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Your Weekly Women to Listen To: Hart, Emily Asen, Goldy Loxx and more

Welcome back from the holidays everybody! I’ve made it one of my New Year’s Resolutions to discover more great new music in order to share it with all of you. I really am just the sweetest. High fives! Let’s get into the music.

File Under: A goddess among women, slow jams forever.

From: London

For Fans Of: 300 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, India Arie, Maxwell, red wine, candlelit dinners, fondue.

Bonus: Sade was ranked number 50 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time,” so that’s gotta mean something right?

File Under: Richly textured folk-pop with fantastic vocals

From: Los Angeles

For Fans Of: Joan As Policewoman, Hope Sandoval, seduction, string instruments, candlelight dinners.

Bonus: Thanks to AE reader mochahappy for the excellent suggestion! My ears are very pleased, especially since Jessie is currently recording a new album, which means more great tuneage in the near future.

File Under: Witty rhyme thrower, challah back girl.

From: Ohio

For Fans Of: Peaches, Princess Superstar, matzo ball soup, Heeb magazine, gold chains, Juicy Couture track suits.

Bonus: Check out her fantastic take on Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind,” “Jew York.

File Under: Indie-folk, pop-Americana, queer empowerment

From: Connecticut

For Fans Of: Daphne Willis, coming-of-age love stories, KT Tunstall, Darr Williams, daisies, flavored water.

Bonus: Emily is out, proud and donating some of the proceeds from her T-shirt sales to the HRC.

File Under: Electro hip-hop, Trish Bendix and I will be dancing to this forever. This is what 2011 is all about.

From: California

For Fans Of: Saturday night dance parties, lime flavored beer (i.e. Miller Chill), Bad Boy Bill, Missy Elliott, Caswell, getting cray.

Bonus: This gal pal packs the heat, her beats are so fly! (Hat Tip to Janay, who is making me look bad because she keeps bringing the hot suggestions.)

File Under: Psychobilly (that’s hardcore Rockabilly for the laywomen)

From: Ontario, Canada

For Fans Of: Mad Marge and the Stonecutters, cult classic slasher films, The Horrorpops, tats and hair grease.

Bonus: The band has kept the singing in the family. When their original lead singer, Jen “Hellcat” Blackwood, left the band after her pregnancy, her singing duties were taken over by her sister, Sarah “Sin” Blackwood.

File Under: Heavy rock and roll

From: South Africa

For Fans Of: Storm Large, Lukas Rossi, P!nk, Alice Cooper, badassery, metal studded belts, Wild Turkey.

Bonus: Besides having a fantastic raw voice, Dilana is also an accomplished actress. Also, it doesn’t hurt that she looks like a combo of Sonya Tayeh and Whitney from The Real L Word.

File Under: Spook-hop, indie pop, psychedelic soft shoe

From: Denmark

For Fans Of: Oh Land, Little Boots, getting lost in order to have to speak to strangers for directions, Saint Etienne, Nelly Furtado, more cowbell.

Bonus: A huge thank you to my lesbro, Scott, for introducing me to them. Here’s a free download of their jam, “The Sun Ain’t Shining No More“.

File Under: Electropop ready for the dancefloors

From: Romania

For Fans Of: Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus’s last album, remixes, camisoles, American Apparel, Paul Van Dyk, Carmen Electra’s Cardio Striptease DVD.

Bonus: Do a Google image search for “Inna singer.” You’re welcome.

File Under: Post-punk soul, afro-beats, speak-sing with a shmear of hummus.

From: Tacoma, Washington

For Fans Of: Early Liz Phair, Mary Timony, belly dancing, Pizzicato Five, looking at world maps.

Bonus: Here’s a free download of the first single off of her new album, “Geisha Means Open-Minded.”

Keep on keepin’ on my friends and I will be back with 10 more female artists for you to check out next week!

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