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#QUEEK: Tyler, The Creator

Every Tuesday, we feature a queer musician, artist, band, or producer who has put themselves out there with their newest work.

Our Queer Of The Week, or QUEEK, is Tyler, The Creator with his fourth album Flower Boy.

It’s difficult to be sure at the moment if Tyler is genuinely queer; he has yet to give any response to the speculation, and his history of playing characters in his albums and using homophobic slurs in his lyrics add reasons to doubt the story that Flower Boy tells. That being said, the album feels far more earnest, honest, and real than anything he’s ever given us before, and one way or another, the emotions being put forward in songs like “Garden Shed” are pretty relatable to anyone who’s ever been closeted.

Highlights: “Who Dat Boy,” “Boredom,” “I Ain’t Got Time!”

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#QUEEK: Marika Hackman

Every Tuesday, we feature a queer musician, artist, band, or producer who has/have put themselves out there with their newest work.

Our Queer Of The Week, or QUEEK, is Marika Hackman with her album I’m Not Your Man.

Check out our full review of I’m Not Your Man by Ellis Pomirchy. Also, go listen to the latest City Of Monster Bunker where we specifically pick apart Hackman’s track “Boyfriend.”

Highlights: “Boyfriend,” “Good Intentions,” “My Lover Cindy”

 

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#QUEEK TBT: Mika

Every Tuesday, we feature a queer musician, artist, band, or producer who has/have put themselves out there with their newest work.

But today we’re doing a throwback to an expressively fun album from 2007.

Our ‘Queer Of The Week,’ or ‘QUEEK,’ is Mika with his album Life in Cartoon Motion.

There was no way you could’ve left Mika’s debut album without being completely covered in glitter. It was very much the original Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. Each track is essentially Mika bursting at all ends of the spectrum. It’s not so much the album itself that breaks any ground, as it does proudly pays homage to the likes of Queen and Scissor Sisters. But its fearless use of hyperbolic vocals, whimsical lyrics, and down-right abuse of sexuality gave queer folks a sense of normalcy.

Highlights: “Love Today,” “Grace Kelly,” “Big Girl” and “Any Other World”

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#QUEEK: Palehound

Every Tuesday, we feature a queer musician, artist, band, or producer who has/have put themselves out there with their newest work.

Our ‘Queer Of The Week,’ or ‘QUEEK,’ is Palehound with their album A Place I’ll Always Go.

There’s so much one can handle; and Ellen Kempner, the front for Palehound, naturally spills her frustrations and drifting thoughts as soon as they hit the brim, which immediately flows over at the start of their second studio album, A Place I’ll Always Go. She places us inside a dark hole after the causes had already occurred. It’s her now, munching on frozen dinners and thinking what would it be like if her best friend was still alive. It’s about survival and looking past things that dulled her senses. In “Feeling Fruit,” she finds a refreshing solitude–a way of handling “the weight you gave up.” But this is after having to lock her queer nature within her “Room” from an unshakable society. Even though all is done and the anxiety will always be there, the feeling of knowing someone is there is what protects her from being sucked by despair.

Highlights: “Room,” “If You Met Her,” “Flowing Over” and “Feeling Fruit”

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#QUEEK: Dazey And The Scouts

every Tuesday, we’ll be featuring a queer musician, artist, band, or producer who has made an impact with their newest work.

our Queer Of The Week, or QUEEK, is Dazey And The Scouts with their album Maggot.

released earlier this year, Maggot is the band’s debut album and features 7 tracks with Austin Corona on drums, Lea Jaffe on vocals and guitar, Otto Klammer on vocals and bass, and Brennan Wedl on vocals and guitar. Maggot is queercore at its funniest. there’s angst, but never without a sense of humor especially when engaging in a little rage and not-so-subtle sexual teasing.

highlights: “Groan,” “Wet,” “James Dean You Let Us Down”

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