Country, Indie-grass, anti-folk
Through both music and film Actor Slash Model addresses issues of gender identity, gender performance and politics, a sex positive ideal, and the art making process.
Queer Cabaret Wordrock
Brooklyn, NY
Twilight of the Idle is the project of pianist, songwriter, and vocalist Ricky Itai Gal* accompanied on drums by Lindsay Haughton. Twilight of the Idle plays music that incorporates elements of rock, jazz, and cabaret, with spoken words, timing experimentation and a little bit of reggae-style keyboard. Ricky is a believer of the power of the pen, and uses music as a forum for political and social topics. (more…)
SynthPop/Countrty
London, UK
Breaking Communications – The name for the band came from a song we wrote called “breakdown in communication” as a sort of homage to the Led Zeppelin track “Communication Breakdown” (… see, “then it’s not just a clever name”) (more…)
Rock
Austin Texas
Katy Koonce is the front person for the Austin Texas queer rock band Butch County. Koonce is a trans-identified psychotherapist in Austin and has played with TX gender warriors, Raunchy Reckless and the Amazons, who first passed from the spiritual realm into the physical world of Austin, TX in March of 1999. Since their momentous inception, this unique tribe of Xena-inspired rockers battled in the name of queer rock love above and beyond the Lone Star State.
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queercore/punk
Minneapolis, MN
Tough Tough Skin takes the stage with a punk sensibility and a strong nod to the Homocore bands of the 90s. (more…)
