I want to expand my playlist, do you have any recommendations?

Some of my current favorites include Kiki Rockwell, Shara Nova (My Brightest Diamond,) Jesca Hoop, Mirah, Feist and Rising Appalachia.

Edit: There are too many of you to thank individually, so just know my list has expanded drastically and you're all appreciated.

It may not be your thing, but Agnes Obel is one of my favourites. This is one of her best tracks IMO.

https://youtu.be/32kYH6XZrIo?is=H33ZzrvXOAekt0Br

Oh I adore a female led band or group! Most of this is punk or indie

• Bikini Kill
• Amyl and The Sniffers
• Sleater-Kinney
• Brody Dalle
• Deap Valley
• Rezz (this is EDM / goth dance music vibe)
• Mannequin Pussy

I've got more but don't want to drone on haha. I am always down for convos about music!

Are you into alt/goth bands? I've found some you likely haven't heard of

paramore, olivia rodrigo, and avril lavigne are my faves :)

Sneaker Pimps

Oh I have a track of theirs in my "liked" list! I'll have to dive into more of their stuff :)

Pop punk is such a fun vibe

Jinjer

Arch Enemy

Crypta

Cage Fight

Absolutely, I'm into all genres.

Added to my list. I loved it, thank you.

I fogot about paramore, thanks for reminding me.

I already have a few of these, I'm looking forward to trying the rest, thanks!

I haven't heard of any of these. Super looking forward to some new music. By all means, list more!

Oh I think you'll particularly enjoy Amyl and The Sniffers. That's where I would start :)

Here are some more from my archives:

• Wet Leg
• Panic Shack
• Grandma's House
• Karen Dio
• The Regrettes
• Courtney Barnett
• Diet Cig
• Skating Polly
• Bratmobile
• Dream Nails (I love their song "Vagina Police" the most)

This isn't going to be super strongly thematic or focused on a specific genre, but here's what I've been listening to lately.

Bands will be listed, along with the specific album I've been listening to in parenthesis, in case you need a place to start.

• Hop Along (Bark Your Head Off, Dog)
• The Beths (Jump Rope Gazers)
• Ekko Astral (Quartz EP)
• Gezebelle Gaburgably (The Freezer)
• No Vacation (Phasing)
• Sussanah Joffe (Your Mother's Name)

If you like Paramore you may want to check out Hayley Williams' solo work as well. I enjoyed her album from last year, "Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party."

Lady! You’re making me fall in love with you all over again (in a total platonic way) lol

All those bands kick so much fucking ass and Vagina Police rocks so hard, one of my favorites. I’ve heard a few of the ones on your list, but I’ll be making notes of others so I can set them up on my mp3 player.

Also, for OP, there is an Apple Music playlist called Riot Grrl that has some really good women’s punk bands. Quite a few that the lovely Velma listed are on it, but a few others too. If you don’t have access, I can see about writing down the band names for you.

Aww, definitely going to bookmark this thread.

I've completely fallen for Chelsea Wolfe last year. Also enjoying Portishead, Darkher and Emma Ruth Rundle a lot lately.

Oh yes, I am melancholic occasionally, how did you know?

Edit: Eeeeeek, Kiki Rockwell is soooo cool!

How do you feel about metal?

• Nightwish
• Delain
• Epica
• Within Temptation
• Xandria
• Arch Enemy
• Jinjer
• Spiritbox
• Crypta
• Frantic Amber
• Otep
• Cellar Darling
• In This Moment

And a few other assorted genres

• The Vincent Black Shadow
• Beach Bunny
• Elle King
• Halestorm
• The Pretty Reckless

The amount of times I've yell-sung at the top of my lungs "V A G I N AAAA P O L I C EEEEE" is almost embarrassing to admit hahaha

Riot grrrl music changed my life as a teenager! I love that you know most of these bands, too, you're so freaking COOL hahaha

Thanks for bringing some metal to the party!!

Some of these you likely know. Try Poppy, Emily Jeffri, melancholic crossroads, Deliah Bon and Lauren Saunderson and Dana Jean Pheonix. Be aware Deliah Bon most famous song is about rape so it may be triggering.

Not quite as folk / acoustic than what you listed, but here are some albums that you could like (I guess 😁) :

• choke enough by oklou
• Lullabies by Camilla Sparksss
• Been Here and Gone by Thalia Zedek Band
• 2009 by Nalan (slimgirl fat)

some electronic:
Lords of Acid (F/M leads)
Bjork is lovely of course
Michelle Adamson
Kate Bush
Laurie Spigel
Valentina Moretti
Janelle Monae
D. Tiffany
Maiia303
Ellen Allien
thought of a few more :)

Hell yes, I forgot some of these from my metal phase, thanks for helping me rediscover old favourites.

A Sound Of Thunder, Platinum Elite, Unleash The Archers, Graveshadow, Solas

more metal:

• Ruby the Hatchet
• Messa
• Windhand
• Castle Rat
• Year of the Cobra
• Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard

math rock:

• Covet/Yvette Young
• Stereosity

Against Me, but honestly, I have only really listened to one of their songs called Crash. It's on my happy playlist because it's goofy af and improves my mood. Maybe all their other songs suck, I dunno, but Crash is fun.

Fever Ray is pretty cool. She makes some pretty dark and weird music with bizarre music videos, dude xD I dig it.

MØ's old stuff is great. I think she became a little too poppy and generic over the years, but her early works are great. Strange, fun and to me some of her songs evoke this weird nostalgia that I can't quite place.

Ray Dee Oh was a Danish duo in the 80s that made a lot of fun and cool music. I listen to them sometimes.

Heart was an old 70s band that made a toooooon of awesome music. Magic Man is probably their most famous song, I think?

Heilung has a really cool female singer. Also a weird band where the band members wear antlers and dress like prehistoric deities.

Under Byen - another weird band. They're Danish and made weird music. I don't know if they're still around today, but look up Samme Stof som Stof and see if the music tickles your fancy.

Mélanie Laurent has some cute songs I listen to sometimes. Kiss and Fin are my favs of hers.

Tash Sultana, I highly recommend if you are into funky music. She became famous for a video she did in her mom's living room, called Jungle. It's really cool.

Zheani also makes some weird music. She's mostly known for being a fan of Die Antwoord and a victim of Ninja's. Some people believe her, some people don't. I always believed her. And well, doesn't hurt that her music is pretty good.

There are plenty more, but these were some of the bands/artists of the female persuasion that I enjoy listening to, and yes, I like weird music and you should be grateful that I didn't start dragging you down the rabbit hole of Bulgarian women's choir teaming up with tradtional Mongolian throat singing band and all that shit. That album is called Fly Fly My Sadness, btw, and it slaps.

I listen to gregorian chants. If you know any great female mongolian throat singers, I want to hear about it.

Yay, you're a weirdo like me!

I haven't come across any Mongolian female throat singers, but if you are curious about inuit throat singing, you will be in luck. I think it's especially Canadian inuit who have this thing that I forget the name of, but it's where two women will throatsing to each other and try and match each other's rhythm as they go faster and faster.

It's very different from Mongolian throat singing, and if you have already been down the throat singing rabbit hole, I know you have heard inuit throat singing too! But yeah, it's fun stuff. I managed to find some super old recordings at some point of both men and women who sing and throatsing. I think those were from Greenland, but it's been awhile so I dunno where those are anymore xD

• The Warning: an all women rock band. I like their latest album a lot
• Linkin Park has released an album 2 years ago with a new vocalist and she kicks ass, she was in a band called Dead Sara before
• Lari Basilio: guitariste, no vocals.

I haven't gone too far down the rabbit hole so much as I've heard it and liked it. I'm Canadian Metís so I've heard inuit and other styles of indigenous singing at gatherings. If you like that stuff you'd probably love a track called "I Hope You Know" by Supaman/Ashley Hall.

If you know any good names, throw them at me. I always forget to look these people up when I see them.

I’ve heard some concerning things about the new Linkin Park singer. Namely her involvement with Danny Masterson and Scientology. Has there been any good updates on those scandals from when she was first announced?

Bro, same. I just eat all the music and tend to forget to note down names which has bitten me in the butt so many times Dx when I have a minute to think clearly, I'll try and go through my millions of playlists and see if I can find something fun/cool where names are attached 😂

I'll check out "I Hope You Know"! I'm always happy to munch on new music! Thank you for the recommendation!

Try some Japanese music!

• Ado
• Yorushika
• yama
• Polkadot Stingray
• Zutomayo
• YOASOBI
• Ryushen
• Kessoku Band
• Sangatsu no Phantasia
• NakamuraEmi
• Regallily

She denounced her own support of the dude as something she regretted and said she supported the victims. As for Scientology, she has never addressed it publically and judging by the way things work in Scientology, I'm happy to give her a pass on that one. They're not a forgiving bunch, let's just say.

The biggest turn-off for me was the Danny Masterson support. Thanks for letting me know she's distanced herself from that!

(Not all bands are always female vocals)
-Indy/punk-
Pity sex,
Tigers jaw,
Lemuria,
Hop along,
War on women,
G.L.O.S.S,
The last dinner party,
Expert timing,

-Pop-
Wild ones,
The beaches

-Ska-
Dance hall crashers,
Save Farris

That’s all i can come up with for now, I’m sure I’m forgetting a bunch. Usually you only need a few bands to find more of a sound you like. (Edit:formatting)

Appalachian Terrir Unit is a crust punk band that fucking rules and has a woman on vocals

Great recommendations. Add in some Butcher Babe, Diamante, Sirenia, Lacuna Coil, Elysion, and Dead Posey, and it looks like my standard playlists :P

Here's a mix of some ones I found recently:

• South arcade
• Honey Revenge
• Blame Me!
• Davvn
• Au/Ra
• Good Boy Daisy
• Instant Crush
• Stitched Up Heart
• Meet Me @ the Alter

More:

• Yours Truly
• Stand Atlantic
• Stela Cole

Hop Along - Tibetan Pop Stars is one of my very favorite songs of all time <3

I would say they have a very unique sound. I cant remember if i got to see them live or not, 10 Years of fest blend together.

• Halestorm
• The Pretty Reckless
• Feminazgûl (atmospheric black metal)
• New Year's Day
• In This Moment
• DIAMANTE
• Smackbound
• First to Eleven
• Kalafina (Japanese metal)
• The Warning
• The Nearly Deads
• Cheap Perfume
• She/Her/Hers
• Mischief Brew
• Beyond the Black

The Cranberries

Amy Macdonald

Off the top of my head since Im not at home, in no particular order:

Deathbyromy
Vukovi
Icon for hire
Bludnymph
TRiDENT
Halflives
Demondice
Alt blk era
Sophie powers
Lilisthatyou
FKA rayne
Ennaria
Vana
Mothica
Zand
Bodyimage

Im definitely forgetting some that i really like, but i almost exclusively listen to women lead vocals. Feels wrong to say but its what i enjoy.

i almost exclusively listen to women lead vocals.

Just wanted to say you aren't alone! No shame in enjoying what you enjoy

I haven't heard of many of these, I'm going to poke around these suggestions for sure. Thanks!

Some indie rock:

• the beths
• ratboys
• beach bunny
• blondshell
• the beaches
• Courtney barnett
• snail mail

I like AViVA and Ado in general, and have liked some of Sasha Alex Sloan's songs (like Matter To You and Hypochondriac).

You just listed most of my go to playlist