Creep

the fact that the guy argues via the puppet the entire time

the music

“let’s discuss the contradiction”

the overuse of the word “camera”

the way the puppet goes from trying to placate the guy to actively arguing against the guy and like turning it around on the guy

“youre consciously making a conscious choice”

the fact that by the end the puppet is basically screaming and the music is just. so loud.

THIS.

Liz Phair - her older stuff definitely fits that 90s sound, and her later pop stuff is an admitted sellout but still has some fun tunes

PJ Harvey

Cocteau Twins (more shoegaze/dreampop but pretty sounding)

Throwing Muses

Cibo Matto

Lucious Jackson

Sleater-Kinney (Baby Carrie Brownstein!)

Mazzy Star

Velocity Girl

There’s Kathleen Hanna, too. I liked Le Tigre a lot and Bikini Kill was good, but so much of their scene were terfs so I never got too deep

More Modern stuff: I love HAIM, Tegan & Sara, Metric, Feist, and Stars (male and female singers. Basically the last 3 are the Broken Social Scene Bands. Calma Carmona is a cool Puerto Rican singer that mixes a few genres

I’ve been digging this newer group called Potty Mouth that has a 90s/pop punk sound

Want some early 2000s female led nu-metal? KITTIE’s album Spit

Does Ladytron count? I can listen to Destroy Everything You Touch on top volume for an hour.

Suzanne Vega (not really in line with the rest but her hits are so good)

Toss in Björk, too

St. Vincent, naturally.

Heron Oblivion is a newer group with that kind of 90′s sludgey tone.

I think you’d also like Hospitality’s “Trouble”.

How to Destroy Angels is Trent Reznor’s group that’s basically nine inch nails but with his wife Mariqueen singing.

I really liked Sky Ferreira’s album “Night Time, My Time”

Courtney Barnett is doing really cool folksy, witty songs right now.

Chvrches

Purity Ring

Rachel’s for a dark, chamber music vibe

Nero

My Brightest Diamond

Superhumanoids

Roisin Murphy if you like Lady Gaga but want to listen to someone, you know, better.

Little Dragon has been a big favorite of mine in the past few years.

Lacuna Coil was a band I was into back in the day… they do a killer cover of “Enjoy the Silence”.

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

Warpaint

Chelsea Wolfe if you want something heavier.

Tei Shi

Kan Wakan’s “Moving On” has been another favorite of mine lately.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith if you want something really trippy and experimental.

Sheer Mag is a pretty fun rock-y band I recently got into.

Sleigh Bells for just pure kick you in the gut anthem rock.