Because I Can't Sleep

Chris Pureka is little-known and underrated, in my...

2011-02-28T13:54:47.043-05:00

Chris Pureka is little-known and underrated, in my opinion

Diane Birch has Cat Power hair, so I liked her imm...

2010-08-11T23:46:00.837-04:00

Diane Birch has Cat Power hair, so I liked her immediately. Her music is tasty, too. Thanks for the rec!

Thanks for the input, and for reading :) Are you p...

2010-08-10T20:25:23.672-04:00

Thanks for the input, and for reading :) Are you planning to see them?

Tonight's a slow night, I think I'll YouTube Diane Birch.

Nice insight on them, I just discovered them littl...

2010-08-10T19:18:32.059-04:00

Nice insight on them, I just discovered them little over a week ago because they're playing a gig here on the 20th. Hadn't ever heard of this album/ep until now. I'll go check it out!

P.S. You should check Diane Birch sometime, I think you'll quite like her.

Dar Williams - start with As Cool As I Am: http://...

2010-07-20T01:33:00.876-04:00

Dar Williams - start with As Cool As I Am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywZyET3ktY

:)

You guys are all awesome for posting all these fan...

2010-07-19T20:02:53.462-04:00

You guys are all awesome for posting all these fantastic recommendations. I love it when others join me in geeking out to great music.

St. Vincent!

2010-07-19T19:32:15.465-04:00

St. Vincent!

If you like Garbage you'll probably like Curve...

2010-07-19T12:30:31.161-04:00

If you like Garbage you'll probably like Curve; they came first, and Toni Halliday is badass.

Cathy Davey is awesome. So's Charlotte Martin, Lisa Hannigan, Carina Round and Sierra Swan.

So many good recommendations - glad to have come b...

2010-07-18T21:59:19.188-04:00

So many good recommendations - glad to have come back to this thread. And thanks, Olivia, for making it!

Sorry, "Ladyton" above was meant to be &...

2010-07-18T11:36:26.779-04:00

Sorry, "Ladyton" above was meant to be "Ladytron" :]

Hey, I clicked over here from Feministing. I see p...

2010-07-18T11:35:24.412-04:00

Hey, I clicked over here from Feministing. I see people have already mentioned Florence + the Machine, Roisin Murphy and LaRoux, so I'll endorse those suggestions, and here are some more!:

Gossip - front woman: the AWESOME Beth Ditto
Bjork - legendary
CSS - all women except the drummer (I believe), lead singer channels Karen O at times
Duffy - Amy Winehouse-esque without the media circus
Emilie Simon - French, quirky
Esthero - downtempo
Annie Lennox - if you're into 80's then you've gotta give her a shout out :)
GARBAGE! - one of my favorite bands of all time. Shirley Manson is love.
India.Arie - gorgeous
Jan Johnston - vocals on a crapton of trance tracks, if you're into that kind of thing
Ladyton - two female vocalists, electropop/nu-New Wave, KICKASS
Loreena McKennitt - "world" music, with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences, chillout. Incredible voice.
Masha Qrella - downtempo, dreampop
Mazzy Star - frontwoman Hope Sandoval plays several instruments. Also downtempo/alternative
Paula Cole - one of the quintessential voices of the 90's imo
Santigold - making incredible music, un-labelable, really
Silversun Pickups - grunge/alternative rock, female vocalist
Uh Huh Her - all female, indie/electropop

I don't know what kind of music you tend to gravitate toward, but hopefully there's something for you here :)

Thanks so much everybody for all the feedback! I&#...

2010-07-18T03:24:51.613-04:00

Thanks so much everybody for all the feedback! I've already decided I like Sleater-Kinney. I'm going through quite a folk-rock/new-folk/60s phase right now so all of this stuff might seem "softer." But I'm looking forward to looking up a whole bunch of women who are awesome and badass and make incredible music.

Believe it or not Sharikia ( check out her earlie...

2010-07-17T16:06:25.839-04:00

Believe it or not Sharikia ( check out her earlier work pre 2000)
Bebe- Spanish singer check out “Pa mi casa” and she is known a feminist singer
M.IA
las Ultrasonicas- All girl Chilean Punk rock band
Julita Vega- Latin Alterative singer

Natalia Lafourcade
la oreja de van gogh- latin pop/rock
Veronica Maggio
Lila Downs
Bessie smith
Lola Beltran
Yma Sumac
Los Kilpus- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt0SEtOWDtM&feature=related
eydie gorme
Maluca
Toña La Negra- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEiOu70hC0
The Worsties
IO Echo
Billie Holiday
I adored Dresden Dolls but I’m not going to support Amanda work given her current behavior but I still love some of their songs.

Janis Joplin
florence and the machine
SONIA LOPEZ- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDBm1G3NOiw&feature=related
The 5.6.7.8's- all-female Japanese garage rock trio
pasty cline
raveonettes

If you're willing to broaden your horizons int...

2010-07-17T00:06:44.568-04:00

If you're willing to broaden your horizons into metal (or if you already listen to it but just didn't list any singers from metal bands) there are a few good women out there. Deadlock has a good female clean vocalist, and Eyes Set to Kill is decent. For harsher vocals, you could look into Arch Enemy's newer stuff, or Walls of Jericho.

For tamer music, I definitely second the suggestion for La Roux, and add Lights, Regina Spektor, Meg & Dia, Sleigh Bells (which is a little weirder, but still pretty awesome), Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer, and Frou Frou.

I'm hopeful that somewhere in there you'll find something you like!

I can't seem to make an account on Feministing...

2010-07-16T22:18:40.422-04:00

I can't seem to make an account on Feministing, so I'll have to post here. I listen to quite a few female musicians. I'm not sure if you'll like the ones I like and maybe you've already heard some of these, but I'll recommend them anyway.

I'm currently obsessed with Marina & the Diamonds and Emilie Autumn. Bat For Lashes, Florence + the Machine, Ladyhawke, Little Boots, Kerli, and La Roux are also amazing.

Halestorm is pretty underrated rock band that I love. Lzzy Hale has a great strong voice and plays guitar.

Metric is another great band with a female singer. Emily Haines has a lovely unique voice. Be sure to also listen to her solo music that's under the name Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton.

There are many female-fronted metal bands. Some of the more popular ones that I really like are Within Temptation, Nightwish, and Lacuna Coil.

Okay, I think that's all my favorites! :D

Oh, Adam, I totally love Gemma Ray! I don't kn...

2010-07-16T21:41:43.186-04:00

Oh, Adam, I totally love Gemma Ray! I don't know why I left her off.. I haven't listened to her in awhile *opens iTunes."

I'm thinking I should check out Sleater-Kinney first, as I've heard that name tossed around quite a bit when I bring up female musicians. Soon, hopefully, I'll check out all the recommendations! I love finding new music!

Thanks for the feedback! :)

Awesome list. I found a similar thing up until the...

2010-07-16T18:35:29.298-04:00

Awesome list. I found a similar thing up until the last couple of years, that I was listening to a LOT more 'male' music, which I don't have a problem with, but I too wanted to expand my listening. So stuff like Sleater-Kinney and Veruca Salt, and early No Doubt.

But if I could recommend one female musician, it would be Skin, who fronts Skunk Anansie. An amazing band and an amazingly talented woman.

I'm a guy, but I've always appreciated fem...

2010-07-16T15:34:01.143-04:00

I'm a guy, but I've always appreciated female artists. Way back when I was a teen, I liked Tori Amos and Belly (Tanya Donelly) - and have since come to love many other female artists from that era even more: Kristin Hersh, particularly, and then other obvious ones like the women from Bikini Kill, Shonen Knife and Sleater-Kinney. Oh, and Michelle Shocked's "Short Sharp Shocked" album.

More recently I'd recommend people like Gillian Welch and Jolie Holland. And Gemma Ray, and then, the solo work of Beth Gibbons of Portishead is worth checking out, too.

On the rock side, The Pack A.D. are pretty good. And if you can appreciate somewhat new-agey stuff, Jami Sieber is pretty interesting.

People like Roisin Murphy, Goldfrapp and Sarah Cracknell are also good, but I'm uncertain how much a hand they have in their music, vs. how much they may be more in the "diva" category...