Playlist: Just Fruit
A playlist because I don’t know, I just like fruit. For each fruit, I picked up to 3 song(s) fitting some criteria, and here we are.
Steven Universe Soundtrack Vol 1 Delivers Cool Jams and Good (Gay) Messages
While not every episode is a musical one, many episodes do incorporate the characters singing songs and it’s never a waste of the show’s time. Instead, the music reveals things about the relationships, thoughts and feelings of the characters and gives listeners a brilliant new way to think about the things the show is talking about.
EXCLUSIVE: Loamlands’ New Video For “Little River” Honors Queer NC History and Loss
Loamlands’ new video is a powerful ode to Durham, NC’s troubled history with queer rights.
Be Steadwell’s New Music Video Will Put A Spell On You
“Black girl magic is ancient as fuck.”
Exclusive: Slothrust Premiere Sweet New Video For “Pigpen”
Visually, it exists somewhere between a late-90s Smashing Pumpkins video and the Great British Bake-Off on hallucinogens.
Four Hot New Queer and Queer-ish Singles From Your Faves to Usher In Summer
Mary Lambert, Halsey and Lauren Jauregui, Hailee Steinfeld and Carly Rae Jepsen all gave us new queer or queer-ish songs this week, and it’s up to you to make at least one of them the song of the summer.
Playlist: Masturbation Month
In honor of MM, I’ve put together this playlist for you. And lemme tell ya, it was exciting — so exciting that I had to close the blinds and burn some incense and imagine Sadé serenading a clone of Sadé in a bathtub filled with rose petals and surrounded by 100 tea lights.
Amandla Stenberg’s Glorious Quest For World Domination Continues With Their Music Video Debut
You knew when the time came for Amandla Stenberg to star in their own music video, they would also direct it and edit it.
PLAYLIST: Guy in a “Make America Great Again” Hat
Between the kind of policy making that’s forcing a societal hand to double down on a literal time bomb, this is liable to be the playlist of the summer!
Hello, Goodbye: From Faking My Taste for Crushes to Falling in Love with Music for Real
Then I met Summer, a junior counselor at the Christian summer camp I went to between sixth and seventh grade. Summer wore a different band shirt almost every day: Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zeppelin. She told me she loved classic rock, and without hesitating, I said “me too.”
Hayley Kiyoko Shares a New Unrequited Queer Girl Love Anthem With “Sleepover”
In this newest video, Kiyoko takes center stage as the queer protagonist of her video and her song, singing about the difficult feelings of a queer woman who develops feelings for a friend.
Black Queer Music History, Pt. 4 (1990s-Present)
Black queer musicians today are some of our strongest advocates, and they’re leading the revolution with singing and dancing.
Black Queer Music History, Pt. 3 (1970s-1990s)
This is my favorite era because the variety we hear during this time period is something like never before. Finally, queer black folks get to individually express their identities and aesthetics!
Playlist: Black Queer Music History, Pt. 2 (1930s-1960s)
It was hard enough to be black during this time, let alone black and queer, but these musicians did it and they made awesome music!
Playlist: Black Queer Music History Pt. 1 (Early 20th Century)
Black queer artists have been killing the game forever. Check out what they were doing in the early 20th century.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: How Are You Keeping This Women’s March Feeling Going?
I’ve made a girl group playlist and intend to listen to it on loop at full capacity after filling Riese’s entire living room with sand, what are you doing?
Playlist: Gay Broadway Morning
Every song on this playlist is a little push forward for you, reminding you that you are perfect just as you are. Now go out there and live loud just like a musical theatre enthusiast should!
The Autostraddle Team’s Ten Most Influential Teen Albums
The music you listen to in your teen years mixes with your hormones and emotions and overwhelms you and permanently molds you. You make mix tapes, you go to shows, you buy band t-shirts and posters, you get ill advised tattoos. It’s a lot of fun.
Time to Be Floored by Shea Diamond’s Stunning New Video for Trans and Self-Empowerment Anthem “I Am Her”
I’m beyond honored and blessed to premiere the new live version of “I Am Her,” Diamond’s powerful anthem stripped down into an a capella performance.
7 Albums by Women That Got Me Personally Through 2016
2016 sucked, so I listened to a lot of music by women. It helped! Here’s seven of them which came out this year and thus were appropriate to use as a year-end recap list.