i cannot stress jenny lewis/rilo kiley enough – she’s both a female songwriter AND pretty country…
check her out, i hope you like her. rilo kiley is her band, but she does stuff on her own too.
i think i’m repeating some of these because i saw them mentioned up there by other people, but here’s a few of my favourites:
hiphop/rap:
-jurassic 5
-p.o.s.
-flobots
-murs
female singers (i just happened to recently make a playlist for a friend who is going through a female singer phase, so this is a long list i’m copying from the one i made for her)
-she & him
-tilly and the wall
-jenny lewis/rilo kiley/jenny lewis & the watson twins
-the pipettes
-azure ray
-yeah yeah yeahs
-white linen
-au revoir simone
-velvet undeground with nico
-vanessa carlton
-uffie
-tsunami bomb/the action design (TB has broken up, but agent m’s new band is action design)
-the ting tings
-lady gaga
-devices by the terrordactyls (kimya dawson of the moldy peaches sings in this one)
-tegan and sara
-the sounds
-the subways
-robots and butterflies (if you’re into paramore-esque bands, they’re really great! they’re from my area)
-regina spektor
-the pierces
-porcelain and the tramps
-natalie portman’s shaved head (<333)
-liza minelli
-lily allen
-katy perry
-jen wood
-jack off jill/scarlet
-gregory and the hawk
-horrorpops
-hello saferide
-april march
-freezepop
-le tigre
-go betty go
-dancehall crashers
-flamboyant bella
-feist
-broken social scene
-cat power
-the cardigans
-camera obscura
-kapiano
-juliett and the licks
-dresden dolls/amanda palmer
-be your own pet (r.i.p!<3)
-bjork