minor feminist anthem. Bring back the Maxx!
Zack loves Thao.
love the mix tape. thanks for posting it. :-)
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