Denali (Maura Davis <3) - "Gunner", "Hold Your Breath"

Elysian Fields (Jennifer Charles, who is also in Lovage) - "Live for the Touch", "Narcosmicoma", "Sex, I'm A"(Lovage)

Sleater-Kinney (all 3 of them sing) - "Ironclad", "The Fox"

cat power
stars
camera obscura

The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends

/dares someone to name a better song for lilsols' purpose

Sonic Youth ? (well a bunch of the songs)

[QUOTE=Happymeal]Denali (Maura Davis <3) - "Gunner", "Hold Your Breath"
[/QUOTE]

[b]yes.[/b]

most My Bloody Valentine
some Sonic Youth
some Pixies
Breeders
most Slowdive

but in a band with a female singer myself, before we had our own material we covered Just Like Heaven by the Cure. it sounded awesome. i'd say many songs originally sung by guys sound cool when changed to female vocals. as long as it has a strong melody, so she isn't just wailing in monotone.

PJ Harveys early stuff is pretty rockin'. "Rid Of Me" is produced by Steve Albini.

Ani is one of my favorites, but her way of songwriting is an acquired taste. Personally I think she's amazing. Her songs reflect her personality, and not many songwriters today have that ability.

Another vote for Ani DiFranco here.

Or possibly check out Dot Allison if you're going for a chilled vibe.

that chick that sings for Simple Plan isnt that bad...

Denali
Esthero
Rilo Kiley
the chick from Postal Service
Azure Ray
Tegan and Sara

and the one and only Tori Amos....i just got her covers of "smells like teen spirit" and "losing my religion"

and this chick:
[url]http://www.myspace.com/4thtilmorning[/url]

You may want to check out Sneakerpimps as well, they have a female singer with a beautiful voice, and the music is awesome.

oh man i totally forgot about Sneaker Pimps...haha remember Lucious Jackson??

Besides ones that have been said... Lisa Gerrard?

/shifty eyes

Patti Smith

That's it.

me


i suck at singing but i play guitar :lol:

Iron Maiden. I think "2 Minutes to Midnight" would sound cool with female vocals, and plus they have "Maiden" right in their name there! Think about it!

[QUOTE=YDload]Iron Maiden. I think "2 Minutes to Midnight" would sound cool with female vocals, and plus they have "Maiden" right in their name there! Think about it![/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.theironmaidens.com/[/url]

They don't have 2 Minutes to Midnight on their site though. :-(

[QUOTE=bleep_bloop]cat power
[/QUOTE]
I love her.

Cat Power?

Joni Mitchell is one of the best folk singers ever

cat power
patti smith
pj harvey

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

:-/

[QUOTE=morrissey]On the whole I don't like girl performers. There are the odd expections (like Metric and Stars, both of whom I know you're familiar with) but mostly I avoid girls in music, unless it's pop. I don't even like most of the SY songs where Kim Gordon sings. :\[/QUOTE]

yeh. theyre ok as band members but im not really into girl singers.

Patti
****ing
Smith

It's gotta be the one and only Susie Patten!

[QUOTE=Tapeworm]It's gotta be the one and only Susie Patten![/QUOTE]
Ooohhhhh yeah!

Check out The Pretenders. They were an American new wave band with a female vocalist, Chrissie Hynde. Good stuff.

Also, my avatar is a great female singer :cool:

[QUOTE=morrissey]And I forgot to mention Blondie, I love Blondie. Try "Heart of Glass".[/QUOTE]

I figured you'd like Blondie.

So, a little update, i checked a lot of the bands in this thread and had fun doing so. The girl we're talking about disliked everything and is probably going with Michelle Branch or something. I'd probably just have to play acoustic or something. It's gonna be ghey.

What a sh[size=2]i[/size]tty way for this to turn out!

[QUOTE=JonM]What a sh[size=2]i[/size]tty way for this to turn out![/QUOTE]

A lot of people in the world aren't cool like us Alt/Indie'ers. :(

There's this band called My Precious from...errr...Malaysia I think? Not exactly sure. But they have duelling female vocalists. Pretty awesome stuff.