#edit for song: stupid by brendan maclean

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6, 58, and 92 please~ ^_^

6.

No surprise with this one, first because it's such a good song that unlocks some emotions in me, but also I used for a video edit of blackbeard ofmd so I've been obsessively listening to it until the fmv was done

58.

92.

Thank u <3<3

[erimeows]

TFA Characters As (Love) Songs (Decepticon Edition)

Megatron- Nails by Call Me Karizma

Lugnut- Haunt You by X Lovers and Chloe Moriondo

Blitzwing- Sex With A Ghost by Teddy Hyde

Starscream- Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande (don’t make fun of me for this one)

Swindle- blind by ROLE MODEL

Lockdown- Villain by GOLDA

Shockwave- Stupid by Brendan Maclean

Blackarachnia- Toxic by Britney Spears

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Music Monday: Queer Tunes Edition

Aaaaannnndddd we’re back with some music-related goodness. I have a pretty lengthy Spotify playlist of songs from LGBTQA+ artists, and I figured I’d compile it all here for accessibility. I’m constantly adding new artists to the playlists (below), so give those a follow if you want to be up to date.

1) This one is EVERY SONG IN EVERY ARTIST’S DISCOGRAPHY AND IT IS DAUNTING AS HELL.

2) This one is a (constantly updated) playlist of all my favorite songs from these artists.

Allison Weiss

Like The Front Bottoms (Allison was actually featured on “Cough It Out” and a few other songs off of the newest Front Bottoms album), but just a single person writing kick ass indie pop/orck songs.

Songs to check out: “Motorbike” and “I Was An Island”

Gay, uses both female (she/her) and neutral (them/they) pronouns.

BOY

My friend Frank recommended this band to me by calling them “the gay Death Cab for Cutie,” so I guess they’re the gay Death Cab for Cutie.

Songs to check out: “Waitress” and “Boris.”

Brendan Maclean

Wonderful poppy songs about heartache and stuff.

Songs to check out: “Stupid” and “Hugs Not Drugs (Or Both).”

Gay.

Camp Cope

Really good indie rock music with fantastic lyricism. They’re also Australian, kind of have a Courtney Barnett vibe.

Songs to check out: "Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams” and “Flesh and Electricity.”

I can’t find a source anywhere, but lead singer Georgia McDonald is on the spectrum somewhere, and the band is vocal in its support of LGBTQA+ issues.

Chris Pureka

The queer, more laid back Shakey Graves.

Songs to check out: “Burning Bridges,” “Cynical” and “Back in the Ring.”

Genderqueer.

Courtney Barnett

Singer/songwriter with a cool garage rock flair.

Songs to check out: “Pedestrian at Best” and “Pickles from the Jar.”

Gay.

Cyberbully Mom Club

Lo-fi indie pop. Normally not crazy about lo-fi stuff, but this band does it really well and the lyrics are great too.

Songs to check out: “Drunk Text Romance” and “Life Time Warranty.”

Lead singer Shari Heck has been open about gender identity and the “boxes” of binary genders, but hasn’t assigned themselves a label from what I’ve seen.

Des Ark

Chill acoustic/indie music.

Songs to check out: “Peace to You Too, Motherfucker” and “You Pregnant Motherfucker.” Both are pretty relaxed despite their titles.

Front woman Aimée Collet Argote identifies as queer.

Hemming

Young singer/songwriter, very sad and very Julien Baker-esque. I want to protect her.

Songs to check out: “I’ll Never Be the Man for You” and “Some of My Friends.”

Gay.

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Imagine Johnny Cash. Now imagine him as a queer female fronting a band. That’s kinda what this band is like.

Songs to check out: “I Know It’s Wrong (But That’s Alright)” and “Jealous Guy.”

Frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra identifies as queer, fiddler Yosi Perlstein is trans.

Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny Owen Youngs is like the musical equivalent of the first person you ever had a crush on and I want to hug her a million times.

Songs to check out: “Born to Lose” and “Last Person.” 

Bonus: Her cover of Jukebox the Ghost’s “Good Day,” her cover of Weezer’s “Getchoo” AND her cover of Nelly’s “Hot in Herre.”

Gay, plus she’s married to the Queen of Gay Kristin Russo (one of the founders of Everyone is Gay).

Jesse Thomas

Just say yes to more women making cool indie music.

Songs to check out: “Use Me Up” and “Leather Jacket.”

Gay.

Julia Weldon

A good mix of some folky sentiments with indie rock flair.

Songs to check out: “Marian” (I like the version from the self-titled album better) and “Same Games”

Identifies as queer and “definitely not a lesbian folk singer.”

Julien Baker

Sad, acoustic music. Like a female Bon Iver or something.

So sad, so many feels. 

I want to love her.

Songs to check out: “Everybody Does and “Something.”

Gay, and also transparent about being a gay person that is 1) Christian and 2) from the South, if that’s enticing.

Mal Blum

The purest, sweetest cinnamon roll in the entire world making really good, relatable music.

Songs to check out: “New Years Eve” and “The Bodies, The Zombies!”

Non-binary and pansexual.

Mo Kenney

More swell folkish music (more of an indie rock vibe on the latest).

Songs to check out: “I Faked It” and “The Happy Song.”

Gay.

Natasha Negovanlis

Because that chick from Carmilla everyone loves also makes some pretty good music.

The only three songs on her Bandcamp are pretty spotty in terms of genre (”Nothing” has a more pop/rock vibe while “Green” is a slower, more straight pop song and “27″ is weirdly jazzy).

Songs to check out: All of them, but “Nothing” is my favorite because I just dig the whole vibe.

Unspecified, label defying queer. The queen of my heart.

No Girlfriends

Swell punk music.

Songs to check out: “You’re Impossible” and “Proposition.”

They’re literally all crushworthy lesbians and the name is a pun because they’re...all single BUT ALSO because they were apparently getting sick of people just assuming they were “the girlfriends” of dudes in bands.

Palehound

Very nice lo-fi rock. Sometimes verges into grunge territory.

Songs to check out: “Dixie” and “Molly,” just so you get the full spectrum of sounds in there.

Ellen Kempner is queer.

Partner

MORE indie rock music, because that’s what the world needs.

Literally this band has a song about Ellen Page AND they straight up just use the word “lesbian” whilst referring to themselves/Ellen Page in said song.

Songs to check out: “The Ellen Page” and “Hot Knives.”

Gayyyyyyyyyyy.

Porch Cat

Lo-fi, bedroom rock/folkish punk music.

Songs to check out: “The Haircut Song” (I like the acoustic version from “Little Songs” best) and “If Yr Not Happy.” Bonus: “Want to Be Free (I’m An Asshole Too)” with accompanying band The Fair-weather Family. 

Non-binary.

Sleater-Kinney

Motherfucking Sleater-Kinney.

Songs to check out: All of them, but also “Surface Envy” and “You’re No Rock N’ Roll Fun.”

Members Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are bisexual.

SOAK

Soulful folk music (literally, hence “SOAK”) from Ireland. The accent is endearing.

Songs to check out: “B a noBody” and “Hailstones Don’t Hurt.”

Gay.

Soko

For the most part folky/poppy, but charted into some rockish territory on the newest release.

Songs to check out: “Who Wears the Pants??” and “Why Don’t You Eat Me Now, You Can.”

Gonna put her down as pansexual/bisexual, ‘cause in an interview she said she preferred girls but had been with guys before, so.

(She also ended the aforementioned interview by saying “I love pussy,” so there’s that.)

Sports

Kind of like Modern Baseball but with a female lead singer, ya feel?

Songs to check out: “Getting On in Spite of You” and “GDP.”

Queer.

St. Vincent

Excellent, poppy indie rock.

Songs to check out: “Paris is Burning” and “Actor Out of Work.”

Unspecified queer/pansexual/dates a lot of hot women, so she’s just kinda winning at life.

Tegan and Sara

Motherfucking Tegan and Sara.

Songs to check out: Their entire discography, but also “Shock to Your System” and “Frozen.”

Gay times two.

Torres

Indie singer/songwriter.

Songs to check out: “Jealousy And I” and “New Skin.”

Gay.