Can you direct me to girl/women rock and/or pop bands?

Sleigh Bells
Portishead
The Kills

The Runaways.

The Donnas

Dubstar
the Indigo Girls
Sia
the Cocteau Twins…

Bananarama and The Bangles are two suggestions.

Wow…, @Blondesjon and @jonsblond have two computers in the house :-)
Simultaneously replying!
Thanks, by the way!
To all a thank you…, I will listen to all your suggestions!

@rebbel . . . spoiler alert: she’s giving me a handy too . . .

The Breeders
PJ Harvey
Pylon

@rebbel and cooking dinner. talk about multitasking ;)

@Blondesjon Handy being a netbook/smartphone? Or the other handything? ;-)

Veruca Salt
t.A.T.u
Antigone Rising
Splendora

Anna Calvi is new

Lucinda Williams is my favorite of the past 10 years or so

The Pretenders I loved when I was 16,and I still do

Patti Smith Is in a whole different league, she’s a legend

Anything by Lita Ford

Google her she has performed with the greatest rockers around and she can shred on guitar!

Ani Difranco
Liz Phair

@tom_g . . . Last Splash is in my all time top 10. The missus and I were lucky enough to see the girls in the mid-nineties.

Looks like I won’t see my bed the next hours…....
Hope there won’t come a BIG list from @Kardamom to add to all the bands you already gave me.
Well, actually I do hope it!

@Blondesjon – Last Splash is amazing. Envious you got to see them.

And if you just want female lead-singers:

Morningwood
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Garbage
Guano Apes
The Ting Tings

KT Tunstall

Duffy

Lulu

Cass Elliot

Spanky (McFarland) and Our Gang

Astrud Gilberto (Bossa Nova, not rock or pop, but _Fantastic!)

Some of B-52’s songs (the best ones IMO)

Pat Benatar

Fleetwood Mac (half of the songs are by Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie)

Sarah McLachlan

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Patti Smith

Abba (mixture of male and female voices)

The Stone Poneys (with Linda Ronstadt)

Jefferson Airplane

Janis Joplin and The Holding Company

Wilson Phillips

Debbie Gibson

Dusty Springfield

The Carpenters

Whitney Houston

Mariah Carey

Donna Summer

Jewel

Jackie DeShannon

The Supremes

Carly Simon

The Cranberries

Cher

Ten Thousand Maniacs

Sinead O’Connor

Olivia Newton John

Sheryl Crow

Dido

Michelle Branch

Michelle Shocked

Sheena Easton

Kim Carnes

Berlin

The Flying Lizards

@Kardamom Is that all? ;-)

Heart

All Saints

The Corrs

@rebbel I only listed the ones that I actually like. Ooops, I did forget to mention Morcheeba!

Oh, and KT Tunstall

@Kardamom I have some issues with your list, it’s obviously and can’t be complete exhaustive but Debbie Gibson makes your list but not Bonnie Raitt? What’s up with that?

Listen to this live version of Love Me Like a Man and tell me she doesn’t rock and play a damn good guitar.

Tegan and Sara, ya’ll.

@Kardamom You forgot Blondie!!

Kinda cheating, but Kim Gordon kicks ass and provides lead vocals on many of Sonic Youth’s songs.

Also, probably cheating, but Massive Attack’s Teardrop is an amazing song. Elizabeth Fraser from the Cocteau Twins provides vocals.

Linda Ronstadt from the 70’s.

Stevie Nicks

Romeo Void

The girl who sang 99 Red Balloons (1980’s). I forgot her name.

@jca Nena?

@lillycoyote I am embarrassed to admit that I actually like Debbie Gibson’s song Only In My Dreams

I don’t dislike Bonnie Raitt, her voice is just kind of boring to me, kind of like Melissa Ethridge’s voice, although I do acknowledge that Bonnie is fantastic guitar player.

@jaytkay How could I forget Blondie!? D’ooooh!

Believe me now or sexually objectify me later, but here are some that Kardamom didn’t list (º0º):

Vixen.
The Belle Stars.
4 Non Blondes.
Pink.
Luscious Jackson.

@tranquilsea

Yay for The Corrs!
We saw them 3 times on their 2004 tour. Unfortunately Caro didn’t tour with them, so I’m up for seeing them again if Caro joins them.

@Kardamom Don’t be embarrassed about Debbie Gibson, and I apologize. I should have just posted my recommendations without reference to your list. After all, the question is seeking personal recommendations, not personal recommendations that would then be reviewed and approved by lillycoyote.:-) It’s just that the list was so long and a lot of my favorite women weren’t on it, though a lot of them are. Sorry

For @lillycoyote and @Kardamom I have this two women:
Rory Block
Mary Gaultier

Holy fuck! 35 answers, and no one has mentioned the Go-gos?
Also, the 5,6,7 8’s. They were the Japanese group in Kill Bill.

Goldfrapp
A Fine Frenzy
Bic Runga

No Doubt.

- Mazzy Star
– Kristin Hersh
– Cowboy Junkies

@Incoherency_ I love the Corrs.

Babes In Toyland (another band my husband and I got to see thanks to Lollapalooza)

Fugees/Lauryn Hill?

I love the singers who participate in the Lilith Fair—all women—my favorite’s Sarah MacLachlan.

Tracy Chapman hasn’t been mentioned yet.

B-52s, of course.

And if you want to get your country/rock/folk/crossover on a little bit there are or were:

The Dixie Chicks

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Iris Dement1

Iris Dement 2

Shaw Colvin 1

Shawn Colvin 2

Shawn Colvin 3 (for the Brandi Carlie fans)

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Emmylou Harris 1

Emmylou Harris 2

Emmylou Harris 3 (for the Sarah MacLachlan fans)

And just for fun:

And who could forget The GTOs, circa 1969! What they lacked in talent they more than made up for in their groupie skill set, I’m sure.

From Julie Brown Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun and Vague/Party in My Pants

Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara
.....
Okay, I’ve probably made my point.

Also, Feist.
Jenny Lewis.
Rilo Kiley.
The Watson Twins.

Another vote for The Donnas. They may be the only band in the world where I like every single one of their songs (even all the non-single ones on the albums). And they have killer covers of Safety Dance and Kids in America, which I don’t think are on any of their albums.

And the rest are almost all great suggestions. Many jellies have amazing taste in music.

@lillycoyote I knew you were just teasin’ me. Aren’t you glad I didn’t list Tiffany? LOL.

There’s a new bluegrass band named Dehlia Low. If you like bluegrass…..

Canada puts out a Women and Songs compilation CD nearly every year. It is an awesome way to pick up on new talent.

I had a double CD by Reader’s Digest (it was free at a Vagina Monologues event) and it was very good – I googled it because I wanted to buy it as a gift for a friend and I don’t think they make it any more.

Did anybody say “the Carpenters?”

Sarah Harmer’s Don’t Get Your Back Up and Open Window and Basement Apartment. She has a beautiful voice.

Sarah Slean’s Mary and Sweet Ones

Natalie Merchant’s Carnaval and Kind and Generous

Six Pence None The Richer’s Kiss Me

India.Arie’s Video

Diana Krall’s Charmed Life and Cry Me A River. Jazz. She has a rich voice.

Jully Black’s I Travelled

Theresa Sokyrka, I Turned

A Fine Frenzy, Almost Lover A young artist with an amazing voice.

Colbie Caillat, Bubbly

Joni Mitchell, Twisted and Both Sides Now

And, of course, Carol King and iconic singer and songwriter, Tapestry and Smackwater Jack. She has so many great songs…too many to list here.

Natasha Bedingfield. (did I totally screw up that spelling?)