2017 - THE UNIVERSE IS Lit

 (Illinois): Anti-colonial queer hardcore bandcamp

 (Oakland)

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 (Fresno): Squid ink is a newly formed radical punk project based out of Fresno, CA. Combining punk and grunge sounds with songs empowering womxn and femmes against various forms of oppression. 

 (Oakland): A fearless dreamer who believes in Magic. Brewing an eclectic combination Experiment of Disco, Punk, Electro Pop, and Rock.

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 (Seattle): Heavy synth. 

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 (Los Angeles): Queer new-wave from Boyle heights.

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 (Oakland): SOFIA CORDOVA y MATTHEW KIRKLAND | PUERTO RICO y NUEVA YORK en OAKLAND. channeling gloria trevi // so so def // the stooges. channeling gloria trevi // so so def // the stooges. PILLS + THRILLS + ACTING SMART 

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 (LA): From the murky depths of erasure and conservatives YAAWN rose out of the mire that is Orange County, CA to scare off hardcore bros and put a damper all whining men. 

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 (Oakland): BBUD are a community minded group of multi-instrumentalists who make music for free spirits! BBUD create new hyper-inclusive soundscapes that invites everyone to dance like nobodies watching!

 (LA): FUPU​ is the white male patriarchy’s reckoning. It’s dressed in an all-Black, femme punk band, but it’s the war for reparations incarnate. FUPU does not represent the same ol’ coy request for equality, it’s a declarative statement: we have BEEN understanding and humble to the point of detriment, so new rules-FUCK U PAY US and SUCK MY NAPPY BLACK PUSSY. 

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 (LA): GayCay is Edgar Fabián Frías and Thaddeus Clemens Ward Pedisich. Queer Mutants Unite. 

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 (Oakland): Holy ghost inspired no-wave. 

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(AUS)

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 (Bay): violent queer feelings and pop music 

Portland): Latinx punk rock based out of Portland, OR   

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(Puerto Rico/Oakland): Las Sucias is a duo formed by Danishta Rivero and Alexandra Buschman, mixing anti-patriarchal riotgrrrl lyrics, afro- caribbean rhythms, brujería noise and possessed vocals. Each performance is a ritual that combines all of the senses and elevates into a higher realm, inspiring the listener to dance, speak in tongues, laugh hysterically and get possessed by the spirits awoken.  

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 (Chicago): Romantic Punx.

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 (New Orleans): edgeslayer is an intergalactic demon from the from the negaverse. she traveled to earth to save them all… but she got here, she found out that the world was so fucked up and wrong. there was no hope, she fell into a depression and now her thotty harmonies and melodies are radiating from her body to transform into her next form so she can defeat the evils before her. 

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(LA): “Ba!Sti!Das!Bastidas!” psychedelic-acidity that will burn a hole through the brains of each listener. Bastidas! has festered among L.A.’s underground scene since 2007,creating a new threshold for post-punk, chunked up bass lines, and sonic synthesis. Melding distorted guitars, alluringly eerie vocals, and rampant drum beats, they evoke a daunting oasis of rhythmic incantation.

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 (Oakland): Oakland based experimental musician and multimedia artist. Freak faith folk. Vibrations of brown queer spirituality, intimacy and enlightenment. 

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 (Berkeley):Kohinoorgasm (one word: ko-hee-noor-gasm) is the experimental pop music project of Josephine Shetty. As a mixed race, queer, desi artist, she seeks to expand the dialogue around multidimensional identity-based experiences by visualizing and performing commentary on complex histories and emotions. Josephine is from Los Angeles, CA, and now resides in Berkeley. 

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 (San Jose): VALLEYGRRLS is a 3 piece band from San Jose. Fuzzed out pop punk about love, growth and dreams. We love each other and love our friends <3 

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(Los Angeles)

 (Bay): benji, kris, rebecca, ramy.

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 (Oakland):Mexican-American genderqueer living in Oakland, CA since 2014. Demongay is dark techno meant to express inner conflicts, inward screams and amplified levels of euphoria inducing 

brain chemicals into sonic collages meant for dark basement dance floors and dark corners of the internet.

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 (Bay Area): Wizard Apprentice is an independent singer-songwriter, electronic music producer, and  motion graphics artist. As a highly-sensitive introvert, her multimedia  projects are attempts to energetically battle an overwhelming world. Her  music is a combination of lyrical precision; minimalistic composition;  and technically amateurish charm. She creates digitally-based media that  takes advantage of accessible, user-friendly technology; allowing her  to skip time-consuming learning curves and get straight to focusing on  inventing personalized yet highly relatable language for deeply subtle  and internal experiences. She's not a gear-head, rather, a digital folk  artist who vividly and simplistically expresses her inner world using  resourcefulness and honesty. Her video work incorporates green screen  graphics, digital puppetry, and minimalistic compositing to produce  imagery that’s cerebral, psychedelic, campy, and hypnotic. She combines  song and video to create multimedia live performances that explore  intimate emotional themes ranging from the challenges/triumphs of being  an empath to overstimulation in the Internet Age.

(Oakland) 

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 (Bay): new band featuring the Creatrix and Piano Rain! 

 (Oakland): hardcore from Oakland, CA.

 (Philly): DJ Haram is a queer producer and DJ originally from New Jersey, currently based in Philadelphia. Stylistically versatile, she throws down for Jersey, Philly, and Baltimore with club and booty bounce sets but also has been known to pay homage to her roots in the tradition of Middle Eastern dance music and of DIY noise and experimental sound. DJ Haram (along with Moor Mother) is ½ of the noise/rap group 700 BLISS. In Philly Haram curates a few nights; a legal fundraiser party series (f)LAWLESS, a monthly live/DIY hip hop night ‘Gas’, and a monthly radio program RAGE RADIO on 91.7FM.   

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 (Oakland):Your #1 Scratch n Sniff DJ - is an Oakland native party starter who’s selection of hot & heavy bass cuts, booty grinding house, footwork, and international gems collected will leave your pantie wet! FELA KUTCHII brings the crowd antics and fun-loving riots to her DJ sets making the dance floor a safe space for all creatives, freaks, oddballs, and disco grannies to be themselves and shake their ass! 

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 (Oakland): Born in the east bay, raised in the east bay, ½ of the band VANKMEN (Oakland speedcore), affilated with 5lowershop soundsystem, SPAZ soundsystem, OAKGAS (Oakland Gabber Appreciation Society), Ratskin records, owner/curator of MYSHITEATSTAPES (diy cassette label). DJing vinyl for 17 years (breakcore/hardcore/u.s. hard house/jungle/freestyle/electro/hip hop/noise).

 (Oakland): Alexandra Ray Archuleta was raised in the school of the Denver noise underground and gay warehouse disco. After moving to California she quickly fell into the vaporous world of West Coast tekno, electronic experimentation and sound art. To this day she sculpts her own electronic sound worlds, DJ’s and quilts as a means of communicating with ancestors, the dance floor and the spirit world. She has been a part of Psychic Handbook, Believe, Aja Vision, Opulence Crescendo and currently makes solo works as Piano Rain. She also runs a label called Midnight Society.

(New Orleans): Ashley was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a multimedia artist and DJ. Her New Orleans roots show up and show out in her DJ sets linking 90’s classics to today’s trap hits with that NOLA bounce flavor. 

(NYC/LA) 

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 (LA)

(New Orleans)

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 (Bay Area): Forbidden Colors is the moniker for producer Enrique Hernandez; a queer Latinx person of color focused on creating experimental music that that’s diversity ranges from Harsh Noise,Power 

Electronics to mutant Techno and other abstract explorations of sound inspired by by the intersections of the Latinx Diaspora and the Queer experience. 

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