For your Valentine’s Day listening pleasure I present “Great moments in hot Scottish rock chick history”.
Anything by Camera Obscura (1996-present):
See also: Lloyd I’m Ready to be Heartbroken, Keep it Clean, Tears for Affairs, If Looks Could Kill. I am such a sucker for melancholic indie folk pop.
Clare Grogan in Don’t Talk to Me About Love (1983) by Altered Images:
This video has it all: lingering shots of Rickenbacker guitars, LED level indicators, and an extra pouty Clare Grogan.
Shirley Manson of Garbage @ the Roxy (December 1995):
Garbage was just breaking when my friend Derek took me to see them. Shirley’s smoldering Scottish sex appeal compelled me to buy a Garbage concert T that I wore for an embarrassingly long time.
Spandau Ballet’s To Cut a Long Story Short (1980):
Ok, Spandau Ballet were from London, and they also weren’t technically female, but they made it on the list due to the “extra greasy Tony Hadley in a kilt plus there’s a Rickenbacker” rule.
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man, i fucking love “let’s get out of this country.” it’s my theme song.