Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls

Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls
"From Anne Landers, to Ani DiFranco to Orphan Annie I love all women, but most of them just can't stand me" - Slug of Atmosphere, "Like Today"


The above quote wasn't meant to be autobiographical. I just really like it as well as the song. 


Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day! After realizing how many powerhouse releases that are due out this year from such female artists as: Adele, PJ Harvey, and Lykke Li I realized that 2011 is The Year of the Woman as far as music goes. 


This realization prompted me to compose a blog entry highlighting some female artists and/or bands that are somewhat under the radar. Some of these artists you may have heard of and some of them are just co-fronting a band that does include male performers. So the following will showcase five female artists/bands that I think are on the come up or I just really like.

Audrianna Cole

Audrianna Cole is a singer/songwriter out of Salt Lake City, but originally from Salem, OR. Audrianna is the REAL DEAL! I personally believe in the next few years she'll be huge. Her radio friendly pop tunes are ridiculously well written and her voice reminds me of a more soulful Feist. The craziest thing is this girl is only 17! By the time she's 20 who knows where she'll be. 


Audrianna is performing at an event for Z100 in New York. The event is for Seventeen Magazine and Camille La Ville and I highly advise that if you're in the NYC area to check it out.Here's a link to the event page for more details: http://www.z100.com/event_portal/view/calendar/calendar.html?year=2011&month=3&mday=05 


Below I have posted a link to Audrianna's site and a video for her single "Misplaced" Check her out now because I have a good feeling you'll be hearing a lot more of her in the future.


http://www.audriannacole.com/

Colleen Green

I was just turned on to Colleen yesterday and I'm very happy I was. Colleen's music reminds me of a throwback to punk inspired female alternative acts from the '90's like: The Breeders, Veruca Salt, and L7. She classifies it as Stoner Pop which I think suffices. Her sound is very lo-fi, but her songwriting is great.

Last year she released a pair of cassettes called "4 Loko 2 Kayla" and "Milo Goes to Compton" and she was recently signed to Hardly Art a sister label of Sub Pop. Check her out on her current tour she'll be at SXSW this year and I'm sure she'll create a ton of buzz there. 

Below I have posted a link to her page on Hardly Art's site.

I've also included a video for her track "Dance the Night Away" Peep it son!

http://www.hardlyart.com/colleengreen.html

BomBon

Bombon are an all girl garage/surf rock trio from San Pedro, CA. I have been longing for a good surf rock band to come out for a while and here it is. Like Colleen Green their sound is very lo-fi, but their writing trumps their recording quality. Honestly, the sound adds to whole surf rock thing anyway.

The girls have recently released the album "Las Chicas Del Bombon" and it's an explosion of punk inspired surf rock that's the perfect soundtrack to the So-Cal way of life. 

They play shows pretty regularly in the San Pedro/Long Beach area, so if your in the area check 'em out. 

Below is a link to their ReverbNation page and a video to a performance at the San Pedro Cevapcici Fest which showcases a few of their tracks off of "Las Chicas Del Bombon". Enjoy!

http://www.reverbnation.com/bomb%C3%B3n

He's My Brother, She's My Sister

He's My Brother, She's My Sister are so dope they have a tap dancer that performs with them. That said, they are dope because they make great music. They are another L.A. band doing big things and I understand that the members aren't comprised of all females, but Rachel and her brother Robert Kolar share vocal duties, and Rachel vocals are definitely a one of the highlights of this group.

Their sound is country western meets Americana blues rock, but is very pop friendly and pleasing to the ears. They are known for their amazing live shows and are actually playing live this Wednesday at The Satellite in L.A. They will be performing a set comprised entirely of Velvet Underground covers.

Here's a link to their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/hesmybrothershesmysister

And enjoy this vid of them performing their track "How'm I Gonna Get Back Home"

Icona Pop

Icona Pop is a female electro pop duo from Sweden. Their choruses are super poppy and typically huge. I see a lot of commercial potential from these ladies in the future. They remain true to the Swedish pop sounds of Robyn and Ace of Base, but more modern.

Their most recent single "Still Don't Know" is an orgy of poppy electro goodness. These girls in my opinion are ready to blow up.

Here's a link to Icona Pop's myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/iconapop

And check out this vid to their single "Still Don't Know"

That is all for now kiddies. Enjoy your Valentine's Day!

Jay