What is the best indie album with female lead vocals?
Some of indie music's most powerful, original, and enduring records have been built around the voices of women — from raw confessional folk to searing guitar rock and ethereal dream pop. Which album with a female lead voice stands as the greatest? Cast your vote!
Exile in Guyville
Liz Phair's 1993 Chicago debut, a frank and feminist indie rock landmark that rewrote the rules.
Punisher
Phoebe Bridgers' 2020 emotionally shattering indie folk album, a defining work of her generation.
Rid of Me
PJ Harvey's 1993 raw and confrontational indie rock album, Steve Albini-produced intensity from a singular voice.
Moon Pix
Cat Power's 1998 lo-fi masterpiece, Chan Marshall's fragile and haunted voice over stark guitar.
Puberty 2
Mitski's 2016 raw indie rock album about desire, identity, and alienation, one of the decade's most urgent records.
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney's 1997 feminist punk-rock landmark, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker at their most electrifying.
Burn Your Fire for No Witness
Angel Olsen's 2014 raw and haunting folk-rock statement that established her as a singular indie voice.
Lush
Snail Mail's 2018 debut, a remarkably assured confessional indie rock album from teenage Lindsey Jordan.
Are We There
Sharon Van Etten's 2014 powerful indie rock album, emotionally devastating and beautifully produced.
Ys
Joanna Newsom's 2006 harp-driven folk opus, an album unlike anything else in indie music.
Jubilee
Japanese Breakfast's 2021 joyful and celebratory indie pop masterpiece from Michelle Zauner.
The Record
boygenius' 2023 debut, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus collectively at their very best.
Home Video
Lucy Dacus' 2021 razor-sharp autobiographical indie rock album about memory and adolescence.
Turn Out the Lights
Julien Baker's 2017 sophomore album, expanding her sparse sound with orchestration while keeping its raw confessional power.
Sometimes, Forever
Soccer Mommy's 2022 album blending 90s indie rock with contemporary emotional intelligence.
Teen Dream
Beach House's 2010 dream pop breakthrough, Victoria Legrand's voice the defining instrument.
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