neko case
jenny lewis and the watson twins
pretty girls make graves
tegan and sara

cat power
bikini kill
peaches
breeders/amps
yeah yeah yeahs
free kitten( of course )
gentle waves/isobel campbell
sandie shaw
les georges leningrads
...theses are just a few i really like, but im forgetting like a thousand more

Propaganda
The Duke Spirit
Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia
Marlene Dietrich
Les Pirates
Danielle Dax
The City Waites

everyone has been pretty much covered in this thread. did anyone metion patti smith? if not check her out.

Bongwater.
Girls Girls Girls

You people know nothing.

COWBOY JUNKIES

Margo Timmins has a voice to charm the hearts from angels.

ah! good call!

Yuma Nora

Thank you! I always figure that, if I mention them enough on here, people might eventually take notice.

that girl from Placebo
Marilyn Manson
anything with Jimmy Somerville

The Creeping Nobodies (mostly male vocals, but the female vocalists have beautiful voices) http://www.myspace.com/thecreepingnobodies ("Treachery" has some female vox)

AIDS Wolf (you probably know 'em already, but...) http://www.myspace.com/aidswolf

Made in Mexico http://www.myspace.com/zodiaczoo

Carla Bozulich (AMAZING) http://www.myspace.com/carlabozulich

Well, what can I say, a "collective" THANK YOU GUYS is enough?
I auto-add to my list Victory At Sea.
already know cowboy junkies, carla bozulich, neko case, joanna newsom,peaches and some others, but I have many others to check out. I'm kinda surprised nobody mentioned porn stars' names till now. And I add Roisin Murphy and that girl from Psapp too.

Another post just to add that i really love you guys. I know it sounds kind of cheesy, but this has been a strange and funny day for me on here, so thanks again. I'm losing my mind :) .What's the name of the girl singing in Boss Hog?

christina martinez = boss hog frontwoman.

christina rosenvinge?
(i though i might add-- im not answering a question-- i just havent heard her cos steve wont put up her mp3s. oh wait...)

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http://www.christinarosenvinge.com/

after an idiotic splash page, AND "click here to enter" , and some offcentered page featuring a chair, you can actually hear her in "music"

fucking flash sites!! so pretty, and so retarded

How about Jessicka Fodera, anyone listened to Scarling? I think its pretty awesome.

Good call on scarling! I love jack off jill too.
The majority of kill rocks stars releases before the year 2000 are awesome, many of which have female singers.
also, mambo taxi, lungleg, bis, tiger trap, sunshine super scum, tsunami etc...

i also like siouxsie's side project, the creatures

Here's quite a variety of different styles-

Bangs
Bastard Fairies
Bikini Kill
Bratmobile
be your own PET (duh)
Daisy Chainsaw
Heavens To Betsy (Corin Tucker's band before Sleater-Kinney)
Imogen Heap
Jack Off Jill/Scarling
Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna side project thing)
Katastrophy Wife (One of Kat Bjelland's many bands)
L7
Le Tigre
Lydia Lunch
Melissa Auf Der Maur (was in Hole and did solo stuff afterwards)
Otep
Patti Smith (duh)
Plasmatics
Queen Adreena (Katie Jane Garside from Daisy Chainsaw's band after DC)
The Raincoats
Regina Spektor
Rose Chronicles (the girl in this band's voice drives me nuts ..in a good way)
The Slits
Sourpuss (Brody Dalle's band before The Distillers)
The Soviettes
Veruca Salt
X
X-Ray Spex
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

If you have any questions about any/want some music from one, just PM me.

holy shit , how can i forget the fucking Slits!?!