# Looking for music recs: bass-heavy, female vocals, alt-rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742 "2011-09-27T04:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/1 "2011-09-27T04:19:48Z")
This is going to sound a bit silly, but I really enjoyed a song that appeared on the most recent episode of the cartoon Adventure Time. Here’s [“I’m Just Your Problem”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1uQkIBTQlc) on Youtube. I can’t stop listening to this and am wondering if anyone has ideas for music that sounds similar. Most of the female-fronted bands I’m aware of are indie folk, pop, or shoegaze, which don’t have this wonderful bass-centric sound. I also love the Marceline character’s voice, and am looking for music with similar vocalists. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/2 "2011-09-27T04:45:36Z")
Does the Pixies’ [Gigantic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0CJqMK6f0&feature=related) do anything for you? ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/3 "2011-09-27T04:59:52Z")
Also [Cannonball](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni28ZeYKeNE&feature=related). Twice the [Deal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56W16EMxi54) at no extra cost. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/4 "2011-09-27T05:05:44Z")
Maybe you will like the song “[Oh Anna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAOwBwAv-g)” by the Microphones? ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/5 "2011-09-27T05:06:54Z")
Yes! Oh man, even at the oddest of hours, the SDMB delivers. I should have thought of the Pixies, but most of the tracks I’ve heard have Black Francis singing lead. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/6 "2011-09-27T05:13:51Z")
Sorry, my above post was meant as a response to **sco3tt** ’s first reply. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/7 "2011-09-27T05:36:11Z")
**The Slits** , “Typical Girls” **The Raincoats** , “Shouting Out Loud” **We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It** , “XX Sex” and of a somewhat funkier nature, _The Tom Tom Club_, “Wordy Rappinghood” All oldies but goodies. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/8 "2011-09-27T05:41:45Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Yes! Oh man, even at the oddest of hours, the SDMB delivers. I should have thought of the Pixies, but most of the tracks I’ve heard have Black Francis singing lead. Eh, I always thought Frank was in touch with his own feminine side too. Go reacquaint yourself with the Pixies. You’ll be a better person for it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/9 "2011-09-27T12:17:36Z")
Probably a bit heavier than you’re after (since that’s generally the reaction I get to any music I listen to) but I love a chance to talk about **Bottom** , an awesome stoner/doom metal band. Here’s [Forever Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6I2G_hkPJM) and a live version of [Got Meth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5h4-Buq7o). Both are loud and prolly NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/10 "2011-09-27T12:36:02Z")
[Portishead?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1jyL3cr60) ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/11 "2011-09-27T13:58:08Z")
How about PJ Harvey? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/12 "2011-09-27T16:16:23Z")
Prog Metal: Lacuna Coil - [Our Truth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB9LXpO6yWo) Rock: Skunk Anansie - [The Skank Heads](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ygHWOcJ8M) Skunk Anansie - [Charlie Big Potato](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEp8yJPjedU) Indie Rock: Bis - [Fight The Power](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1XjSjHMEoY) Bis - [Detour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMQyXVYIJPA) Trance-ish: Hooverphonic - [2Wicky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wobu_4uASfE) Hooverphonic - [Barabas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psKvaz3ctBE) Hooverphonic - [Revolver](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1y9T4d5j2I) (Seriously, this ^ is a fantastic album. It’s one of my favorites in my collection of several thousand albums.) Supreme Beings Of Leisure - [Gold Digger](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA_kEVq8VwU) Supreme Beings Of Leisure - [Last Girl On Earth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-neqv-WHB8) Indie Rock again: Le Tigre - [Deceptacon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHOZwyNilZs) Le Tigre - [Well Well Well](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RvrVcXc2S4) The Muffs - [Really Really Happy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-95YiV82YA) The Muffs - [Don’t Pick On Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVWLkiB80o) Although not at all typical for them, I thought maybe the OP (and others) would enjoy [Attention Please](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm9IYwzEBvY) by Boris (from their new album of the same name). Another bunch from on of my favorite albums: Opal - [Rocket Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MsvHblAC9I) Opal - [Magick Power](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_-6yuBkyyY) Opal - [Happy Nightmare Baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6g1IvcwL5Y) Not many people know about these next three bands, but they fucking rock: Snowpony - [Easy Way Down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndlAwzUTDZk) Snowpony - [Chocolate In The Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odS6nSOmyGc) Snake River Conspiracy - [Breed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt6cpFrOHWU) Snake River Conspiracy - [Somebody Hates You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtl3F6stlx8) Snakefarm - [St. James](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuzrgu55lkA) (hands down the best version of this song I’ve ever heard) Snakefarm - [Rising Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTGIkkxikxI) (another superb take on a classic song) That should take the OP and anyone else a while to get thru; hope y’all enjoy some of it as much as I do. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/13 "2011-09-27T22:09:40Z")
The thread title is the most concise description of L7 that you can come up with. Here’s [Pretend We’re Dead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdlZ2F-fs8). ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/14 "2011-09-27T22:16:09Z")
Missed the edit window: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Probably a bit heavier than you’re after (since that’s generally the reaction I get to any music I listen to) but I love a chance to talk about **Bottom** , an awesome stoner/doom metal band. Here’s [Forever Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6I2G_hkPJM) and a live version of [Got Meth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5h4-Buq7o). Both are loud and prolly NSFW. These guys sound more than a little like early Drain STH, so anyone who likes them might want to check out [Serve The Shame](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUHrVn-To7s). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/15 "2011-09-27T22:20:51Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The thread title is the most concise description of L7 that you can come up with. Here’s [Pretend We’re Dead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdlZ2F-fs8). Indeed, pretty much the whole Riot Grrrrl catalog fits in the OP’s description. I listed The Muffs, but there’s also Babes In Toyland, Bikini Kill, 7 Year Bitch, Lunachicks, Huggy Bear, Sleater-Kinney, The Butchies, and a whole host of other bands from the 90’s and early 2000s that fit the bill. ETA: Oh yeah, and don’t forget [The Distillers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6iKqOMPZTw) and Brody’s new band [Spinnerette](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae23oi9sxYg)! ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/16 "2011-09-27T23:07:41Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Most of the female-fronted bands I’m aware of are indie folk, pop, or shoegaze, which don’t have this wonderful bass-centric sound. I also love the Marceline character’s voice, and am looking for music with similar vocalists. The vocals in that song remind me of some of Poe’s songs. Enjoy [A Rose is a Rose](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poe+a+rose+is+a+rose&aq=f). ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/17 "2011-09-28T00:14:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Probably a bit heavier than you’re after (since that’s generally the reaction I get to any music I listen to) but I love a chance to talk about **Bottom** , an awesome stoner/doom metal band. Here’s [Forever Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6I2G_hkPJM) and a live version of [Got Meth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5h4-Buq7o). Both are loud and prolly NSFW. Nice, thanks. Just added this group to my must-listen list! For more stoner metal with female vocals, I really like Jucifer. Their albums have different sounds, getting harder and sludgier as time goes on. The OP might like Jucifer’s album “I Name You Destroyer” best, as it seems to have that indie rock vibe most of the 5 albums I’m familiar with. Wish YT had a clip of their “Fight Song” which IMO best showcases her pretty voice, her screamy voice, etc. This song, [Pontius of Palia](http://youtu.be/R-AFuyIbS6g), is okay, with pretty vocals, but no good descents into screaming. This song, [Return of the Native](http://youtu.be/733RPzXrv1A), on the other hand, is virtually nothing but shrieking, sloppy drums, and sludgy guitar… and happens to be one of my favorites from them. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/18 "2011-09-28T00:22:32Z")
Brief hijack: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Another bunch from on of my favorite albums: > > Opal - [Rocket Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MsvHblAC9I) > Opal - [Magick Power](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_-6yuBkyyY) > Opal - [Happy Nightmare Baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6g1IvcwL5Y) By coincidence I just picked that up in CD, at a mild premium. Annoying how so much of this stuff remains out of print ( paid through the nose for a decent copy of The Reivers’ _Pop Beloved_ at the same time ). I wanted to get _Early Recordings_ as well to replace a cassette, but the used CDs on Amazon were just stupid expensive. Hope Sandoval has the prettier voice IMHO, but I always liked Opal’s slightly more kinetic/psychodelic approach to that of the more languid Mazzy Star. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/19 "2011-09-28T01:29:00Z")
I’m a bit fond of [Splendora](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8HiwSaCdxQ), myself. (Some other old fossils here might remember some of their [other](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_Rxqtq3ng&feature=related) [work](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RayujNcmu1E). 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742/20 "2011-09-28T02:03:45Z")
What? No mention ot Joan Jett with or without the Runaways or Suzi Quattro? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-music-recs-bass-heavy-female-vocals-alt-rock/597742.md?page=2)