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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.

https://youtu.be/zxKVYysUynk

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[-] Ikonaka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

Eris drew and octa octa they just released a wonderful acid, breakbeat album as alchemical sisters. It is a testament, a statement. Transfemmes on top of their game shaking up electronic dance music. Its just so ridicoulesely fun

[-] alt_xa_23@midwest.social 3 points 13 hours ago

Nameless mist (atmospheric black metal)

Victory over the sun (avant-garde/prog black metal)

Kyros (prog-rock/synthpop)

Fogweaver (dungeon synth)

Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze (black metal)

[-] boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 39 minutes ago

Saving this for later

[-] Clarion_Fae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

No such thing as too much black metal 🤌

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Against Me! remains GOATed

Honorable mention to Wendy Carlos the mother of electronic music. Seriously, she basically completely revolutionized music by helping develop the moog synthesizer then winning a grammy by releasing an album of Bach on it (in 1968), transitioned in 1968, publicly came out in 1979, and is still around today in her 80s. She also did the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange, the Shining, and Tron.

Kim Petras is also worth bringing up here, especially since this thread is really punk. I'm not much of a pop girlie, but her music is pretty dang good, and she's also won a Grammy, made all the more impressive by doing it while openly trans.

[-] boringgus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

Nirvana :^)

[-] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

I believe Cheap Perfume has a trans member. They're also awesome

[-] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago
[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Trans Day of Revenge was so healing to me when I was just a few years into transition. Music that told me I was allowed to be angry at how much I'd been forced to mourn…

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

She/Her/Hers, Destructo Disk, and Mischief Brew.

[-] Clarion_Fae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago
[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

I thought they were. I might be misremembering.

[-] TheGingerNut@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 21 hours ago

Um… Axis of Awesome?

(I don't even listen to them that much but I feel exposed for not having any bands with trans singers in my collection)

[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

There's a bunch of trans punk bands here, Crop Tops and Heterophobes are probably my top two

[-] buran@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

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

[-] FRYD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I listen to Astrid, FEM&M, and shteppi a lot

[-] dominotheory@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago
[-] FluidBeef@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago

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!

I don't listen to that many transfem artists, though my favourite artist, Jamie Paige, is one of the few. I can also recommend shteppi.

Also a notable mention for a small non-trans artist: hiSwaps!

[-] AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Transgession

Extreme Transgression

They're black metal.

[-] nebby@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Laura Jane Grace is my favorite artist I love Against Me! And her solo works. Saw her concerts a few times shes really good

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

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

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.

[-] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago
[-] jaycifer@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

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.

[-] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Don’t feel bad, I had no idea until seeing her in concert in 2014! It was a “Holy fuck, fuck yeah dude!” experience.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

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.

[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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
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[-] buran@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I was afraid no one would mention her.

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[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] calliope@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 day ago

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.

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.

[-] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] Clarion_Fae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

went on hiatus since she's now a senator in Virginia

Hell of a story arc there, wow!

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Cheap Dirty Horse

A UK punk band

Highlights include "On the rob" and "I transed your dad"

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Glad to see Cheap Dirty Horse mentioned in the wild. On the Rob is a great song!

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I play them to my daughters, they loved them too

[-] cally@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

LGBTQ-friendly: Ross Federman (from Tally Hall)

Twitter/X screenshot
Tweet by Ross Federman. "Proud ally. People are people. Show some respect to your fellow human beings, today and always." There is a trans flag attached to the post. Posted March 31st 2021 at 12:19 PM.

Of course I listen to femtanyl as well and other artists I might not even know are trans, lol.

[-] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

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

[-] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Archr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

All the other members except drums. (they made a joke about this when I saw them)

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Not my personal favorite but my wife really likes Rainbow Kitten Surprise. The lead singer came out as trans a few years back.

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