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Your Weekly Women to Listen to: The Black Belles, Jose Vanders and more

Greetings music lovers! This week has been flying by so quickly for me, I feel as though I’m in a time tornado! Good thing I’ll fit right in if I ever get picked up and thrown into Munchkinland. Are you ready for your weekly music recommendations? Giddy up.

File Under: Punkabilly, psychobilly

From: Nashville

For Fans of: The Dead Weather, Le Butcherettes, The Cramps, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, The Creepshow, Gore Gore Girls, Psycho Beach Party, old records, bourbon, vintage clothing from the ’60s, taxodermy, Nosferatu.

Bonus: These fine young women were discovered by Jack White

and basically destined for greatness. Also, there’s something to be said for a group of ladies who can all pull off the goth pilgrim look! This is not easy to do, trust me, I wish someone would have warned me before senior picture day.

File Under: Electronic pop opera

From: Norway

For Fans of: Siouxsie & the Banshees, Adult., The Knife, cold weather, Nad Mika, conceptual art, Hi Fashion, everything Trent Reznor does, hating Red Bull but drinking it anyway, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, apple strudel.

Bonus: I don’t know very much about them just yet but from looking around their Facebook photos I can tell they’ve got a sense of humor, which I always find preferable in musicians.

File Under: Sweetly sung indie-pop

From:

London

For Fans of: Birdy, a more soft-spoken Adele, Wallis Bird, Rachel Sermanni, Disney movies, believing in love at first sight, handwritten letters, Emmy the Great, Laura Marling, candlelit macaroni and cheese dinners.

Bonus: A cute little bonus (for those of us without one) is when Jose slows down her singing and kind of speak-sings because her adorable accent comes out. As an added bonus, she’s giving away a free download over at her Bandcamp page. Thank you so much to AfterEllen reader Lauren for the recommendation ages ago!

File Under: Heavy rock

From: L.A.

For Fans of: Instrumentally somewhat like Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, vocally but not stylistically like The Pack A.D., those old “This is your brain on drugs” commercials, wearing the same jeans for a full month without washing them because they look better that way, Soundgarden, Pantera, if PJ Harvey became an aggressive drunk.

Bonus: This is not the type of music I normally listen to but I have to say, vocalist Emily Armstrong is someone to keep your eye on. The passion in her voice basically kicked my ass until I turned into a believer.  It only took about thirty seconds so I highly suggest you lend them your ears for at least that long. If you’re a fan of The Warped Tour,the band was recently added to the roster.

File Under: Alt-country, bluesy guitar rock

From:

Massachusetts, but she’s on a German record label so don’t be surprised if you see a lot of Deutsch being thrown around

For Fans of: A mixture of Lucinda Williams & Emmylou Harris, social action, Roseanne Cash, Helen Reddy, pasta salad, hand-crafted furniture made from wood, Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” cowboy shirts.

Bonus:

Thank you to AfterEllen reader, Tine, for the suggestion! Here is a super cute picture of her pups snuggling and sleeping in her guitar case backstage at one of her shows. Awww.

Once again we’ve made it to the end of the week’s list of recommendations. I hope you found something you will enjoy for weeks to come. I want to throw it out there that, even if you don’t have a specific artist to recommend, if there’s a certain genre you’d like to see more of, let me know and I’ll do some digging. You can feel free to drop me an email, put something in the comments below, follow me on Twitter or reach out to me on Facebook!

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