Stereogum Readers Poll: Miss Indie Rock 2005
The "indie rock hottie" poll took forever 'cause none of you spell the same way. And then I had to research who was in what band. So that's why I'm listing the ENTIRE tally before revealing who won. Plus, some of you were pretty explicit about Tegan NOT SARA and vice versa.
I took the liberty of disqualifying all the men you submitted (contrary to popular belief, Brandon Flowers and Carlos D are guys, as is Sam Beam, wiseasses)! I allowed Antony, though, 'cause he would want it that way. And he ranked pretty well!
Some of your comments were amusing...
And some of your submissions were hilarious...
I didn't disqualify anyone else. If you think Bea Arthur was this year's hot indie chick ... well, OK. But those of you who picked Smoosh ... you realize they're like 13, right? Let's assume/hope the Dakota Fanning vote was a joke.
1 VOTE
Abi Harding (The Zutons)
Adele Bethel (Sons & Daughters)
Adele Pickvance (The Go-Betweens)
Adrienne Verhoeven (The Anniversary)
Aimee Echo (The Start)
Aimee Mann
Alessandra Ambrosio
Alison Ables (Tristeza)
Amerie
Ami Saraiya (Radiant Darling)
Amina
Amy Dykes (I Am The World Trade Center)
Ane Brun
Annalee Fery (Monsters Are Waiting)
Annika Norlin
Avril Lavigne
Bea Arthur
Becky Minkovic
Belle
Beth Ditto (The Gossip)
Bettye Lavette
Bjork
Bullette
Caitlin Cook (Gang Gang Dance)
Carolee McElroy (Xiu Xiu)
Catherine Culpepper (The Hong Kong)
Cathrine Popper
Corey Parks
Courtney Love
Cup (i am spoonbender)
Dakota Fanning
Danielle Pickett
Daru Odar (Norah Jones' Backup Singer)
Dina Waxman (Space MTN)
Dominique Durand
Donna Q.
Elizabeth Harper
Ellen Allien
Emma Gaze (Electrelane)
Enya
Erika Wennerstrom (Heartless Bastards)
Fergie
Francis Bean Cobain
Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo)
Girls Aloud
Haley Bonar
Helen Marnie
Hello Saferide
Hilary Duff
Holly Golightly
Hope Sandoval
Jean Grae
Jem
Jen Trynin
Jen Wood
Jennifer Herrema
Jenny Conley
Jess Klein
Joan Baez
Jordyn Bonds (Big Bear)
Josie Fluri (New Roman Times)
Joss Stone
Juliette Commagere (Vagenius)
K8 (The Fight)
Katie Jane Garside
Kim Gordon
Kirsten Hersh
Ladybug Mecca
Lana On (Die Monitor Bats)
Lara Meyerratken
Lau Nau
Laura Balance
Laura Bush
Lauren Laverne (Kenickie)
Lexi Valentine
Lisa Light (Lovemakers)
Lisa Loeb
Liz Janes
Mama Cass
Mara Carlyle
Maria Anderson (Sahara Hotnights)
Martha Stewart
Mary Lou Lord
Meg Griffin
Melissa Auf De Maur
Melissa Elias (The Ponys)
Melissa Ferrick
Melissa Incandenza
Mia Doi Todd
Michele Stodart (The Magic Numbers)
Michelle Nolan (Straylight Run)
Miranda July
Missy Gibson (Breech)
Naomi Yang
Nedelle
Nicola Kuperus (ADULT)
Nikki Monninger (Silversun Pickups)
Olga Sarantos (Fiery Furnaces' Grandma)
Ollie Tamale (The Oohlas)
Pat Benatar
Patience Hodgson (The Grates)
Patti Smith
Peaches
Rachael Yamagata
Rachel Nagy (Detroit Cobras)
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Warren (Palomar)
Reeta Leena Korhola (Husky Rescue)
Revl9n (Maria Eilersen)
Robyn
Rogers Sisters
Rosie Thomas
Samara Lubelski
Sarah Balliet (Murder By Death)
Sarah Martin
Shakira
Shannon McArdle (Mendoza Line)
Sia
Summer Roberts
Tabitha Tinsdale
Tara Burke (Fursaxa)
Tara Jane O'Neil
Tara Shackell (Architecture in Helsinki)
Tatu (Red-headed One)
Tilly and the Wall
Tori Amos
Tracee Miller (Blanche)
Tracy Bonham
Valentine (Get Hustle)
Vivian Sarratt (Mommy & Daddy)
Yvonne Lambert
Zia McCabe (Dandy Warhols)
2 VOTES
Ana Matronic (Scissor Sisters)
Betty Barnes (Saturday Looks Good To Me)
Boris (Wata)
Bright Eyes (Sabrina Duim)
Britta Phillips
Brody Dalle
Chantal Claret
Charlotte Hatherly
Chloe Lum (AIDS Wolf)
Christian Owens (Bishop Allen)
Diane Cluck
Elizabeth Elmore
Exene Cervenka
Heather McEntire (Bellafea)
Ida
Isobel Campbell
Kate Moss
Kelly Crisp (The Rosebuds)
Kori Gardner (Mates Of State)
Liela Moss (The Duke Spirit)
Lisa Lobsinger (Broken Social Scene)
Loretta Lynn
Mariah Carey
Maura Davis (Denali)
Melanie Campbell (Burning Brides)
Orenda Fink
Phyllis Forbes (Out Hud)
Pretty Girls Make Graves (1 for Andrea, 1 for Leona)
Roisin Murphy
Sabina Sciubba (Brazillian Girls)
Sarah Blasko
Shirley Manson
Smoosh
The Organ (1 for Ashley, 1 for Katie)
Tralala
Valerie Jodoin-Keaton (The Dears)
3 VOTES
Ani DiFranco
Becca Wilhelm
Caithlin De Marrais (Rainer Maria)
Cassie Berman (Silver Jews)
Danielle Neidhart (Dracula Zombie USA)
Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers)
Erin McKeown
Kaki King
Kate Jackson (The Long Blondes)
Kathleen Edwards
Ladytron ladies
Le Tigre (2 for Kathleen, 1 for JD)
Mary Timony
Nellie McKay
Sarah Harmer
Scout Niblett
4 VOTES
Ashlee Simpson
Britney Spears
Gemma Hayes
Gwen Stefani
Jemina Pearl (Be Your Own Pet)
Juliana Hatfield
Khaela Maricich (The Blow)
Kim Deal
Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds)
Martha Wainwright
Ultragrrrl
5 VOTES
Bebban (Shout Out Louds)
Carla Azar (Autolux)
Emiliana Torrini
Juliette Lewis
Kate Bush
Kathryn Calder (New Pornographers)
Lindsay Loahn
Madonna
Maria Taylor
Nina Persson (Cardigans)
Sarah Silverman
6 VOTES
CocoRosie
Lady Sovereign
Trish Keenan (Broadcast)
Vashti Bunyan
7 VOTES
Kelly Clarkson
Liza Thorn (So So Many White White Tigers)
Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof)
The Like
8 VOTES
Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
Eisley
PJ Harvey
9 VOTES
Keren Ann
Sharin Foo (The Raveonettes)
11 VOTES
Amanda Tannen (*stellastarr)
Petra Haden
12 VOTES
Liz Phair
13 VOTES
Regina Spektor
14 VOTES
Antony
Goldfrapp
Ninja (The Go! Team)
16 VOTES
Arcade Fire (8 each for Regine, Sarah)
Charlotte Cooper (The Subways)
Laura Veirs
20 VOTES
Amy Millan (Stars)
Imogen Heap
Tegan & Sara (3 "just Sara," 6 "just Tegan," 11 tag team)
25 VOTES
Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
26 VOTES
Karen O
29 VOTES
Joanna Newsom
35 VOTES
Meg White
39 VOTES
Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces)
And ... YOUR TOP 10! In a fancy pie chart.
Jenny Lewis got 496 votes.
Mr. Indie Rock 2005 results TK.
Posted at 6:22 PM
Tags: Ashlee Simpson | Avril Lavigne | Björk | Fergie | Gwen Stefani | Jenny Lewis | Joanna Newsom | Kelly Clarkson | Laura Veirs | Lindsay Lohan | Norah Jones | The Cardigans
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someone voted for anyone besides jenny lewis???
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Petra Haden is soooo my current celebrity crush. Although Laura Veirs is a strong emerging challenger.
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RIGGGED i ctrl f'd Emily Haines, who i voted for and got nothing, what. the. fuck?
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Damn, taj, your car goes from 0-RIGGED in about .5sec flat. You can't search for text in graphics, which is where you'll find emily. In the pie chart. With 21% of the total votes. 'WTF?'
Apparently USA Today is wrong about their demographic. People ain't as into da pies as they think.
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Thanks, hahaha uhhh heres some excuses:
(1) My speed reading sucks
(2) didnt see pie chart
(3) I cant pay attention to anything for more then 50seconds
Thanks Jfro, man am i embaresed
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make that 7% of the votes, jfro. look closely and behold 2 different shades of purple.
...
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What the hell? I voted for Trish from Broadcast and I don't see her listed at all! What gives Strereogum?
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Y'all are mental. Do a google image search for Jenny Lewis and then do one for Neko Case. Neko is categorically hotter. For serious. Jenny is like Neko's frumpy wannabe sister.
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I second koto's motion. I voted for Katrina Ford from Celebration, but unless I'm missing something I don't see her on the list.
But hell, putting this together had to be a nightmarish process. I think a few innocent mistakes can be forgiven.
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HOW COULD KORI NOT WIN?!?!?!
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LIZA THORN 4EVER. She will destroy you all.
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I shouted out to Jenny Lewis that I loved her at their final show with Coldplay in Bristow, VA, and she *totally* smiled right at me!
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Todd, you and EVERY stupid indie yuppie in that shitty state. Coldplay sucks and so do you!
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I was all what about Jenny Lewis, I voted for her and I didn't think that anyone else had, so I was looking for her name in the 1 vote list but there she went and won. Awesome!
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though its titled, #1 indie rock hottie, the majority of people seem to have forgotten the Hottie part.
only on a webased poll can a plain-jane like Jenny Lewis get voted as a hottie over someone like Sharin Foo.
i guess ms JL represents the "we like to wear sweaters and look slightly boring" crowd.
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Jenny Lewis is a fox.
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Nothing but the hurricane that is Katrina for me, thanks.
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someone up above said that neko case "is categorically hotter. For serious. Jenny is like Neko's frumpy wannabe sister."'
http://www.rilokiley.net/gallery/albums/shows/2005/0221/022105_09.jpg
read 'em and weep
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cesar seems to have forgotten that le hotness is purely subjective.
don't be a hater, yo.
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Jenny Lewis makes me rethink heterosexuality.
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what totally baffles me is m.i.a. in front of neko case.
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I voted for Jenny Lewis because she was "hot" more of the year, but I'd much rather hang out with Chan Marshall naked.
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that chick jenny lewis is not hot at all.....you guys need to get laid fa real......damn
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dont hate on M.I.A. (although i voted for jenny, mostly 'cos I like her hair...)
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It's okay to vote for Dakota Fanning but not the girls of Smoosh? Creeps.
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Re: Neko vs. Jenny, and Neko winning.
Exhibit a: http://www.zoilus.com/documents/neko3.jpg
Exhibit b: http://www.esquire.com/women/gallery/img/001001_mww_case01_g.jpg
Exhibit c: http://www.liveaustinmusic.com/Graphics/NekoCase2.jpg
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I votes for a hot girl, not a girl that only sings pretty, I guess I forgot to turn my dork switch to ON.
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Surely there's some kinda mistake??? Gemma Hayes with like 6 votes. Cmon people...
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woo jenny! finally something i voted for won
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Only three votes for Kaki?!
What the heck!?
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SHENANIGANS!!! I voted for Feist and do not see my vote. Recount.
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If you all had heard and seen Sarah Blasko, she would've got a lot more than two votes.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009NCQ5A/qid=1135311869/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7699454-6090305?n=507846&s=music&v=glance
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lol I can't remember if I voted for Ultragrrrl or not, but that's pretty hilarious lol
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what about lil' kim :-(
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Honestly. Carrie? Corinne. Even after marriage and pregnancy &c.
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Wow. No love for the girls from Nouvelle Vague. Surprising!
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the american apparel girls are out of this world.
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well I guess my girl was # 15. I forgot about MIA. She's hot!
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Neko is way better than Jenny Lewis. regardless, I voted for Annie.
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btw, i'm chocked that Meg White didnt crack the top 10... i mean, how many people even know who the illinoisemakers are? did their friends vote?
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Can't Frou Frou technically be tacked on to all the Imogen Heap votes? Although that wouldn't have allowed her to crack the top 10 anyway. Oh well. If I had caught this early, I would have put my vote on Natasha Bedingfield (at least I'd give her a rear of the year award).
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oh shit, i didnt realize the Illinoisemakers are Sufjan's backup... havent seen him live :P
meh. still, i dont know how a backup singer, or frankly, Emily Haines (very meh) did better than Meg...
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Jenny Lewis is on emogame.
That makes her the hottie of choice heh heh heh.
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omg britney spears....omg
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K, do the male one now
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"Never sue the word hottie." (At least insult our poll with propper grammar!)"
I think you meant SPELLING chumps, not grammar.
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We're still waiting for the male hottie results!
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neko lost to jenny because neko has an ugly dogface. she compensates by showing more skin and posing for better pictures, but this does not make her better looking.
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Xylophone chick in Sufjan Steven's band! 'nuff said!
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WOWWEE ZOWWEE... what a wonderful collection of nervous little pale white girls to choose from. Barf.
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Well Ryan, all except MIA...
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What! No Hsu twins from Exit Clov? They're little and pale, but not white. And they belong on this list.
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Puggy...I'll see your Neko Case, and raise you these Jenny Lewis:
#1: http://www.rilokiley.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-5092
#2: http://www.rilokiley.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-5110
#3: http://www.rilokiley.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-5321
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Ashlee Simpson got 4 votes?
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no liz gibbons from portishead? no sarah cracknell from st. etienne? no dido?
no torrance from the donnas?
ridunkulous
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Girls from Ladytron only got two votes, which shocks and amazes, esp. considering: www.visi.com/fall/discog/pics/ladytron%20big.jpg
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Is anyone else depressed now? I'll never get to date ANY of these women (with the possible exception of Bea Arthur).
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I suppose voting for Smoosh is better than voting for Prussian Blue (that neo-nazi girl duo.)
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Sleater-Kinney is a good band. But, hot? I think not.
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the cripple crow scarf chick is joanna newsom i am reasonably sure ? correct me if i'm wrong dudes !
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oh wait, there are two
the one on the right, i mean
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What the hell was that Neko nipple picture taken for? That shot makes her less hot (in the indie sense) to me. I retract my vote for her and respectfully switch to Sharon Foo.
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here is a pic of the # 5 hottest babe in indie rock
http://chartattack.com/DAMN/2005/06/2810.cfm
now we can see the power of stylist approved photos
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Jenny Lewis also won Miss Indie Rock back in September
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here: http://banananutrament.blogspot.com/2005/09/cast-your-vote-for-miss-indie-rock.html
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Oh, I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet: JENNY LEWIS IS TOTALLY OLD.
She's just the most stereotypical boring indie rock girl, and maybe the girl with the most recognizable name by idiots. That's why she won. But, I'm a fag so maybe I don't understand the whole "I want to fuck my boyfriend's post-grad student buzzkilling older sister" thing. You know? It's a straight thing.
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weird! leslie feist came in 2nd in both places. must be a high enough sample size:
http://www.blogpoll.com/poll/view_Results.php?poll_id=24717
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It smells like dork in here. Sweaty, desperate dork.
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I am awesome for being the only vote for Erika Wennerstrom (Heartless Bastards).
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DJ Lady Tribe
http://images.google.com/images?q=dj+lady+tribe
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ugh! i missed the chance to vote. tabitha from joy zipper would have received my vote.
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/m2/jun2005/0/4/000D837A-D9A2-12B6-81110C01AC1BF814.jpg
http://www.birmingham101.com/joy%20zipper.JPG
http://www.onetimesone.com/sound/interviews/joyzipper-int.jpg
http://www.new-noise.net/imgs/us_140.jpg
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I voted for Trish from Broadcast as well - that's at least two votes, and no mention of her in the rankings.
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How could anyone not have mentioned Emiliana Torrini?
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Jesse Sykes. How can you forget about Jesse Sykes?!?!?
http://www.jessesykes.com/photos.html
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i get the pleasure of periodically passing Ms. Emily Haines on the street....when she's not on tour...and believe me kiddos...she is even hotter in person...
and i'm happy to see the sufjan xylophone player so high on the list...i guess i'm not the only one who watches her more than mr. stevens at their shows...
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I'm totally gonna listen to Rilo Kiley on the way home from work.
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Feist is a crazy beeyotch. She was really rude to me for no reason, on several occasions. Neko Case hates her too. Therefore, I love Neko Case. GO TEAM NEKO!
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http://www.zachklein.com/hello/298464/400/katrinakerns-2005.08.25-11.58.36.jpg
Having seen her, can there be any arguing at this point? I also like Feist, but I'm kind of turned off by her eye brows.
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Strangely enough, I wore my New Pornographers shirt to work today. I guess you know that it's one more for Neko here.
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yes! my one solitary vote got mara carlyle some well deserved attention!
http://www.johnnypoindexter.co.uk/mara.jpg
she's so fine...
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"neko lost to jenny because neko has an ugly dogface. she compensates by showing more skin and posing for better pictures, but this does not make her better looking."
word up. neko case has a total butterface, and just because she looks and poses like a Suicide Girl doesn't mean she's hot. Besides, have you ever seen Jenny Lewis's tits? They look even better in person.
Chan Marshall(Cat Power) is beautiful though. ANd Katrina Kerns is hottttttt. Neko Case is comparison to all of those is NOT!
(this is all amusing in a pathetic, dorky, indie way)
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Emma Gaze from Electrelane but no Mia Clarke?
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Beth Ditto should have won it all.
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smoosh? perverts.
also jenny lewis > neko.
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I voted for Feist... whoo to her and to a Canadian getting so high on the list.
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Sleater-Kinney are totally hot! Especially when you see them play! No meek swaying and crooning and pretty-girl posturing--just kicking out the serious jams. Literally, kicking.
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no competition
http://www.rilokiley.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=toprated&cat=0&pos=24
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"i get the pleasure of periodically passing Ms. Emily Haines on the street....when she's not on tour...and believe me kiddos...she is even hotter in person..."
Agreed! I met her late last year when working as a production assistant for a music fest. Talk about a sweetheart and extremely gorgeous in person! She's my favorite girl crush.