Years ago, I knew a guy who declared he didn’t like female rock bands. They just weren’t as good as dudes, he said. Pity him. There are so many great women-led bands with new albums this year, I can make an argument for the year’s overall top 10 just restricting to the female groups.
Sure, it’s only mid-July but here’s the year’s 10 best albums that happen to be fronted by women.
1. St. Vincent – St. Vincent.
2. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness.
3. EMA– The Future’s Void.
4. Dum Dum Girls – Too True.
5. Neneh Cherry – Blank Project.
6. La Sera – Hour of the Dawn.
7. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There.
8. Cherry Glazerr – Haxel Princess.
9. Cold Beat – Over Me.
10. Courtney Barnett – The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (U.S. release).
You can check out Neneh Cherry, Sharon Van Etten, St. Vincent and Dum Dum Girls at Pitchfork fest this weekend.
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