Classic Rock & Blues
Too Much Information (TMI) plays the music of the “post-Boomer generation”—70s and 80s classic rock—as well as a mix of older and newer hits. The band covers a wide range of artists, from The Eagles and Eric Clapton to Bonnie Raitt and The B52s. They have a special knack for blues by way of Muddy Waters and Big Mamma Thornton, and a growing list of mixed-genre original tunes. Their musical versatility is apparent in every set. Not only do they play a wide range of pop, rock, funk, and blues, but five of the six take the main mic from time to time. (more…)
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.
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Queer Cabaret Wordrock
Brooklyn, NY
Twilight of the Idle describes themselves as “queer cabaret wordrock” but what, you ask, is queer cabaret wordrock? It is Ricky Riot’s thought-provoking, fun, direct, and well-crafted lyrics and Vaudevillian piano playing, the rock-n-roll jolt of Juliana Brown’s masterful guitar skills, a splash of brass from trombonist Lily Paulina, and Lindsay Haughton’s versatile drumming that sits in the pocket like a baby kangeroo. (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…)
