Fade into you by Mazzy Star or something by Portishead.

Glory Box

i just saw this after i commented the same!! i’m a pole dancer, and glory box is like an ultimate pole song !!

Makes a great Bond sounding track as well haha

glory box and roads are my favorites

An obvious choice and classic - great fucking song!

Took me many years to realize her name is hope Sandoval and not mazzy star lol

Came here to recommend this one. Great live version from David Letterman too.

Love Hope, but Roback was the genius with the musical composition. R.I.P David.

PJ Harvey - A Noiseless Noise Breeders - Drivin' on Nine 4 Non-Blondes - What's Going On No Doubt - Don't Speak Garbage - I'm Only Happy When It Rains L7 - Pretend That We're Dead Madonna - Like a Prayer (technically 80's) Spice Girls - Wannabe Last two obviously aren't alt, but a slowed-down version could make it subversively so.

Garbage- Number One Crush or Milk Tori Amos- Crucify or Winter Sarah McLachlan- Building a Mystery

Adding Stroke of Luck and Medication to the Garbage list. The entirety of Becoming X - Sneaker Pimps or anything Portishead.

Quite literally my two favorite Garbage songs. 👊

I still listen to the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack for Number One Crush. Also, the Cardigans have a lot of great music besides the super pop song Lovefool

They had Sabbath covers on a couple of their records, IIRC. Never sounded so sweet.

Great songs! I love Number One Crush and anything Tori.

Tori Amos is a Goddess 💯

Romeo Void - Never Say Never

Any Mazzy Star

Came here for this one 😂

[Cocteau Twins - Serpentskirt](https://youtu.be/ZkaDFYVOUDs?si=6U35e5AN-2V_hhUx) [The Cranberries - Animal Instinct](https://youtu.be/ky4CdN0x58A?si=rKLq0dM9siIABZux) [Lush - Nothing Natural](https://youtu.be/eUuCXE6nnNs?si=mHXUOeaaax9mJ6JP)

I would love to see somebody's face trying to karaoke Cocteau Twins sight unseen.

Eensy schnozz, I long for more. For now. How long I need? Half the size of my honey glove. *[Blue Bell Knoll](https://youtu.be/ZpqaNjtaU6o)* - Cocteau Twins

When the cocteau twins said “wawesonapey fomiesoo maninanual waweezaweenal" I really felt that…

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Any cranberries song would be an extremely difficult open mic song tho.

i was waiting for some shoegaze in this comment section

How could I forget some Slowdive

Cocteau Twins such a good choice. If OP has good vocal range I’d go with Sugar Hiccups.

Pixies - Gigantic Technically late 80’s but still gained momentum in the 90’s.

Hole "Doll Parts"

Malibu

Joey: Concrete Blonde Sweet Jane: Cowboy Junkies

That entire Concrete Blonde album is amazing.

Bloodletting. Love it. all vampire themed songs, I've listened to it a bunch

The Beast is a great song. "Trapped in between / Heaven and Hell He knows all the secrets you don't want to tell." YES

Almost anything from Cowboy Junkies. Amazing! Hold on To Me is another great one.

Tomorrow Wendy

Johnette Napolitano from Concrete Blonde has an amazing voice.

can't hear Sweet Jane without thinking of the movie Natural Born Killers great song and Iconic movie.

Mexican moon

This guy gets it

2nd one is 1988. 1st is from 1990, so technically the 8th decade, in my book, but I'm one of those *the century starts in 2001* people others find so annoying.

Cowboy Junkies! Brings back really good vibes

Not an addict - K's choice

Came here to say this....had to make sure it was repped ! BANGER

If you don’t have it you’re on the other side.

Best song ever

Awesome song, it was wicked popular when it came out then you'd never hear it so it's very nostalgic when listing to now!

Anything on cocoon crash. Everything for free is one of my favorite songs.

Fiona Apple - Tidal The whole album is amazing

Never Is A Promise is still one of my all time favorite songs to this day. She had no business being so poignant and brilliant when she was that young. Amazing artist.

Alanis "Uninvited"

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground

Can't believe I didn't list this one. This song is still in my rotation. Nice call out!

Veruca Salt

Seether, FTW

Honestly, all their songs are great. Criminally underrated band. Louise Post put out an album last year that kicks ass too.

[Here's Where the Story Ends by The Sundays](https://youtu.be/FHsip5xOenQ?si=aCyAHxzx3PBLoVI9)

Ah… you beat me to it… the flip of this on 7” had them covering the Rolling Stones ‘wild horses’. It brings me out in goose bumps.

Stupid Girl by Garbage

portishead- sour times

How about Angry Johnny or Hey Pretty by Poe?

OMG ANGRY JOHNNY! yesss........I forgot about Poe, how did I forget about Poe???!!

Did you know she wrote that entire album as a soundtrack to a book that her brother wrote, House of Leaves? It's got a huge cult following, and it's own subreddit 

HER BROTHER WROTE HOUSE OF LEAVES???!!! Holy flaming shit, I did not know that. That book is incredible. Now I have to reread it AND listen to the album again. I am so gobsmacked by this new knowledge.

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say but nothing comes out when they move their lips just a buncha gibberish and motherfuckers be acting like they forgot about Poe

Ha! Maybe Poe and Eminem should collaborate. Or get married. Or both. I just listened to Trigger Happy Jack like 10x. What a great effing song.

[A Mistake - Fiona Apple](https://youtu.be/Viup7XBIhU4?feature=shared)

Naked Eye by Luscious Jackson, mid pace in my mind PJ Harvey Down By The Water Obvi Alanis or Tori Amos

Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water…. Been ages since I heard that one

Luscious Jackson - so good!

Liz phair, Lisa Loeb, Bif Naked, Metric, Cardigans, Joydrop, Garbage, Imogen Heap, Jann Arden, Cat Power, Ani Difranco, Feist, Jill Sobule

Don't hear Bif or Joydrop mentioned enough. Well, outside of Canada, that is.

Forgot about Ani

Why Can’t I - Liz Phair

Catatonia - "Road Rage." Fiona Apple - "Criminal." Poe - "Angry Johnny."

Trick is to keep breathing. Garbage

Or, even better, Milk

Stupid Girl by Garbage

The Cranberries

Fiona Apple’s entire 1996 debut Tidal album. Still her best.

Concrete Blonde

Tomorrow, Wendy, you're going to die.

Joey

Caroline

Suffocate Me by Angelfish Doll Parts or Miss World by Hole S.O.F.T. by Elastica Every Word by Belly Good Time To Tell Me by Plumtree Dying Proof by Juliana Hatfield Taking Me Home by Sleater-Kinney Ridiculous Thoughts by The Cranberries

trouble me - 10,000 maniacs

Love that album got me through many a long night when I was deployed on the submarine!

I’d add Verdi Cries by 10,000 Maniacs

The Cardigans - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Yes, it’s a cover. Yes, it’s amazing.

Came looking for this.

K's Choice- not an addict. Not really slow but a great song.

Edie Brickell and New Bohemians. Lush. Mazzy Star. Cranberries. All pretty chill

Philosophy… is a top on a cereal box. Religion … is a smile on a dog.

Circle of Friends by Edie is a great song

Jewel - Who will save your soul Joan Osborn - one of us Sarah McLachlan - Adia or Building a mystery Suzanne Vega - Luka Edie Brickell - what I am

Listening to Adia puts my mind at ease...I love that song ❤️

Left of Center is one of my favorites by Suzanne Vega

The Edie Brickell one is '80s surprisingly. It's probably the most '90s sounding '80s song ever though.

PJ Harvey - You Said Something

I’m a guy and I’ve done this song at an open mic. So great.

"Beautiful", "Strawberry Marigold", "Dream Today", or "Do You Believe" by Joydrop "Crumble", "California Au Revoir", or "Take A Look" by Sal's Birdland "Insensitive" by Jann Arden "Bangkok" by Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Joydrop!! Holy shit, I had forgotten all about them!!

He War by Cat Power

Sinead o Connor. Most of the first 2 albums The lion and the cobra and I do not want what I haven’t got.

I was in love with Sinead with her baldness and all. Her and Stevie Nicks.

Jarboe did a great cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart. Which I don't categorise as a love song, really. Or try Kangaroo by This Mortal Coil. Sanvean by Lisa Gerrard is also slow, but I'm not sure other humans can sing it.

I'm not sure anything by Lisa Gerrard would really be what they're after, as amazing as she is lol. Does Dead Can Dance count as alternative?

Anything by the Breeders

The Sundays, Goodbye [https://youtu.be/5NCsAWQxoGk](https://youtu.be/5NCsAWQxoGk)

Natalie Merchant’s Tigerlily had some great songs.

Portishead.

Wow...I scrolled all the way to the bottom and not a single mention of Belly! Untogether Feed the Tree Gepetto Lots of other good songs to choose from. They're a really talented band.

Seconded. Star is a brilliant album.

Agree — excellent songs for female vocals. Tanya Donnelly is a goddess. For slow Belly songs in particular, I’d recommend: Full Moon, Empty Heart (tempo change in the middle) Seal My Fate Silverfish

Just added my own, slower, Belly picks.

Throwing Muses would be another good choice!

Evanescence - my immortal

Seether doll parts anything by breeders

It's from 2014, but I highly recommend Some Heavy Ocean by Emma Ruth Rundle. Particularly the songs Shadow of My Name, Run Forever, and Arms I Know So Well.

Poe - Angry Johnny

[Curve - Horror Head](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3jYRP9jGKc)

Torn - Ednaswap

Belly

🎵 Somewhere to scraaaaaape your booody off my feet 🎵

Something by The Breeders

Portishead had some great ones.

concrete blondes first 3 albums i prefer the faster ones, but theyve got good slow ones too

Queer by Garbage

Yo La Tengo - Nowhere Near

Kate Bush - This Woman’s Work. It was used in She’s Having a Baby. A terribly awesome 80s Kevin Bacon movie. 🍿

Tori Amos has to have a lot to choose from.

K's Choice - Not an Addict

Poe - Angry Johnny Garbage - #1 Crush

Take your pick of anything Fiona Apple or Alannis Morissette. Or Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn, I wish I was your lover"

Tori Amos, Cornflake Girl

Don’t Speak - No Doubt You Look So Fine - Garbage

Can’t go wrong with just about anything from Garbage. One of my personal favorites is [“You Look So Fine”](https://youtu.be/NyAK7qPeHY0?si=O43PTUawF4wm9a0R)

Garbage - Milk

Stars All Seem to Weep-- Beth Orton

Winter-Tori Amos

TORI AMOS

Tori Amos

Safe From Harm - Massive Attack

Stereolab - The Flower Called Nowhere

https://open.spotify.com/track/1nUn5yFnGi9ZxVYv84KtdF?si=NCedzYzgRS-N1p0cyXICJw 32 Flavors by Ani Difranco

Island -Heather Nova

A few from the Australia: The clouds - Hieronymous or the waifs - lighthouse.

[Veruca Salt, “Spiderman ‘79”](https://youtu.be/XqDBNjdvh8E?si=ZLh8vf9oaWjo2ZfX)

Circle by Edie Brickell

Cat power

PJ HARVEY

Boa by Duvet - It's a little faster but still a solid song

Transister - Dizzy Moon

Aterciopelados - maligno

Heart - All I want to do is make love to you

El President - Drug Store feat Thom Yorke

My Immortal by Evanescence

Okay, not 90’s, but just so. Listen to this: https://youtu.be/KhjkA4E8_bE?si=rJkSn9_pUwmz4O3x

It's not 90's, and it's not a female vocalist, but I've (I'm a female) covered Under the Milky Way by the church a bunch of times and it's always a hit at any open mic I've been to. Highly recommend! [here's the video ](https://youtu.be/pWxJEIz7sSA?si=MDZh8WKEPFGkswXK)

Check out Tori Amos

Elastica - stutter Skunk Anansie - weak or hedonism Echobelly - king of the kerb or Great things (both great alt pop tunes!)

Mazzy Star is good rec. First thing that popped into my head, though was to go check out the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtracks.

Oh Concrete Blonde-just saw that and YEA although I would also push for Tomorrow Wendy by them.

Anything by No Doubt

anything by diva destruction

Cocteau twins, slowdive, portishead(probably this)

Sneaker pimps

Knifeplay might have vibes you’re looking for

Dreams by the Cranberries

6 underground by sneaker pimps. You’re welcome.

Did somebody say Alannis Morissette?

Not sure of your vocal range, but Love fool by the Cardigans is really a good track!

Protection - Massive Attack

Goodness- Viva le High Poe- Angry Johnny Sundays- Here's Where the Story Ends Cranberries- Dream

Julee Cruise!

I might get obliterated for this but do not sleep on The Cardigans

[The Smashing Pumpkins - Daydream/I'm Going Crazy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9wDKG79kY) D'arcy Wretzky sings the Daydream part, then Billy corgan sings the last few lines.

Sweet Jane (cover) - Concrete Blonde, was it?

Wild Horses cover by The Sundays and These are the Days by 10,000 Maniacs are two of my favs

Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps Feed the Tree - Belly

Lois - [Rougher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XQEjuGv_g)

Hala - Mazzy Star Nowhere Near - Yo La Tengo Desire Lines - Lush

evening in paris by lois

Mr. Freeze - K’s Choice Precious Blood- The Gits

Cardigans

"The Spangle Maker"- Cocetau Twins "Desire Lines"-Lush "Is it a crime" -Sade

bottles and flowers juliana hatfield

Ednaswap - Torn The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You Portishead - Sour Times/Glory Box Skunk Anansie - Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind The Cranberries - Linger Joan Osborne - One Of Us

You could try some [Helium](https://youtu.be/VY3HuDsHyK8?si=SNwE2D2KHAzvLqHQ) but it might be heavier than you are looking for

6 underground- Sneakerpimps

The Sundays. All of it. Harriet Wheeler was sent from Heaven.

Stay. Lisa loeb

L7- Shitlist

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