Added on January 25, 2012
Lucy
best of 2011 , Bjork , I Break Horses , Icona Pop , Lucy Cage , Lykke Li , Robyn , Sacred Harp , Scandipop , The Knife , Those Dancing Days
Beautiful Things of 2011: Scandipop goddesses
And it was mostly pop. Girls making pop. Very few of the bands I loved this year consisted of four white boys with guitars, although that template has been responsible for some fairly monumental things over the last four or five decades.