Idolator

Is is it some kind of joke that Tegan and Sara are separated by 8 spots?

I'm guessing Natalie Portman made the list based solely on that SNL rap goof, but 42? F that S. Also, Rufus Wainwright should probably be on both lists.

I am actually way more appalled by the Dude Hotties list. WIN BUTLER? Um, no.

This list confirms that:
Indie kids like irony; and
Do a lot of drugs.
Sam Beam, realy???!!!

No love for Teddy Thompson?
Also, Linda Thompson is still the indie queen for me. BTW - Beth Ditto is not a skinny bitch, thank god.

Fuck Feist. She's indie milquetoast personified.

Jens Lekman is adorable, yes, but I don't go for bony and translucent. Jack White has all the features I fall for, but DAMN is Britt Daniel hot live. Despite the shitty venue, douchey crowd, and car trouble, my trip to see Spoon in Philly was saved by his sexy sexy body/voice.

The fact that Thom Yorke is only two spots behind Britt on this list is a little disturbing.

i can't think of a single person in the world less hot than joanna newsom. for christ's sake, i'd rather have sex with ray romano.

And where are Sleater-Kinney? They might not be recording any more, but Carrie's adorable in that Oliver Twist way she has.

I don't know, is your problem with the lack of diversity on the list or in the community in general? The amount of skinny, white girls somehow involved in the indie rock world (since partial involvement is all it seems to take to make this list) vastly outnumbers the amount of woman of color, so it only makes sense that the list would reflect that. Although i am a bit surprised that it's not more dominated by Asian women.

@Rabi: my thoughts exactly. that and; use a better picture of tegan!

I think I stopped constantly developing crushes on random girls at indie rock shows when the era of helmet-head bangs set in a few years ago.

That girl from West Indian Girl is smokin'. She should be top ten, easily.

I need a good cleansing listen to Meatloaf and Kylie Minogue to deal with the images those lists conjured. Barf.

I don't get the ire directed at this list. It's a relatively harmless goof category based as much on celebrity as it is on looks. Yes, there's a standard type. But so what. That happens in literally every cultural subset imaginable. Next big shocker: Mrs. Orange County is blonde.

In fact I take some mild encouragement from the fact that most of the people on this list wouldn't be considered particularly attractive outside the indie rock world. It shows that there's some adjustment for talent and personality, which I would say is a good thing, right?

Also love how you make a plea for a more inclusive concept of female beauty, immediately preceded by a jab at Feist for having "really bad bangs." Classy.

@phalex: Jens is so gorgeous in person, despite the quickly receding hairline. (The fantastic ass more than makes up for it)

But I have to agree -- Brit just exudes> sex appeal, whereas Jens is just "beautiful," if that makes any sense.

also, note th high concentration of redheads
- pale, malnourished, redhead with bad bangs

"Wank-mining"? If there's any mining involved, you're doing it wrong.

@Labtheque: "Brit just exudes> sex appeal"

No doubt!

Ooh, Owen Pallett beats Ed Droste. There'll be some sniping in Butt Magazine that no one will read!

Leslie Feist over Jenny Lewis? I don't think so.

Thank you. This has forced me to make a tough decision that has been looming on the horizon. I am done with indie rock. I saw the shark but I never imagined this indie would jump it this badly.

Bye Bye Indie Rock. LYLAS!

@Labtheque: That hoarse, mercurial quality of Britt's voice is a huge factor. Plus he's awesomely tall.

@phalex: I see that the gushy tone of my comments makes it obvious I came over here from the cross-post on Jezebel. Har.

If you don't think this list is good....I don't know what to tell you. M.I.A. ain't got on business being in that list though. And way to go on finding the only poor picture of Neko Case!

(looks at the filename for the picture)

Oh, I see what you did there, Idolator...

No Beth Orton? I call shenanigans.

Based on the women I've seen in person, it would have to be

1. Jenny Lewis
2. Neko Case
3. Sharon Jones

Now hold on a second: Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke but no Ed O'Brien? Everyone knows he's the hot one in that band!

this list makes me hate music. and sex. and humanity. although i still love lists, go figure.

@Iamthegamer: I see you like Radiohead, waifish women, and you think Quentin Tarantino is cool. You're a real groovy boy, I'd like to strap you on sometime.

And yes, I'm a homosexual quoting "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls."

Feist is one of those people, like Scarlett Johannson and Sarah Jessica Parker, who manages to dress and accessorize in a way that you are misdirected from the fact that she is not only not hot, but not even interesting-hot. And then it's perpetrated by the media.

Jenny Lewis is a goddess. Blake Sennett is a bug-eyed Conor Oberst wannabe...do not want.

And she's so indie I saw her perform on the FUCKING TODAY SHOW this morning, kicking it with such indie luminaries as Matt Lauer, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker.

@phalex: Yeah, really not seeing it with Thom Yorke. But then again,I don't really get Radiohead, either. Yeah, I know I'm in the minority.

Really, I know.

On the other hand, isn't it kind of an awesome world we live in when Colin Meloy ranks higher than Brandon Flowers' guyliner and hipster 'stache?

jenny lewis and emily haines are hot in person.

Damn those Stereogum readers! How dare they not take into consideration the full range of issues pertaining to multiculturalism, racial egalitarianism, and hairstyle diversity when voting on something as important as the Top 50 Hottest Indie Rockers of 2007?

M.I.A., by the way, is smokin'. That hot pink jumpsuit she wears? Yowza.

@Nicolars: win is a dark horse candidate for a hot list, but after seeing arcade fire at randalls island in oct., i can see the appeal. it's something about his intense voice, the tall/dark combo, and that vaguely amish getup.

@CoachHogan: How about taking fugness into consideration?

Wah wah wah. Beth Ditto is on there, isn't she?

@avoncobra: I feel you, but where was your righteous indignation last year? Or the year before? The smart play is just to ignore Stereogum and pretend it and especially its commenters don't exist.

@Rabi: Maybe they figured the joint votes gave them too much of an edge in the past? Tegan got more votes in 2005 too. I wonder whether it's actual preference on the part of the voters or just that her name comes before Sara's on the records.

@CoachHogan: Well, they never take any of it into account ever. It just happens to be pretty obvious and egregious here.

This is honestly some of the stupidest shit I've ever seen in my entire life.

Fuck Stereogum. Fuck it right in the ear.

Feist looks like Heidi Fleiss. Gross.

There are several cuties on the list (Jenny, Neko, Kate N.), but I don't think most of them are hot. That's irony for you.

@pissy elliott:What a startling fine summation. Unfortunately, I'll have to pass, good sir.

I agree it's a pretty typically lame hipster crush list. Though I'd have to say the bar is pretty low when it comes to female indie rockers. Merely being a female among the usual hispter sausagefest boosts you at least 3-4 points up on the scale. I'm surprised more women don't take advantage of this.

@lastclearchance:

good point. my best answer is that i was probably too lazy or didn't have a blog in the past two years. but retroactively i will condemn those years too.

@bcapirigi: Are you looking at the same Joanna Newsom I am? I met her once and she was stunning, I thought.

Feist, though? It changes each time I see her. I can't decide.

@CoachHogan: Agreed on MIA. Yowza!

Am I really commenting on this? Ugh. I need to get laid.

andrew bird just needs to wise up and marry me.

what a great list of attractive and extremely talented people.

@warriorette: I honestly can't figure out if your comment is facetious.

No idea.

I'm surprised one of the Justice guys didn't make an appearance as the token Dance Act Indie Kids Listen To Want To Bone entry.

@sparkletone: Uffie doesn't count?

Sigh. "Listen to" was supposed to be struck through, but the HTML got stripped, and preview isn't working for me today for some reason, so I couldn't tell that my little joke wasn't going to work.

I'd have totally nominated Daft Punk. Who doesn't want to have sex with a robot?

(The sweaty dude inside the suit... not so much. But the robot? I'd go for it.)

@lastclearchance: I consider my ability to forget about Uffie a defense mechanism more than anything else. So please, enough with the reminding.

@pissy elliott:

but I read BUTT pissy!

@CoachHogan: For reals. Anyone waiting for the Stereogum community to overthrow the patriarchy is going to be waiting a long time.

I'm not sure why you focus so much on the apparent lack of diversity in the female list considering there are at least four women who aren't white in the top 20 of that list while there are only three non white males in that whole list. Also, I'm pretty sure I would put Natalie Portman at the top of any list like this, regardless of whether or not she actually qualifies.

Wow, I spent way too much time thinking about this.

Thom Yorke = every woman's fantasy.

Why didn't they just name everyone? Jesus.

PJ Harvey blows 'em all away. Sure, she's easy on the eyes - by chance I stood next to her at a Go-betweens show at the Mercury Lounge once, and nearly went sterile. But there's nothing to make a boy (or girl) privately mess their jeans like when Polly used to strap on that big guitar while in kick boots and a fur coat back in '92. After that show, I would have dry humped her if she looked like Don Rickles.

Annie Clark! My #1 for the year.

Wow, the only people I find attractive on this entire list are gay! Male or female! Hmm.

Seriously, as with all lists, it's once you get past the top 20 on either one that things get interesting.

so then tell us weeping rich girl!

you love beth ditto or something?

Emily is so much hotter than Feist. Kevin Drew fucked up.

No mention of Pelle Almqvist on the men's list!??

This is the most unfair and idiotic critique of a "hottest" list I've ever seen. There are several women on that list who are not stick thin (Beth Ditto? Amy Millan ain't too waif-like either), and several who are not white. As for the predilection for paleness - what about the insane pressures all other lists of "hottest" women put on us girls to be tan? I happen to like that there are some guys out there who appreciate pale girls with no curves, and it's fine if y'all don't, but it's incredibly rude to mock people as "lame" for being sexually attracted to women who deviate from the traditional norms of hotness (tan, curvy, etc.)

@gregcoff: Really, I needn't have said all of that when I could have just agreed with you. Well said, and much more politely than I said it.

Rachel Cox (Oakley Hall), anyone? Anyone?

Thurston but no Malkmus? Fickle!

@Jfrankparnell: PJ Harvey lover, at least they threw a few brittle bones to us over-35 fetishists. [I mean, the girl from Be Your Own Pet must be 'barely legal.'] At the risk of starting a 'cougar' sub-thread [ugh], let's toast our younger selves, when the likes of Mary Timony and Laura Ballance^ would've been Top 20 shoo-ins. Let's flatter ourselves that we, in turn, are "still gettin' it done"!

^ She started Arcade Fire and Spoon's record label.

P.S. C'mon, it's not like I said Grace Slick or something really sick.

Ew, ew ew. My gorge rises at the mention of Tegan and Sara. I REJECT you, indie world, after taking away too many years of my young life. At least there be some brown people in pop. And white people sounding like them. w00t!

@brownham: She's all right (better a big lady who can work it than like, the anemic, unfortunate hairdo crowd), but Tegan and Sara are fiiiiine. And don't forget Hesta Prynne!

Srlsy, obvs my difficulty in finding a nice young man is that I think that Kele Okerele, Rufus Wainwright, Owen Pallet, Morissey, and Mark Ronson are all way, way more hott than the flimsy young men in the dude top 10 (save Britt Daniel -- natch!)

oooh forgot about Tegan and Sara, tis true.

I'll take kele and Owen, but mark ronson isn't gay, is he?

Don't forget other gay cutie ed droste.

Rufus however does less than nothing for me

Oh how about that girl from the Bastard Fairies? She's trying too hard to get some attention. Its sad when these women sell their bodies to put out a record.
Well if we are gonna discuss this trivial shit..how about the ladies/lady from The Pierces, The Like,
Au Revoir Simone,
Asobi Seksu,Ladytron,Serena-Maneesh and Juliette Lewis??????????????????????????????????????????

Probably the unsexiest shit ever published.

@brownham: I have been waiting for ages to post this on a Gawker site: Mark Ronson's mouth is made for blowjobs. If he digs chicks, I'm a Chinese jet pilot.

Aww. Ed Droste! I forgot about him!

Rufus is, sadly, my platonic ideal of adorableness. Which means I'm gonna be a hard-up spinster FOREVER.