Bye, bye beard-rock. The indie scene isn’t the boys club it used to be, thanks to an influx of new female talent spanning from over-the-top pop divas to whimsical crooners. Or, as Telepathe so succinctly suggested when they visited our studio last year, the era of “cavemen making noise music” is a thing of the distant past.
Indeed, Telepathe were on to something, or rather, they were part of something. In 2009 alone, we saw releases from Florence and the Machine, Neko Case, Fever Ray, Bat for Lashes, Micachu & The Shapes, Dirty Projectors, Sleigh Bells, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The xx, Elizabeth & The Catapult, Screaming Females, Kaki King, Dum Dum Girls, Ke$ha. Women play equal–if not lead–roles in some of the most popular bands.
And who can escape Lady GaGa, Beyonce and Susan Boyle? Pitchfork said of Ms. GaGa “all of a sudden, for a brief time at least, she’s the only real pop star around.” Pixie Lott, Lily Allen and La Roux all continue to make waves across the pond, and damn if Sade herself isn’t back with a brand new full-length out this year.
No matter your taste in divas, women are topping the charts, and here’s to hoping they inspire a new breed to do the same.
Telepathe get the caveman blues.
Let’s step it up, ladies. The name she’s trying to think of could be yours or mine.
“Diva” ain’t a bad word.
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