Female alt/punk music recs that nobody asked for (not a complete list just the ones I listen to):
- all girl three piece band (I saw them open for PUP they were amazing live and I have a crush on the guitarist)
- British WOC rock duo, their sound is a mix of punk, grunge, and alternative rap
- Stands for Girls Living Outside Society’s Shit, intersectional feminist hardcore punk band made up of trans and queer women; their lyrics center around gender dysphoria, sexism, racism, and transmisogyny
- all-female punk/garage rock band, riot grrrl
- female-fronted alt/punk band from east oakland
- all-girl grunge pop/alt rock group from Nashville; several of their songs have sapphic themes but I don’t think any of the members are publicly queer (their album deep dream is one of my favorites records of all time and I’m in love with all of them)
- Japanese-born British musician, her style ranges from pop to R&B to nu metal
- black lesbian rock and R&B singer/songwriter, lead singer of Alabama Shakes; her music has contemporary and southern elements, mixture of soul, rock, blues and funk
- all-girl feminist punk trio
- self-described “power emo” alternative girl group from Australia; their song The Opener is about being treated as outsiders the music scene because they’re women
- Japanese female punk rock trio formed in Chiba, Japan in 1999 and still active
- a first generation riot grrrl band formed in the 90s, their music has influences of pop, surf, and garage rock; their music has feminist and political themes
- another one of the original riot grrrl bands, punk/indie girl group formed in 1994
- Korean Jewish indie pop female artist
- WOC pop punk group, signed by Fueled By Ramen, their sound has been compared to paramore
- Latina American singer/songwriter whose music references her Mexican and Salvadoran roots; she became well-known when Barrack Obama put one of her songs on his year end list
- female-fronted American rock band from LA, previously featured Sasami Ashworth as a member but she left in 2018 to pursue a solo career
- alternative rock all-girl group from Washington
- punk/indie girl group made up of sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin
- female-fronted emo/alt band
- American punk rock band formed in LA
- British punk rock group made up of three black women, stephanie Phillips wanted to “start a black feminist punk band after becoming frustrated with the lack of intersectionality in the punk scene”
- London-based riot grrrl band formed in 1993, Indian-American lead singer Anjali Ranadivé now works as an ocean conservationist
- indie rock 2 piece band from scotland
- punk/indie girl group from england
- Asian-American teenage riot grrrl trio formed in California, 1993
- indie rock singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN
- Filipino-American bedroom indie pop
- garage punk rock group from Texas, fronted by a black woman, describes themselves as “femme-punk”
- indie punk rock quartet from Seattle
- female-fronted punk/grunge group from the UK
- feminist activist alt rock group whose music focuses on issues women face like abuse and sexual assault, they strive to “reinvent the role of women”
- female-fronted riot grrrl group formed by step siblings from Oklahoma
- female fronted punk rock band from Philadelphia
- all-female pop punk band from Philadelphia
- female-fronted alternative indie rock band from Sydney, Australia
- Asian-American indie/alternative musician, former member of Cherry Glazerr
- alternative pop singer/songwriter
Indie singer/songwriter from Asheville, NC; openly speaks about depression and anxiety in interviews
Feel free to add any that I missed!
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