Suggest me some female singers/bands with female singers
 

So, yeah, suggest me some female singers with good/interesting voices.
something along the lines of:
beth gibbons, p.j. harvey, martina topley bird, cat power, sara lov, that girl from elysian fields, that girl from the knife, diamanda galas, carla bozulich, fiona apple, nico, elton john etc.etc. . I'm not searching for any particual style and nothing particularly obscure, just good music.

cibo matto, heavenly, tara jane o'neill

melt-banana, sleater-kinney, fursaxa, stereolab, marianne faithful (gotta pick & choose), joni mitchell, beth orton, b52s, joanna newsom, cesaria evora, meredith monk!, the slits, shonen knife, free kitten (eh, obvious), mazzy star!!

ok i gotta go ack im hungry

ami yoshida

ok, till now the ones I don't know at all are : velocity girl, fursaxa and ami yoshida... thanks for the suggestion guys, keep 'em coming (!@#$%! thanks for your "multiple" effort, guess I should have listed some more I already know in that first post ;) )

mary timony
anything christina billotte or mira billotte (slant 6, quix*o*tic, casual dots, white magic)
mirah
erase errata
kim deal's stuff (breeders, amps)
mika miko
siouxsie and the banshees
be your own pet
les georges leningrad
the fastbacks
the muffs
visqueen
anything with christina carter or heather leigh murray!!! (charalambides, scorces, taurpis tula,)
tam
deerhoof

good call on charalambides.

also marissa nadler and lavender diamond.

ok it's more than enough for now :)

I'll check out charalambides and fursaxa first.

I already have mazzy star's discography and "bavarian fruit..."....thanks! :)

blonde redhead (WHICH I AM SURE YOU ALREADY ROCK TO)
The Spells
P.E.E.

Early Hole.

I love blonde redhead from their first album :) , you're right rob (even if lately I like better the songs sung by amedeo)
Early hole are not my thing...
never heard the spells and P.E.E.
wow, so many things to check out...tujiko noriko is any good?

Metric
The Grates

I'm gonna go ahead and say L7, i don't like them, but no one posted anyhting.

Diamanda Galas
Dionne Warwick
Sandy Denny
Vashti Bunyan
Maria Carta
Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)
Liz Frazer (Cocteau Twins)
Mary Margaret O' Hara
Courtney Love
Alison Shaw(The Cranes)
Gal Costa
Nico
Polystyrene (X-Ray Spex)
Siouxie Sioux (Siouxie And The Banshees)
Deborah Scroggins,Maria Scroggins,Renee Scroggins (ESG)
Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
Mira Calix
Nina Simone
Trisha Keenan (Broadcast)
The Staple Sisters
Neneh Cherry
Kat Bjelland (Babes In Toyland)
The Shangri La' s
The Ronettes
Justine Frischmann (Elastica)
Laetitia Sadler (Stereolab)
Missy Elliot
Mahalia Jackson
Mina
Francoise Hardy
Christina Carter
Lydia Lunch

hell yes! i love their voices

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!!!

i can't recommend fairport convention enough!!!!!! i mean sandy denny era fairport; in fact, anything with sandy denny is highly recommendable.

also, if you dig the folky thing of charalam, fursaxa, etc. check out espers!!!!

Sleater Kinney.

Bardo Pond
Angel'in Heavy Syrup
Fursaxa
Th' Faith Healers
"Cottonwood Hill" by Brainticket
Larkin Grimm

Joanna newsom

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...)

--

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!?!