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Minauros

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I know there've been threads in the past on this topic - however I have done two forum searches and have yet to find a thread (from this year) about bands and/or just music with female lead vocals? Have any new bands or artists come out within the last year or two?


Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:04 pm
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These are indie rock, through and through, so if that's not your thing, I apologize.

But:

Be Your Own Pet, which was discovered by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth fame, recently released their self-titled debut. The singer is female and is intensely charismatic. Her lyrics are great, the music is loud, all-in-all, fun stuff. Probably going to end up on my year-end top five.

I'm going to assume that you know of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but, if not, check them out.

Also, this is slightly older, The Arcade Fire has two singers, Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. Regine sings on "Haiti" and "In the Backseat," two excellent songs.

Again, sorry if you were looking for something besides indie rock, but, since this is general music and indie rock is what I know, I gave you indie rock.


Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:32 pm
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If you like hardcore, Walls of Jherico is pretty darn good. They're not exactly new, but not many people have heard of them.

Plus in the past couple of years, Lacuna Coil has gotten pretty popular. They are a male and female fronted rock band from Italy.

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I have a couple recommendations who have been around for a while, actually:

Cat Power
Detroit Cobras

They're more Indie and straight up rock (respectively) than anything, but very worth the listen.

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I don't know of too many (good) bands who have female singers who've emerged in the last few years, however, here are a few of different genres that I would recommend...

Goth and related:
Colt
L'Ame Immortelle
45 Grave (you either love or hate Dinah Cancer's vocals though)
Switchblade Symphony
Rasputina
Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerrard's voice is incredible)

Metal:
Arch Enemy (only if you like extreme metal though, Angela Gossow actually sounds like a man :p )
Lacuna Coil, as already mentioned
Nightwish

Other:
Dresden Dolls
Garbage

Good luck!

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Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:23 am
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That I can think of right now:

Lacuna Coil - Gothic Metal, Italy
Dead Can Dance - World/Folk music, England
The Birthday Massacre - Gothic/Synth/Prog rock, Canada
Nightwish - Gothic/Symphonic Metal, Don't know
Switchblade Symphony - Darkwave, US

Only other bands I can think of that have female vocals from time to time but aren't really female fronted, but they are Blutengel (Germany), and God Module (Canada)

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Apart from the ones covered:
Collide
Leave's Eye's
Jack Of Jill
Kittie
Within Temptation
Tsunami Bomb
Flowing Tears
No Doubt
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Zeta Bytes
Velvet Chain
Bif Naked
After Forever
Cardigans
Aqua
Theatre of Tragedy
The Gathering
One of the Girls from The Cruxshadows does her own stuff
Swarf
The 5.6.7.8s
Tapping the Vein
Scarling
Moloko
Goldfrapp
Lunarclick
Lullacry
Letters to Cleo
Ladytron
K's Choice
KidneyThieves
Catatonia
Faith and the Muse
Inkubus Sukkubus
Flesh Field (Sometimes)
Elastica
Deee-lite
Basement Jaxx

If I think of any more i'll add 'em.

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Nil

A progressive art rock band from France...

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I'll just add a few more, all the other ones I wanted to put down have already been mentioned.

The Distillers
Zombina and the Skeletones
The Creatures (Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie's post-Banshees project)
Horrorpops
Evanescence

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Bjork.

I'm really suprised that their isn't a post with her name in it. But I would get her album Debut.


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Hope this can help at least a little. It really depends on what music your into. I really can't think of any brand new bands besides some of the ones that have already been listed, but some good bands with female lead singers are :

Johnny Hollow

http://www.johnnyhollow.com/

Autumn's Grey Solace

http://www.myspace.com/autumnsgreysolace

Claire Voyant

http://www.myspace.com/ClaireVoyant

Lycia

http://www.myspace.com/lycia

The Shroud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shroud


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Queen Adreena

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My Ruin are amazing. And I've recently discovered Betty Curse, they rock!

Other bands...
Within Temptation
The Birthday Massacre
Epica
HorrorPops
Scarling
Pornorphans
Arch Enemy
Jack Off Jill
Lacuna Coil
After Forever
Vanilla Ninja
Kittie
Nightwish
Evanescence
Saving Jane
Paramore

Hope I helped :D


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Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:36 am
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Are you looking for a specific genre of music? I have a smattering of female-fronted groups off the top of my head not yet mentioned, and the genres are pretty diverse:

Janice Joplin
Joan Jett & the Hearbreakers
Blondie
Concrete Blonde
The Start
Hungry Lucy
Mono
The Cocteau Twins
Throwing Muses
The Cranberries
The Sundays
The Slits
X-Ray Spex
Nina Hagen
The Swans
Le Tigre
Sleater-Kinney

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(BlackLaceKiss wrote:
~BLK, who is very surprised at himself for posting in this thread...being strictly anti-gender

I'm not sure what the hell that means, but it sounds like you're reading more into "female vocals" than is meant. Perhaps the reason the OP wanted female vocals is due to the *sound* of the treble voice, rather than having anything to do with gender.

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