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Your Weekly Women to Listen To: Midnight Magic, Tracy Chapman, Brown Eyed Girls and more

Welcome back my darlings! I hope your week has been a good one so far — I’ve been busy at work over here and now I need someone to help me get the gigantic knots out of my neck area. Please send a masseuse ASAP!

This week we’ve got a brand new crop of ladies to check out and I think I can safely say they are all over the freaking map. Some of you may think I’ve lost my mind. You’d probably be right! Here we go.

File Under: Electro disco funk

From: New York

For Fans Of: Donna Summer, Hercules & Love Affair, shaking your booty, vodka slushies, hot pants, go-go boots

Bonus: This free download of their song, “Beam Me Up (Jaques Renault Remix)” is sure to get your party started this Wednesday.

File Under: Experimental electric soul and jazz, funk

From: Sweden/Canada

For Fans Of: Eryka Badu mixed with Prefuse 73, stepping (the dance step), driving with the top down and the wind in your hair, Mary J. Blige in outer space.

Bonus: She just put out a killer collaborative album with Tokyo Dawn called Art Slave. Talk about being innovative – this is the future kids.

File Under: Multi-textured indie electro garage rock (whoa)

From: Berlin

For Fans Of: Nico, Chicks on Speed’s “Kaltes Klares Wasser,” peacoats, London rain, Banksy, Portishead, record players, The Doors

Bonus: Well I guess if her sound seems a bit Portishead-ish, it could be in part because she’s being backed instrumentally by the band’s producer/percussionist Geoff Barrow, who, I just found out was also the music supervisor for Exit Through the Gift Shop.

File Under: Early ’90s R&B club hero and gay icon.

From: New York

For Fans Of: Jody Watley, Anastacia, Elton John (with a lower voice), CeCe Peniston, big hair, fringe, gay festivals

Bonus: Taylor’s song “Facing A Miracle” was the official theme song for the 2010 Gay Games held in Germany.

File Under: Soft-spoken acoustic folk and roots

From: Cleveland, Ohio

For Fans Of: Shawn Colvin, Indigo Girls’ softer songs, coffee shops, reading, activism, Kashi cereal

Bonus: Chapman gave us an amazing karaoke song in “Give Me One Reason,” which also won the Grammy for Best Rock Song in 1997.

File Under: Dreamy, cloudy-voiced indie pop

From: Paris

For Fans Of: Lullabies, AIR, Keren Ann, sculpture gardens, Michel Gondry films, cowboy boots with dresses, old Calvin Klein ads

Bonus: Not only do I love her song with Beck, “Heaven Can Wait,” but the video is fantastically weird.

File Under: Electro punk rocking indie pop who has sadly broken up

From: The UK

For Fans Of: Le Tigre, Stereolab, Bikini Kill, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, Clinic (yes seriously, all of them), slap bracelets, rocking your face off, drumming on your legs/desk/steering wheel

Bonus: While I am heartbroken that this band broke up, I am happy to announce that lead singer Nikki Colk has started a solo project and it sounds freaking fantastic.

File Under: Mature indie pop

From: UK, LA, CA(nada)

For Fans Of: Carina Round (she’s in the band), Juliana Hatfield, Jenny Lewis, daisies, chamomile tea, M. Ward

Bonus: The group was able to write songs together via Skype sessions; thank you internet! Now here’s a free download of their gorgeous song, “Spanish Burn.”

File Under: K-Pop, electro-house, rap-pop

From: Korea

For Fans Of: Christina Aguilera, Ke$ha, Spice Girls, BoA, dancing, clubbing, high heels, lipgloss

Bonus: A huge thank you to AfterEllen.com reader Marisa for the suggestion!

File Under: Industrial, goth, trip-hop, darkwave

From: LA

For Fans Of: Sneaker Pimps, slow sex with the lights off, Hungry Lucy, Ayria, The Secret Meeting, piercings, playing with fire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bonus: The duo of Statik and Karin actually met at an industrial dance club, sparked up a conversation, friendship and later this band. See folks, you never know who you could meet out at a club some night!

That’s all for this week! Feel free to send me any of your suggestions and of course let me know what you think about this batch in the comments!

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