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Your Weekly Women to Listen to: Little Dragon, Pamela Hute, the Jezabels and more!

It’s a beautiful, crisp Wednesday morning and I’m going to see M.I.A. tonight so you know I’m in a great mood. Also, a lot of you have been sending over your suggestions and most of them have been great — so keep on keepin’ on!

File Under: Mostly subdued art rock band that isn’t afraid to take itself less seriously and is filled with cute girls

From: The UK

For Fans Of: Black turtlenecks, oddities, El Perro del Mar, Au Revoir Simone, Luscious Jackson, cigarette breaks, beatniks

Bonus: While the band is on indefinite hiatus, you can now see guitarist Mia Clarke in the band Follows.

File Under: 80’s slowcore electro, sleep-pop, lounge-dub, soul, Deee-Lite on night-time cold medicine

From: Sweden

For Fans Of: Santigold, Dirty Projectors, Black Keys, high fashion, Cee Lo Green

Bonus: The band is currently supporting The Gorillaz on tour and are featured on two of the songs from their Plastic Beach album. They also collaborated with Dave Sitek (TV On the Radio) for his solo project, Maximum Balloon, whose self-titled album is insanely good.

File Under: Oddly enough, they’re kind of standing in classic rock/prog rock territory, though Skin has described their sound as “clit-rock.” I’m not sure how the guys in the group feel about that, but OK.

From: London

For Fans Of: A Perfect Circle, Black Sabbath, Morcheeba, throwing up the “rock” sign, revenge

Bonus: My ex-girlfriend, who is now my girlfriend again, put a Skunk Anansie song on her first mix tape to me. And yes, we are old enough that it was actually a cassette tape.

File Under: Pop that isn’t afraid to rock out with emotion, go electro, Southern, sexy or be cutesy

From: France but sings in English

For Fans Of: Rachel Maddow (looks-wise), a bit of everything, Tegan & Sara, Veruca Salt, The Ting Tings, Sneaker Pimps, Air

Bonus: For lovers of glasses or girls in glasses, she has an entire page on her website devoted to fans taking pictures in glasses like hers. (Hat tip, Christie!)

File Under: Melodic indie rock whose instrumentation is just as important as its vocals

From: Sydney, Australia

For Fans Of: Metric, Washington, import beers, storytelling, Great Northern

Bonus: Their new EP, She’s So Hard, will be available Nov. 6.

File Under: Japanese alt-rock that you don’t need to understand in order to like (though some of their songs are in English too)

From: Tokyo

For Fans Of: The Breeders, 90’s angsty feminist bands though not riot grrls, Liz Phair, Patti Rothberg, Veruca Salt

Bonus: The girls got to open for their idols, The Breeders, back in the day

File Under: Pop Americana with sisterly harmonies and cute faces

From: Utah, but their sound could easily have come from the Omaha rock scene

For Fans Of: Tilly & The Wall, Lights, Kate Voegele, sundresses, sweetened iced tea

Bonus: Even though they’ve been dropped by the Warner label, the girls have powered through and will be releasing a new EP, It’s Always Stormy in Tillamook, this November.

File Under: Dark, hipster power-pop with a bit of surf rock that is best to listen to with headphones in and nothing else to concentrate on

From: Baltimore, MD

For Fans Of: The Doors, The Jesus & Mary Chain, rolling your own cigarettes, sleeping on a friend’s futon, nag champa

Bonus: The band just played at Daytrotter and their live session is available to download for free.

File Under: Singer/songwriter pop rock, alt-folk

From: California via NYC

For Fans Of: Hiking, foliage, Tina Dico, Aimee Mann

Bonus: She is largely responsible for the huge takeoff in YouTube music celebrities and won the first-ever YouTube “Best Music Video” award.

File Under: Indie soul, bluesy rock, late nights at diners

From: Boston

For Fans Of: Joan Osbourne, Sheryl Crow (The Globe Sessions), cowboy boots, cherry-infused whiskey (yum), Aimee Mann, breaking up to make up.

Bonus: Pauley has toured with everyone from Erin McKeown and Eric Clapton to the Black Eyed Peas.

I hope this list brings a few new tunes to your ears! Enjoy the rest of your week and I’ll be back with more Women to Listen to next week.

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