I have two trans* artists that I really like.
Tiggrez Punch is a German feminist artist that mainly produces HipHop. I saw them live and I can only recommend them.
Awakesy! is a British transfem Artist that produces quite a wide Variety of genres, but mainly the darker styles of Techno and its subgenres. She has quite a lot of speedcore, but also lots of other cool stuff.
Gen and the Degenerates make some fun queer punk.
Myself :D
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
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)
Saving this for later
No such thing as too much black metal 🤌
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.
I believe Cheap Perfume has a trans member. They're also awesome
Nirvana :^)
G.L.O.S.S.
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…
She/Her/Hers, Destructo Disk, and Mischief Brew.
Is mischief brew trans?
I thought they were. I might be misremembering.
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)
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
There's a bunch of trans punk bands here, Crop Tops and Heterophobes are probably my top two
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 listen to Astrid, FEM&M, and shteppi a lot
Jane Remover - https://youtube.com/@jane_remover
Against Me!
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.
Don’t feel bad, I had no idea until seeing her in concert in 2014! It was a “Holy fuck, fuck yeah dude!” experience.
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.
Laura Jane Grace is a beautiful person. I love her music, both before and after she transitioned.
Favorite songs:
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!
Laura Jane Grace is my favorite artist I love Against Me! And her solo works. Saw her concerts a few times shes really good
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.
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.
Lena Raine!
I was afraid no one would mention her.
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
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.
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'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!
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.
LGBTQ-friendly: Ross Federman (from Tally Hall)
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Of course I listen to femtanyl as well and other artists I might not even know are trans, lol.
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)
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