r/spotify • u/Daerini • 23h ago
[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums Need Female-Rock recommendations
Need recommendations please: Rock or similar with female vocalists
My recent likes are: Halestorm, Poppy
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u/Adorable_Mud_1932 22h ago
The Pretty Reckless
Jinjer
Babymetal
Spiritbox
Garbage
Lacuna Coil
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Nightwish
Eluveitie
Plush
Dorothy
Against Me!
Paramore
Nova Twins
Arch Enemy
Evanescence
Flyleaf
Epica
Linkin Park
Amaranthe
Butcher Babies
Nemophila
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u/drumhead098 14h ago
Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, L7, Lunachicks, Cheap Perfume, X Ray Spex, 7 Year Bitch. St. Vincent
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u/Daivian_ 23h ago edited 20h ago
- the pretty reckless.
- paramore.
- Evanescence.
- flyleaf.
- within temptation.
- nightwish.
- Lacuna Coil.
- Linkin Park.
honourable mention (not rock):
- arch enemy.
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u/Zasnyer 20h ago
Spiritbox
Rivals
The Warning
Mothica
Lacuna Coil
Halestorm
LYELL
In this moment
Rain Paris
Conquer Divide
AVIVA
Daisy Grenade
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u/VietCongoRiver 6h ago
MOTHICA MENTIONED!!!
edit: also aviva and rain paris; goated list
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u/Zasnyer 6h ago
My favorite MOTHICA song is NOCTURNAL.
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u/VietCongoRiver 6h ago
mine is sirens (also the first one i heard), but bedtime stories also hit so hard
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u/Pierson230 21h ago
The Warning are my favorite new rock band of the last 10 years.
3 sister band from Mexico, outrageously talented, top tier songwriting.
https://youtu.be/j13uxB6fDvk?si=VbrOBSxb2AO9TSx0
They really shine as a live band:
https://youtu.be/s6b_FgQnXL8?si=llEEqm9wjK5wO_uI
All of them sing, and the drummer sometimes sings lead.
Also, they toured with Halestorm several times. Lzzy Hale gifted a custom Gibson Explorer to Dany (TW’s guitar player and lead singer).
Which is how I discovered The Warning, a couple of years back. Now, I’ve seen them live 3 times and I buy the merch \m/
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u/yeetard_ 20h ago
The Warning, Dead Sara, Ultravlt, Kittie, Amyl and the Sniffers, Mommy Long Legs, X-Ray Spex, Dear Evangeline, new-era Linkin Park
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u/ckalen 19h ago
These guys are just fun for the outfit the lead singer wears
Castle Rat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKmiTwjjHA
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u/PhilG1903 18h ago
Some Aussie suggestions are:
Amyl and the Sniffers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers The Jezebels
Divynals (80s/90s) Killing Heidi (90s/00s) The Superjesus (90s) Magic Dirt (90s) The Baby Animals (90s) The Vamps (60s/70s)
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u/takemebacktoarcadia 12h ago
It's killing me I haven't seen anyone posting Novelists. Their latest album is absolutely crushing, Camille has been smashing it.
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u/TheThrivingest 10h ago edited 9h ago
Thundermother
Juliet and the Licks
The Donnas
Destroy Boys
NOBRO
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u/sofushi 4h ago
I made a ‘female rage’ Spotify playlist filled with women-led rock, metal and punk. Might find something you like there! Poppy and Halestorm are included ;)
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u/Hippadoppaloppa 23h ago
Yonaka
Skunk Anansie
Bambie Thug (they are non binary but have a female "sound")
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u/MutedTutor5172 23h ago
Bands like Spiritbox and Calva Louise are fronted by female vocalists, and Kittie is entirely led by women. This playlist mostly has female fronted bands, not all of them, but if you look through it, you’ll definitely find a couple of songs c:
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u/Beanieboru 22h ago
70s rock style - Bobbie Dazzle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP2Eh2kUW0Q
Supported Alice Cooper - good vibe.
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u/Financial_Sky48 22h ago edited 22h ago
https://open.spotify.com/track/718lb5YVO02OA6djbokK1E?si=56Om8Cn-SNWxoc8V4g4IYg
Really nice track, its the first one (oldest) added in here, https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RtcUCeZRciiC7sh8BJHZE?si=h3dahQTcTAW6zuDUkN2Ruw&pi=JWDGMym8TVWDL
Blood red shoes Valeras
Also nice
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u/thelastbeatofmyheart 22h ago
Check out my female vocals playlist. Tons of rock & punk in there https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xkgjrt6YC95bmx1FbtrJ0?si=yz1b-UPdTBKH_1JXf3W0Yg&pi=vjyg49u-Szaqj
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u/Low-Lab8577 15h ago
This is sick! Following this. Should check out my band, x2 female singers in a pop punk band from Boston! https://open.spotify.com/track/7yLhvfKStsaEolGd7zBB1S?si=xM9eI3EFQFaC5Zcx0XT0Mg
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u/StephDos94 21h ago
Fuck the Facts, Funerus, Cretin, Agoraphobic Nosebleed…
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u/MadiMarionberry 15h ago
Fuck the Facts is fucking awesome. Always love it when I find other fans in the wild. I don’t even listen to that much grindcore, but they are great.
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u/DJADFoster 20h ago
Eternal Frequency, Plush, The Warning, Anoxia. Badass female vocalists! Plush & The Warning are all female bands.
This is a link to my female rock bands playlist I made from my radio show - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4peCM3aPQQ5dHHbL069CFA?si=Nzscke5OQBKyVfAczZVA5w&pi=IwQCRTL0Tt-E_
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u/Maximum-Tomatillo743 19h ago
Aimee Mann. Her 3rd album I’m With Stupid is an end to end stone cold classic
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u/UncleToyBox 19h ago
Picking some of the bands that lean more into punk
Skating Polly
Bikini Kill
Panic Shack
L7
Destroy Boys
Lambrini Girls
Shiv and the Carvers
The Bombpops
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u/auri-22 18h ago
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6NpHje0DI1hVrfjdY7OGJu?si=EWqNNWVJSdS7UvCFCy34_Q%0A
bikini kill, the runways, joan jett, patti smith, etc 💗💜🤘
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u/klausbrusselssprouts 17h ago
A few from Denmark 🇩🇰
Baby In Vain (stoner rock)
Nelson Can (Rock with hints of garage)
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u/Mr-DykeChic5469 17h ago
pinkshift! there two other guys but the main singer is a queer woman of color and they're reallyyy good
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u/JustGuez 17h ago
Rory, and the lead singer of Linkin Park was on Dead Sara prior to this. Both sound really good.
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u/gjmaiden 17h ago
Maybe you'll like CleanStream
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gBXiZs8XxBlaQUcyR4bWf?si=8QA6KT6zTAm9GpdZ3QzCOg
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u/Pikawoohoo 17h ago
Rock
Violent Vira
Linkin Park
Meg Myers
Indie Rock
Metric
The Naked And Famous
CHVRCHES
Wolf Alice
Florence + The Machine
Indie & Alternative
Phantogram
Isabel LaRosa
Ari Abdul
Elita
Purity Ring
Sam Short
XYLØ
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u/Cool-Beginning9098 16h ago
Several with good 2025 albums:
Wet Leg
Blondeshell
HAIM
King Princess (album out in a few days but her last one was great)
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u/Gascoigneous 16h ago
If you like covers, I enjoy First to Eleven. I listen to their cover of Poker Face more than Lady Gaga's original
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u/akirafangshen 16h ago
Blues Pills is the totally the go-to: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5dbhucEeefL6aD02F3S7YC?si=YDKkOdpYQcShMdRbVDUOGw
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u/GREGLIONS 16h ago
Chrissy Hynde, Annie Lenox, Sheryl Crow to name a few of my very favorites. Oh Maria Muldaur and Dolly Parton too
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u/drglass85 16h ago
war on women Fea bad cop bad cop go betty go fabulous disaster pat benatar alanis morissette the muffs the bomb pops not on tour being jane lane the donnas
garbage the gits babes in toyland bikini kill
jack off jill hightime child birth kleveland rews a pretty mess
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u/horrormetal 16h ago
Castle
Concrete Blonde
Blues Pills
The Devil's Blood, Molassess, Gott (same singer)
Jess And The Ancient Ones
Dool
Purson
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u/tecmobowlchamp 15h ago edited 15h ago
Band-Maid
Nemophila
Gacharic Spin
Lovebites
Aldious
Fate Gear
Dogma
Butcher Babies
Voice of Baceprot
Dorothy
Hanabie
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u/Ponchyan 14h ago edited 14h ago
- BAND-MAID, Shambles (Live) — https://youtu.be/RmFYjTJRrQM?si=ruyxi6aNrPWdItBO
- LOVEBITES, Holy War (Live) — https://youtu.be/bgAxpEpEcno
- NEMOPHILA, OIRAN (Live) — https://youtu.be/5qABnfChpbk?si=aNnhJrmNJbYJsRSg
- HAGANE, HeroTime — https://youtu.be/-uIGtQNesx0?si=4IWpYdhm-DHoKb75
- HANABIE, Spicy Queen — https://youtu.be/dcKxYScvUsU?si=m2Gvz3rdpedycWtq
- NEK!, Maze (Live) — https://youtu.be/aylfQ09sa4I?si=_QFzRSGaFca37PQg
- UNLUCKY MORPHEOUS, Black Pentagram (Live) — https://youtu.be/RUiRlUGMTwY?si=7Fydrb_fJKs-vfTD
- TRIDENT, Ambivalent — https://youtu.be/yGwWnOSvh5A?si=25H9Uum28LmwsRhIn
- KOIAI,A New Picture — https://youtu.be/rX6SP5bQZH8?si=5QsJ-vUaK0XpyKoC
- EAST OF EDEN
- MARY’S BLOOD, Marionette — https://youtu.be/MLM2unV0kwU
- SHOW-YA, GENKAI LOVERS (Live TV) — https://youtu.be/SOW0Lv_9NRA?si=xJNZK6WJJoDMr67X
- GACHARIC SPIN, I wish I — https://youtu.be/-R6Nrr_omjE?si=97fHAdj_HSU5PAtB
- DOLL$BOXX, Take My Chance — https://youtu.be/mu2z4Uf9Tgc?si=huwPTwPBNHNNnsLe
- GALMET, Promised Dawn — https://youtu.be/PnvrOLeRt-I?si=KAWxm_4B4_dM8hei
- VALKYRIE ZERO, Amakusa Riot — https://youtu.be/Auypjj4pazM?si=ijh1nRRvApSKmxc-
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u/Few-Adeptness9750 14h ago
Pretty Girls Make Graves, First Aid Kit, Sleater Kinney, Wild Flag, Alvvays, Donora, Land of Talk, Palomar, Fazerdaze, La Luz, Beach Bunny, Free Refills, Tsunami Bomb, Tired Lion, Mary Timony, Girl Friday, Tegan and Sara
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u/TragicalExpress 14h ago
Female Fronted Rock - 5+ hours of rock/alt/metal with all women as lead vocalists.
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u/obi_g 13h ago
Arxx - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1pQ8qfxpuRJKEUFPGrf6Uc?si=AvxU_tPpTtubrQFACR51kg
Katy J Pearson - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xBsaFua2lgAUlNv8Yh0nQ?si=0B2dWEQXTqaGADJjXvzong
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KrgUUwoRQ6OQp4IOmqnSF?si=EN0rPrt_TNONGlVpcOVppg
Nova Twins - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7I95CM75shzCjHuTzrepjM?si=h9Ob4rlbSc2lPC1VBok64A
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u/dandydand 13h ago
Say no more. I have a few playlists themed around this. None are much like Halestorm or Poppy, but you might dig 'em all the same.
Avril Invented Punk
Originally created to poke fun at the gate-keeping punk community, I actually genuinely enjoy this collection of poppy aughts "punk" themed around Avril Lavigne.
Cruella's Burn Book
Scathing riffs and vindictive punk for vengeful vixens by women who rock (late '70s or early '80s).
The Rick Mitchell Special: A Mitchells vs. the Machines Playlist
If you've seen the movie, this is a playlist designed to feel like a cross-country road trip mix made by Katie Mitchell. Not the soundtrack, but rather a playlist built around the movie's inclusion of Bangs' "I Want More." (Almost) all female artists (there might be one or two tracks with male vocals).
Asian American Women of Indie Rock
As described, great bands fronted by talented AAPI women (mostly in the "indie" vein). Unfortunately (but understandably), missing Deerhoof.
The '90s Were Female vol. 2
A collection of alternative rock from women in the 1990s (the first volume that I made was more alternative/pop).
Alternative Queens
While this is in more of the "trip-hop" vein, here is a playlist of PJ Harvey, Bjork, Tori Amos, and similar artists of that era.
I would also recommend Snõõper, a weirdo female-fronted "Egg Punk" band from Nashville.
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u/Royal_Rough_3945 13h ago
Straight-line stitch Otep In this moment September mourning Butcher babies Kittie Dark Princess Lacuna coil Jinjer
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u/CardiologistFun3507 13h ago
L7 Babes in Toyland Bikini kill The distillers Spinerette Amyl and the sniffers
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u/Mashymere 12h ago
Kalidia! I'd recommend Circe's Spell as a first song to get acquainted with them. The group is Italian but sings in English, so it does come through at times that English isn't their first or main language.
The main singer is a woman and she has an amazing voice. Hope you give them a listen and enjoy!
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u/Impossible-Agent-318 12h ago
White Lung and Estrons don’t get nearly enough love in these threads. Both are long gone and definitely had more of an underground edge, but they’re absolutely worth your time.
Also, pretty much anything Brody Dalle touched is gold. The Distillers get mentioned a lot, but her solo work is seriously underrated.
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u/jedrevolutia 12h ago edited 12h ago
My current favorites from the current generation are:
Kelsy Karter & The Heroines
Thundermother
Dorothy
Royale Lynn
The Buoys
The Warning
Shego
Sershen&Zaritskaya (also known as NOAPOLOGY)
Emerson Day
Sunflower Bean
Halestorm
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
The Pretty Reckless
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u/Showfire 11h ago
Duchess Says - start with their Anthologie... Album. High energy punk. They call it Moog Rock and the synth gives it a real aggressive, unique sound. It's not pop punk.
Hole - I like their first 2 albums best.
Meg Meyers
Myrkur
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner album. Metal with a sci fi flavor. I highly recommend.
Evanescence - Thoughtless. It's an awesome Korn cover.
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u/nfurnoh 11h ago
Playlist still in progress.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2UBbQvfylXwk4hmrSzomEf?si=Zwp1dLegSAWzd37LmBnH0A&pi=UGEiC44MS7-rz
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u/Smiteman2020 11h ago
Sunflower Bean
Wolf Alice
Twen
Suki Waterhouse (moreso pop)
Snail Mail
Blondie
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u/TescoBrandJewels 9h ago
evanescence
paramore
the pretty reckless
maggie lindemann
latest halsey album
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u/fduniho 9h ago
Picked from my top artists on Last.fm in descending order:
- Heather Nova
- Vienna Teng
- t.A.T.u.
- Tori Amos
- Björk
- Aurora
- Renaissance
- Marié Digby
- October Project
- Agnes Milewski
- Bel Canto
- Jorane
- Violet Orlandi
- Jewel (at least when she's not doing country)
- Of Monsters and Men
- Halocene
- The Cranberries
- Clean Bandit (with selected guest singers)
- Envy of None
- Emm Gryner
- White Willow
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u/Heavy-Equivalent1763 8h ago
EVANESCENCEEVANESCENCEEVANESCENCE evanescence, Hole, Halestorm, Evanescence, In This Moment, Paramore, Evanescence, Jack Off Jill, Picture Me Broken, Flyleaf, Evanescence :)
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u/VietCongoRiver 6h ago
If you like covers, halocene, the animal in me, rain paris, and sershen&zaritskaya
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u/and-meggy-hash 6h ago
A buddy of mine introduced me to a band called Doll Skin and I love them!! They give me big early 2000s rock energy
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u/Hot_Direction6627 6h ago
Detroit cobras
Deadline
Mommy Long legs
Bleached
Bobbyteens
The Donnas
Hillbilly Moon Explosion
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u/letthatonemarinate81 5h ago
A few not mentioned:
Amira Elfeky
Daedric
Dying Wish (if you like harder stuff)
Face Yourself (if you like deathcore)
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u/DoubleDutchess117 4h ago
if you like Halestorm then you should definitely check out The Warning! I recommend The Letter Black and The Material too.
similar to recent Poppy sound: Spiritbox, Conquer Divide, Ankor, Eyes Set To Kill, Dream State, As Everything Unfolds
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u/Ubiquitous21- 4h ago
Bleached
Tancred
Yawners
The Regrettes
Cayetana
Bad Moves
The Beths
Beach Bunny
Swearin’
Charly Bliss
Momma
Gladie
Ratboys
Shit Present
Rocket
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u/Stllrckn-72 3h ago edited 3h ago
Pat Benetar
Romeo Void
Cocteau Twins
Ramatam
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions
Laura Veirs
Martha & the Muffins
Lisa Germano
The Slits
Ace of Cups
Ellen McIllwaine
Samantha Fish
Big Brother & the Holding Company
L7
The Donnas
Joan Jett
Heart
Tom Tom Club
Talking Heads
Sonic Youth
The Pixies
The Breeders
Hole
Joy of Cooking
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u/emeliottsthestink 23h ago
PJ Harvey
Mortimer Nyx
Garbage
Wolf Alice
Janis Joplin
Wet Leg
The Cranberries
Jefferson Airplane
The Cranberries
Heart
Shocking Blue
Patti Smith