This week's queer country playlist features Joh Chase, Autumn Nicholas, Izzy Heltai, Jenny Owen Youngs, Lizzy Lehman, Lydia Loveless, and Shadwick Wilde! Crank up your speakers!

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-8-29-jenny-owen-youngs-izzy-heltai-autumn-nicholas-and-more/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #FolkMusic #IndieFolk #FolkRock #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #TransMusic

I sometimes feel despair / dysphoric about my voice, as a singer songwriter. Like I'm never going to reach the people I want to reach because I don't sound like the kind of person I think they'd listen to. It's often triggered by listening to cis women sing...

I've been surprised to find that performing live is a pretty effective treatment. The people who show up are exactly who I want to reach.

How about that, eh?

#Trans #TransMusician #TransMusic #SingerSongwriter #FolkMusic

I'll be passing through #Cleveland #Ohio and #Portland #Maine in October or early November.

Anyone out there interested in hosting a #HouseConcert ?

#FolkMusic #SingerSongwriter #Americana #IndieFolk #TransMusic #lgbtqia

Keeping in with the #Queer theme on #AlternateFridayMusic I came across this neat song by @Sash1e from TikTok

#TransMasc guy responds to #Homophobes who say that when they dig up his bones in 100 years they’ll still be biologically female

The video won’t load through my App, but please watch the clip in this post https://indieweb.social/@whalecoiner/110576814006934259

#Trans #TransMusic #FridayMusic #GreatSongs

It’s #AlternateFridayMusic with a Queer prompt. Thought I’d go for a #Queer theme and legitimise it with a statement by the artist

“There were definitely a few out queer teachers and other adults in my life who were role models for me as a young person, just seeing them exist and have good lives”

Artist: Eli Conley
Song: Hey that’s me
Album: Searching For What's True
Released: 2023
Video: https://youtu.be/sO0luAGU5sA

Lyrics
“There may come a time when your body don't feel easy
And in order to be free it has to change
There may come a time when your gender it just fractures
And you have to take some action, rearrange
If it's that time you've got to tell 'em who you are
When you've been asking every star that they would see…”

#Music #20sMusic #FridayMusic #FunFriday #GreatSongs #TransMusic #TransMasc

oh hey, it's the first Bandcamp Friday in ages! so it's time once again for me to plug the fact that I make electronic music 😁

you can pick up lossless copies of my debut album Nonbinaural, and my darker, more experimental EP Eclipse, right now for just $2 total (or more if you're feeling generous) right now on my Bandcamp page: https://rachelunderspoon.bandcamp.com

#music #QueerMusic #TransMusic #Electronic #Electronica #BandCampFriday #Industrial #Dreampop #TripHop #Synthpop #Synthwave

I'll just post this song here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV7GC8aiTDE

#Webcomic #CrystalCityKillers #TransMusic

A friend came over and I thought I'd see if I was off book yet with my new song. I think it went pretty well!

"I'll Be Right Here, Too"

(Lyrics in YT description)

https://youtu.be/ABmuXcsQC38

#LGBTQIA #Pride #TransMusic #Trans #Americana #Folk #FolkAnthem #SingerSongwriter #QueerAnthem #Queer #IndieFolk

Faye Fadem - J​.​K. ROWLING APOLOGY TRACK (I'VE CHANGED MY WAYS​!​!​)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_NVG9UEi0

#Music #Hyperpop #Electronic #TransRights #TransMusic

I'm so thrilled to announce that I am once again the voice of @SIRIUSXM Country Pride! Tune in at 5 PM Eastern to listen to my set Wide Open Spaces: Trans, Non-Binary, and Drag Country Music Artists. And you'll hear me all month long introducing the channel!

Sign up for a 3-month trial today!

https://player.siriusxm.com/welcome

#QueerCountry #Pride #Pride2023 #SiriusXM #TransMusic #NonbinaryMusic #NBMusic #DragQueens #Drag

A full lineup of events for the trans community in Queens NY and beyond this weekend! Saturday night's event is indoors! Sunday is outdoors and the smoke will have cleared and you'll be desperate to get outside! Come through! (That's what my 24 year old says when they want people to come to these events, so that's cool right?) #trans #transmusic #summerfestival #queensny #queenstranscommunity #nytranscommunity #transpunk #potluck

@zoec There's SO many. I can't really choose one. But for right now, I will have to go with this song I recently discovered by a Spanish transmasc guy:
"Normal es un Programa de Mi Lavadora"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyM8JgADNNI

Also, I can't fail to mention this absolute classic by Left At London:
"Revolution Lover"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBQTLAnctWU

#music #transmusic #trans

new song today!

I started composing this track (as I often do my more downtempo songs) during an evening of extreme anxiety. all of a sudden, this image popped into my head of someone gazing out across a city from a high-rise apartment and seeing the lights from the windows in other buildings snuffed out one after another. they know that something new and frightening is approaching, and with that realization comes the knowledge that nothing will ever be the same again.

content-wise, this track was inspired by one of my favorite temporal genres, early '00s downtempo. the air influence is obvious here, but I also see bits of thievery corporation, zero 7 and telefon tel aviv scattered about as well.

oh, and this one was also an exercise in paying more attention to audio mixing. I'm slowly teaching myself to do better there, I think. 😌

#Music #NewMusic #TripHop #Downtempo #Electronic #Electronica #QueerMusic #TransMusic

https://on.soundcloud.com/BWtD1

HEY! LISTEN: Love Crumbs and Cloudbelly team up for a transcendent, heartbreaking exploration of addiction and learning to love from a distance. You won't believe the singing on here.

https://adobeandteardrops.com/2023/05/love-crumbs-and-cloudbelly-address-addiction-on-vacant-dream.html

#QueerCountry #Americana #FolkMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusic #Addiction #sobriety #TransMusic #trans #nonbinary

new song today! this one contains:

- a brief homage to VNV Nation
- some proggy synth noodling
- a reggaeton beat
- handclaps
- some of the raddest electronic drum work I think I've ever composed

and I make this all work somehow. I think. maybe. um, just listen for yourself.

#Music #NewMusic #Electronic #Electronica #Synthpop #QueerMusic #TransMusic

https://soundcloud.com/user-93585615/the-grey-council?si=caf97d3f68ed4e43aa1cb14c5c104ea5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Happy #BandcampFriday 🖤

Today we have a new release from EXSANGUIA out in its entirety. A three track glitch and plunderphonics EP called "CRASH THE PARTY"
https://exsanguia.bandcamp.com/album/crash-the-party

#music #bandcamp #transmusic #breakcore #glitchcore

hi, y'all! it's Bandcamp Friday again, and that means it's time for me to shamelessly shill my music!

I make electronic music, often combined with spoken-word poetry, under the nom de guerre "rachel underspoon." I have a full-length album (nonbinaural) and an EP (eclipse) on my bandcamp, and you can grab them both for just two bucks total! (though I'd obviously love it if you tossed me a bit more than that 😁 )

the tracks on both run the gamut from synthpop and synthwave, to industrial, to dreampop, to dance-rock, to ambient, to metal, and just about everything in between. if you're as much of a music nerd as I am, I'm sure you'll hear echoes of a ton of my influences while listening.

anyway, even if you just stream my music, thank you for listening! <3

https://rachelunderspoon.bandcamp.com

#Music #BandCamp #BandCampFriday #QueerMusic #TransMusic #Electronic #Electronica #Synthwave #Synthpop #Dreampop

It is my HONOR to announce the NEW Rainbow Rodeo blog!

With a constantly shifting media landscape, queer country music deserves a home that is by the community and for the community.

Please follow @rainbowrodeomag for all the queer country news, music, and personal essays that you can use!

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/welcome-to-queer-country-rainbow-rodeo/

#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #LGBTQMusic #TransMusic #lgbtq #queer #trans #nonbinary #indiemusic #QueerMusic #blog #LGBTQBlog #LGBTQNews

It's always a privilege when an artist trusts me with their story, and I'm so glad Mya Byrne shared hers. Mya's album, Rhinestone Tomboy, is a significant moment in country music history. Read more at the Nashville Scene!

https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/mya-byrne-draws-strength-to-be-herself-on-rhinestone-tomboy/article_259aaab8-e2e7-11ed-a537-e7ce3d98cd5b.html

#CountryMusic #QueerCountry #Americana #TransMusic #trans #transfemme #music

hi, everyone! my new EP, eclipse, is out today on bandcamp!

the idea for this project came about because I felt the need to explore a few darker themes that didn't really fit on nonbinaural. I don't like to engage in too much doomerism or trauma-dumping through my music, but a lot of what's present here is part of my story. and I don't feel as though I can earnestly express joy and love without also relating, in some form, the concurrent sorrow, anger and anxiety. any other approach would be succumbing to toxic positivity.

so, with that in mind, I present to you my eclipse - a momentary lapse into shadow.

what's included:

- "autoflagellate" is the most distortion-heavy thing that I've composed to date, and it also features some basic (non-spoken-word) vocals. to say that I'm uncomfortable as a vocalist would be an understatement, but I also feel that it's important to challenge myself as an artist. I think the end result turned out... not too badly?

- "drone" is a minimal techno-influenced track that I'd initially wanted to add words to and ran into writer's block at the time of its original SoundCloud release. here, I've repurposed it to tell a true story.

- I originally wanted to include "rising oceans" on nonbinaural, but I couldn't find a place for it on the album. someone once called it "apocalyptic donkey kong country music," and I like that description enough that I'm running with it.

- the title track is the last complete song that I composed before escaping an abusive household. it's one of the most experimental things I've ever released, and also includes a short, surreal poem that I'm fairly proud of.

- I completed the bulk of "what she left behind," my "synthwave epic," last june, then promptly shelved it for some reason that I can't quite remember. then, last week, I finally dusted it off, added a bunch of overdubs, and rewrote and re-recorded the spoken-word part. this final version is much closer to how I'd originally envisioned the song, and I'm glad that I waited this long to release it.

additionally, your purchase of the EP at $1 or more gives you access to instrumental versions of "autoflagellate" and "what she left behind," as well as "sunset cliffs," a downtempo track that I composed for fun to see if I could liberally thieve from a certain german electronic artist.

and either way - even if you just stream the EP - thank you so much for listening! <3

https://rachelunderspoon.bandcamp.com/album/eclipse

#Music #NewMusic #QueerMusic #TransMusic #Electronica #Industrial #Synthwave #Poetry