For myself, the pinnacle of lovely ladies actually rock n’ rollin’ was Susanna Hoff doing it in The Bangles video for Walk Like an Egyptian. She wielded an axe, she shredded, girated, she kind of had the crazy eyes… and the VH1 Pop-Up video crowd rejoiced. Last week’s music portion of the South by Southwest bruhaha showed us that that Hoff/Debby Harry/Love is a Battlefield Rock goddess sensibility still thunders on.

Here are the candidates from last week’s festival for Sultry Queen of Indie Rock. To be included, you couldn’t just have those enigmatic Rock-stage-ready good looks – or have a threesome of girls in the band named Amber, Haley, and Angel – the music had to be decent too.

Little Boots

Little Boots – fader fort at sxsw 2009 – March 18

Little Boots | Perez Hilton’s Party SXSW Mar. 22

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke at Perez Hilton’s One Night in Austin at SXSW, 03.21.09

The Grates

The Grates SXSW 2009, Mar. 18

Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors @ The Pitchfork Party at Emo’s Jr.

Handsome Furs

The Handsome Furs @ Radio Room

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