What are some good recent alt/indie/rock bands with female lead singers?

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Recent bands please... say from the mid 90s and onwards.

Something a little like... 

Metric
Dead Sara
Blood Red Shoes
Le Butcherettes
Band Of Skulls 
Ida Maria (not a band but still...)
Even Paramore (don't judge me hahaha :P)

So not all of those bands are alike... I'm just looking for bands with strong lead female vocals with fast paced songs that are a little different (whether they're rock, pop rock, riot grrl... whatever).

P.S, I don't just listen to these bands, so please don't give me a bunch of similar bands with male lead vocals (unless it's like BoS with male and female vocalists) b/c there seems to be so many of them around.

Thanks!

Emizoo · Accepted Answer

She & Him
Ingrid Michaelson

Anonymous · Answer

The Kills 
Cheap and Cheerful, Tape Song, F*** the People

The Dead Weather (i highly recommend them and the above band) 
Treat Me Like Your Mother, Hustle and Cuss, So Far From Your Weapon

Tegan and Sara 
Hell, Northshore, Take Me Anywhere

The Pretty Reckless 
Light Me Up, Just Tonight

Meg & Dia 
Fighting for Nothing, Monster

The XX 
Crystalised, VCR

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Phenomena, Cheated Hearts

Florence + the Machine
Kiss With A Fist, What the Water Gave Me

hope you like at least one of them!

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Arch Enemy, Epica, Nightwish, interior Temptation, The Birthday bloodbath, Emilie Autumn, Porcelain and the Tramps, Angelspit, Lacuna Coil, the amassing, Theater of Tragedy ^from those i be responsive to, they're maximum resembling that type. Others- Alice in Videoland, Millionaires, Uffie, Electrocute, Ultraviolet Sound, rubbish, Electrovamp, Schoolyard Heroes,, Eyes Set To Kill, Jack Off Jill, After perpetually, Leaves' Eyes, The Ting Tings, vivid Toy weapons, The Dresden Dolls, iwrestledabearonce, The Hush Sound, Kittie, Ladytron, Freezepop, The Donnas, Tilly And The Wall, Tegan and Sarah, The Horrorpops, partitions of Jericho Ehh all i'm able to think of of.

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I love Teri gender bender for le butcherettes!

Please please check out:
Rilo Kiley (or Jenny Lewis which is her solo stuff}
Santogold
Yeah yeah yeah's
Tilly and the Wall
Cocorosie
Sleigh Bells **
Regina Spektor
Fiest
Portishead
Phantogram
Peaches
Amanda Blank
The Moldy peaches
Mates of state
M.i.a
Lykke li
Crystal castles
Le tigre
The knife
Juliette & the licks
Jenny & johnny
The Gossip
Frou frou
The Ettes
Ellie Goulding
The Dresden Dolls
Dragonette
Bjork

Gringo Starr · Answer

The Joy formidable, yeah yeah yeahs, arcade fire, stars (especially if you like metric. Check out their song "fixed"), hey ocean, Florence + the machine (strong vocals but not really fast paced)

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These bands are all current, most are newer, and none go back any further than the mid 1990's.

Anonymous · Answer

Listen to this (male singer though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT2FcB0cy4A

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The Kills

Anonymous · Answer

cortney love - hole                                           
blondie
patty smith 
sonic youth
(sort of- pixies)
garbage 
sorry if this isn't good or enough

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what about flyleaf?

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