Thread by @CudmoreColin, 90% of music discussion on my TL seems to be about male [...]

90% of music discussion on my TL seems to be about male artists, which is kinda disconcerting. so many great female & non-binary artists out there making amazing stuff, figured I’ll share some of my favourites from 2020 so far.

feel free to add to the thread!

I can& #39;t start this thread any other way

if you don’t already know the greatness that is Fiona Apple you’re really missing out. amazing songwriter & composer, beautiful singer, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is currently my AOTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBUxinJhntk">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Charli XCX is another more well-known voice in music, but I love her forward-thinking approach to pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAo8X-rIt8k">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Debris by Keeley Forsyth is an avant-folk/chamber pop album that hasn’t been getting nearly enough attention imo. very subtle but an entrancing full listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B4-I03LTcs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

@ntrider825 really brought me onto the new Katie Gately album, an art pop artist whose electronics sort of remind me of Holly Herndon, but less glitchy and more grand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-ArjL2guM">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Poppy’s venture into metal was cartoonishly evil, and probably my favourite surprise in terms of how much I enjoyed it compared to prior expectations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJlDyRbUtxI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Grey Area was my hip hop AOTY last year, and Little Simz’ new EP continues her streak of diversely beautiful and insightful music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJyX82m8iA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

the all-female Japanese alt rock/math rock band tricot dropped a banger of an album early this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2T8jcSOOm4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

it’s a male backing band, but Helena Hiltunen leads the Finnish hardcore punk group Kohti Tuhoa, who released a short but blistering EP this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vB2Iqxd5s0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

also male backing band, but Moor Mother’s spoken word is what makes Irreversible Entanglements stand out as a free jazz ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLm3HEQgW50">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

onto some electronic stuff, Galen Tipton’s side project as recovery girl is the wildest take on over-the-top pop / bubblegum bass I’ve heard in a while. currently my favourite EP of the year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5uoAqpVyvY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

meanwhile there’s Beatrice Dillon, one of the world’s most talented and creative artists in the world of minimal techno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRROa0YoTJc">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Arca has a new album out later this year, but its hour-long ’single’ from February, @@@@@, is completely mesmerizing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gjlcSZ9cQE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Uboa’s music is hauntingly dark and emotionally visceral, with their new quarantine-made EP focusing on themes surrounding body dysmorphia https://uboa.bandcamp.com/album/the-flesh-of-the-world">https://uboa.bandcamp.com/album/the...

More Eaze & Claire Rousay have each released great solo material this year, but the collab album between the two experimental musicians is an odd sound collage project that’s stuck with me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtnn0aUdEY8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

as for ambient music, I want to point to Felicia Atkinson, who combines her spoken work with meditative electroacoustic backdrops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkXipOywmJE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

and lastly for this thread is cellist Okkyung Lee, whose new album Yeo-Neun is a graceful flurry of free improvisation in a classical music setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo53uj9hCSU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

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