Girls make big noise good

                                       
There's something about girls that can play good guitar. And I don't mean Alanis Morissette- did she even play her own guitar? Anyway she has marred many a European campsite (the spaniards are particularly keen), along with Hotel California. God I hate that song. I digress. Guitars are actually quite feminine instruments with their curves and penchants for being flung over boys legs and strummed... When a girl masters a guitar a beautiful thing occurs- she morphs into a masculine, delicate wonder. There is something innately attractive about a lady knowing how to handle a boy's toy. It's not quite the same as finding your brother in your lipstick and heels but there is something of the forbidden about it.

The epitome of the mix between delicacy and 'rockin with her cock out' is Feist- being able to write a song like The Park or Intuition whilst completely losing it on stage. Awesome. She just knows how it works- I've seen her live a few times now and each time the audience can't help but swoon at her feet and do her bidding. This is the best I could find but it doesn't do her justice, GO AND SEE HER.






By far the most impressive strummer of the bunch has to be Gabriela of Rodrigo y Gabriela fame. I don't know how she still has hands by the end of a set. Watch this solo, it looks more painful than childbirth.




Again I've got to give Cat Power a shout out. In this video you can't make out whether she's a grungey teenage boy or a totally awesome chic- luckily her fragile vocals give it away.

I can't get enough of the canadian band Land of Talk at the minute- the lead singer and undoubted leader of the band, Elizabeth Powell, has crafted a modern version of punky grunge and by golly I think she's on to something. I saw her live in the Wilmington Arms and she was propa divs though- she left the audience waiting on a couple of numbers while she yelled at the sound man.

She doesn't play the guitar but god can she make noise... my other eternal love affair is with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I don't know how she makes the noises that she does but she is a complete ledgebag. I think I might make a shrine.

Last but not least, the lovely St Vincent. They are absolutely fantastic live. Love this chick, she's like a little doll and then this low, gutteral voice comes out of her.


I've made a playlist in homage to these rock goddesses plus a couple more new ones I've discovered including She Keeps Bees, Peggy Sue, Alessi's Ark  who are all pretty cool, relaxed guitary chicks (Check out Lonelady too, I reckon she could be pretty big... Pitchfork are bumming her right now.

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