Female-Fronted Bands

GARBAGE

One of the most famous female-fronted bands from the 90s is Garbage, lead by Scottish singer Shirley Manson. I first discovered her through a short-lived band called Angelfish, which you can read about here.

Anyway, after their European tour cancellation in 2005, we thought we’d seen the end of Garbage. The band took a break and came back five years ago to release Absolute Garbage. Around this time, Shirley Manson became a fulltime cast member in great “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” series, so there wasn’t a whole lot of touring or promotion around this time.

Luckily, last year, the band announced a new record called Not Your Kind of People and traditional tour dates! The band will be stopping by Minneapolis’ Mill City Nights this Friday. If it all works out, we’ll be covering them.

In other Garbage news, look for the band with Screaming Females will be releasing a special Record Store Day 2013 limited 10″ on April 20th, featuring a cover of Patti Smith’s “Because the Night” and two other tracks, “Automatic Systematic Habit Costa Cadeu Remix” (remixed by Beatport contest winner Konstantin Kazhev) and an original song called “Love Like Suicide”.

Shirley Manson explains the teamup with Screaming Females: “This year we once again wanted to release something special in celebration of Record Store Day 2013. We decided to record the duet that we had been performing on tour with the Screaming Females towards the end of 2012. The SF flew across country from New Jersey to Los Angeles so we could record it all together at EastWest Studio 1 in Hollywood ; 2 drum kits, 2 bass rigs, 2 guitars, 2 microphones and 1 piano. No mean feat…. The song? A cover of Patti Smith’s ‘Because the Night’.

Why? Because it’s awesome.”

DRAGONETTE
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I saw this trio Dragonette last year and was rather impressed with this Canadian female-fronted electro-pop band.

It would seem that the Juno-award-winning band is co-headlining a tour with Australia’s The Presets. Tour is kicking off in May, look for me to be dancing at First Avenue on May 15th.

Dragonette’s latest album, Bodyparts, is out now on Universal Music Canada.

I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry’s sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down and signed all those copies.

Anyway, if you were wondering this is a Nashville sibling trio with Kimberly Perry on vocals and guitar and her two brothers Reid Perry on bass and Neil Perry on drums.

The band is currently in the middle of a tour and they stopped by their hometown of Greeneville recently to perform in front of 25,000 fans! The autograph line was described as “stretched nearly a mile down Main Street.” Yes, they are white hot with Pioneer hitting #1 iTunes Country chart.

Neil Perry commented on the event, “We are so humbled by the show of support from our hometown, as well as our fans that traveled so many miles – and our neighbors just down the street – to see the show! We had a great time signing CDs for everyone who braved the crisp night air waiting to meet us and say hello. And to have Governor Haslam recognize us as we came home, what an incredible honor.”

Check out The Band Perry on tour now:

04/05/13 Las Vegas, NV Orleans Arena 04/19/13 North Andover, MA Merrimack College 04/21/13 Peoria, IL Reanissance Coliseum 05/03/13 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bob’s Texas 05/05/13 Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall 05/18/13 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 05/26/13 Baton Rouge, LA LSU Tiger Stadium 05/31/13 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach 06/01/13 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook 06/02/13 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 06/16/13 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga 06/21/13 Cullman, AL Heritage Park 06/22/13 Columbus, GA Columbus Civic 06/27/13 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music 06/28/13 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music 06/29/13 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center 07/13/13 West Fargo, ND Red River Valley 07/14/13 Madison, NE Madison Fairgrounds 07/18/13 Eau Claire, WI Country Jam USA 07/19/13 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor

07/20/13 Tooele, UT Miller Motorsports Park 08/02/13 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook 08/03/13 Bowmanville, ON Canadian Tire 08/04/13 Jackson, MI Jackson County 08/09/13 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena 08/10/13 Tulsa, OK BOK Center 08/13/13 Springfield, IL Illinois State Fair 08/16/13 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon 08/17/13 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank 08/18/13 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Ctr. 09/05/13 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 09/06/13 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara 09/07/13 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake 09/12/13 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion 09/13/13 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amph 09/14/13 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amph 09/26/13 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau 09/27/13 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable 09/28/13 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live 10/03/13 Las Cruces, NM Pan American 10/04/13 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena