So it's International Women's Day, and I started thinking about all the music I love that women have written and/or played. Then I got bored of posting Youtube links to the largely unresponsive world of Twitter, so I thought I'd start up a thread on here.

I haven't really gone for cultural touchstones, just songs that I love. This is pretty much exclusively from the indie rock canon, since that's just the way my tastes run, but I'm sure you delightful lot will broaden it out.

Anyway, here's a few to start:

Des Ark - Ashley's Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG8F8g2t5uo

Land of Talk - It's Okay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53--yTPQNk

Jawbox - Savory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFvz1JQAPgQ

Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUoJ0AA3mU

Rilo Kiley - Spectacular Views http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AHkgWeXwo

Audrey - Big Ships http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOnhYmLK438

Waxahatchee - Bathtub http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BQ9m0kOeo

Autolux - Sugarless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uGt1n3xERo

True Widow - Skull Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82qoobOs1go

I'm at work, so no Spotify, but if someone fancied knocking up a playlist...