Sylvia Pankhurst may have gotten called too radical by Marx, but I was thinking something a bit more contemporary. In this case: female vocalists, rappers, MCs, or whatever you wanna call it. Ladies making music. That the gist of it.
I accidentally stumbled upon something called Girl Powder on MySpace. Girl Powder is a project (or something) where a group of female musicians get together. Alright, so I didn't pay too much attention there...
Anyway, there was a lot of awesome music that was a part of this little thing. Here's 3 artists I managed to find on the horrible quality video site we all know as YouTube:
This is Donzelle. She apparently makes her videos into a little instructional of sorts. So it's not technically a music video, but it's cool. Unfortunately for me I don't speak any French, though that this song has something to do with sex wasn't really hard to get. It's called Libido Macro, for one.
GoldieLocks. British MC/rapper/singer/producer. She a forth Swede too, which makes me love her even more. Unfortunately this was the best I found on YouTube. No video, and the sound ain't too good. The music and lyrics, however, is.
Has also made an awesome refix of NERDs ´Provider´ that can be enjoyed on her MySpace.
Giselle Numba One. If there where 3 sisters in Cocorosie, she would probably be the third. Not that all her music sounds like Cocorosie or anything, but there is a strong resemblance in some cases so it's a comparison that has to be made.
She's a bit more energetic though, and also has some more pure rap tunes.
Hell, I've started so I might as well keep going:
De Tropix. Another cool band making music that at least makes me wanna get busy on the dance floor. Cherry B, the singer and dancer of the duo I think makes up De Tropix is/was a dancer for M.I.A. I got the feeling they're friends or something, but I might be wrong there so don't put any money on it.
Ok, there was a few other good one's that I couldn't find any good videos for.
Miss Odd Kidd and L'amour est la Guerre.
I did find one for Bunny Rabbit and Black Cracker though:
They're very solid live it seems, and considering this was a gig here in Sweden I'm really sad I missed it. Sure, I probably hadn't heard about them at the time, but you don't need much of a reason to get sad over these things I've noticed.
Enjoy the mad energy these two seem to overflow with.
Finally, something I think a few of you might have heard already. Hyper Crush:
This video makes me incredibly happy. It's about video games, arcades, beating high scores, and all the good things in life.
It's some sort of electro clash or something. I'm not sure. Other awesome songs include Pop and Lock, Sex and Drugs, and other such joys of song naming.
Seriously. This is party music. This, Electric Six, M.I.A, and maybe something more. Throw in some stimulants of your choice, a few friends and assorted chums, and you've got yourself a good time.
Well, that's it for this time. I'm off to bed now. It's an hour after I had decided to go to bed, which is really good for me. That's assuming I get to bed anytime soon though...