This post inspired by my very recent discovery of the band Broken Focus, a hardcore/metal band that has a transfem lead vocalist. Who might just be my new gender goals.
I really like https://open.spotify.com/album/25PRPqWH5Z3fOR2CHocRDq !!!
Against Me!
Idk how I’ve never heard of this one before but it’s giving early-2000’s blink 182/the killers, 9/10 very solid!
Transgender dysphoria blues is my favorite song.
She’s awesome but aside from being a legend of modern punk she mostly got super well known for coming out as trans in like 2014ish
Reinventing Axl Rose 🎧
Laura Jane Grace is a beautiful person. I love her music, both before and after she transitioned.
Favorite songs:
- Delicate, Petite & Other Things I’ll Never Be
- We Laugh at Danger (and Break All the Rules)
- 333
- Fuckmylife666
Laura Jane Grace is a legend for her history in the punk community.
Edit - fav songs:
You look like I need a drink
I’m an anarchist
How Low
I had no idea! I’m only familiar with Teenage Anarchist and Thrash Unreal, which apparently came out before she came out. That’s awesome.
Yeah, her coming out was pretty big. Including her ex wife having to tell Rolling Stone that Laura’s gender had nothing to do with the divorce. She later titled her (pretty good) autobiography a transphobic slur.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues was an amazing album as well, that really hits hard especially early in transition. And it’s wild in retrospect that she put out The Ocean (song) before coming out. But in retrospect she’s got a handful of songs from that era that are clearly dealing with her relationship with her gender.
Don’t feel bad, I had no idea until seeing her in concert in 2014! It was a “Holy fuck, fuck yeah dude!” experience.
Underscores (I like their album U), then femtanyl
Kinda obsessed with their newest All The Time rn, but I like a bunch of her earlier stuff too
I really like Wallsocket.
same, U is good too but the highlights on wallsocket are phenomenal.
Came here looking for this, I LOVE underscores. Lena Raine is super cool too! Though different… At the same time I feel isolated in liking the Celeste OST much more than the Minecraft one.
Oh no Celeste is peak yeah
My favourites are resurrections and reach for the summit
TOTALLY great choices. I don’t think I can choose personally… WAAAAAAY too many bangers in that OST. I listen to the whole thing in the car sometimes on longer drives. <3
you’re the second person to say that in this thread… do people really think of Lena Raine as “THE minecraft composer” these days? in my mind that role has always belonged to C418
I hope not… C418 is absolutely the Minecraft composer in my head. But a lot of people when they hear Lena Raine don’t think Celeste, they think Minecraft. I do know people who always mention Lena Raine when talking about who composed Minecraft now… Which having played it again more recently I guess is somewhat fair because a surprising amount of the current soundtrack is hers.
But the best parts are C418 on that one IMO.
okay whew, i’m not losing it. C418’s music is what makes minecraft what it is, imo
you are not alone in associating Lena Raine mainly with Celeste, that is a fantastic soundtrack. although now that i’ve bought and listened to her entire discography a few times, i gotta say: the Chicory: A Colorful Tale soundtrack is growing on me
edit: weirdly enough, when i think of “celeste music” i actually think of catapillie, Maddie Sexton, BeanJammin or one of the other many composers on the massive soundtrack for the Strawberry Jam mod
I swear, you’re about to get me on nodded Celeste… ;-;
I need to listen to more Lena for sure. Haven’t heard that one.
I swear, you’re about to get me on nodded Celeste… ;-;
dewit dewit dewit DO IT
JOIN US
>:Dyes i am totally normal about this
That underscores is like a good “driving somewhere late at night” type album. Very solid, 8/10.
My daughter’s classmate once gave her a list of musicians she liked and it was pretty much just a list of transfem Canadians. Neither of them are trans and I’m not out, so it was entirely coincidental.
Probably still Wendy Carlos. The Clockwork Orange soundtrack is tight, and was pioneering.
Recently got into Lex Walton. She’s pretty obscure, you’ve probably never heard of her lol!
Sophie is incredible. She made one of my favorite albums of all time, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides. Highly recommend for fans of experimental pop and club music.
Sophie was amazing, and that album is incredible! I love her sound.
She also produced a song by Let’s Eat Grandma called Hot Pink that’s pretty great.
Laura Jane Grace is my favorite artist I love Against Me! And her solo works. Saw her concerts a few times shes really good
Definitely the artist I’ve most consistently loved. Been listening to her for like 12-13 years now. At first, at least one song confused me because it seemed like she was gendering herself as female, but she was stilling going by her deadname back then. In hindsight, it was obvious she had already tried to come out through songs before TDB released, but I hadn’t paid much attention to the lyrics in the most explicit songs.
She’s so fucking good in concert. My ex took me years ago and it was great. I should look to see if she’ll be somewhere near me at some point, I’d love to take my wife to one of her shows
Wait, apparently she’s been releasing new music under her name‽ I’d just been looking for AM!. And it’s folk punk! Ooh, I’m gonna have some fun with that
Lena Raine!
Hell yeah, minecraft soundtrack lady
Celeste and guild wars 2 were my first exposure to her and I’ve been in love ever since! The tracks she’s done for Minecraft have been gorgeous though
I was afraid no one would mention her.
For transmasc: Dylan and the moon! He has a few songs that he rerecorded after his transition and mixed together to create a duet with himself! https://youtu.be/ojSmc7s1rgU
I really like Grumpster. I thought they had gotten a new vocalist, but, no, testosterone is just a hell of a drug.
Lena Raine is the first person in my mind, some people were very hard on her being C418’s successor. But I believe she’s actually great, haven’t listen to her other works tho.
You should try Celeste :3
I’ve only played the game jam version I believe, not the fully finished game.
The game jam version is pretty good in its own right, but the full version is honestly incredible.
I’m a fan of Owlbear. They’re a power metal band with a transfem vocalist, and she also has a black metal solo act. I’ve been to a couple of shows with Owlbear in the lineup and they’re even better live.
Cab Ride Home, another metal band with a trans vocalist, had a pretty good album and a couple of EPs, but went on hiatus since she’s now a senator in Virginia.
went on hiatus since she’s now a senator in Virginia
Hell of a story arc there, wow!
Listening to owlbear right now, it’s pretty solid. Giving me some Blind Guardian/Killswitch Engage Holy Diver type vibes. Very nice, 8.5/10
Cheap Dirty Horse
A UK punk band
Highlights include “On the rob” and “I transed your dad”
Glad to see Cheap Dirty Horse mentioned in the wild. On the Rob is a great song!
I play them to my daughters, they loved them too
I saw Sarah and the Safe Word at a Bear Ghost concert and they were pretty fun, the lead singer is transfem and pretty sure all the other members identify as queer
All the other members except drums. (they made a joke about this when I saw them)
Ok this is giving “aurelio voltaire but like if he was a girl”
Solid pick, 8.5/10. If I was drunk or stoned, 9/10.
Boy Clothes is a great emo-ish band from Nashville. The bass player is fantastic and I wish I could remember the stage name she uses for her solo stuff. I’ll add it if my brain decides to work.
Obligatory StomachBook, Femtanyl, and Changeline.
You had me at emo music lol. Solid 8/10 pick, if I was sad and/or high while listening then possibly even a 10/10.
FOXCULT FOXCULT FOXCULT!!!
Ok this is some good shit here.
Giving serious Rise Against/Trivium vibes
