YoungCreature

Opening Sequence

2013-01-04T12:35:00.002-06:00

OPENING SEQUENCE is a simulation of the beginning of a film. Narrated by info, some content is found and some content looks like found content. The main character is an architect. She is married, she has morals. She is into dramatic simulation as a way to work out obstacles in her reality or shared realities.

Leilah Weinraub, born 1979 in Los Angeles, is an emerging director currently working in New York City. She is an MFA Candidate at Bard College in the film and video department. Awards include Frameline Grant recipient 2009, Wexner Center for the Arts, Art and Tech residency 2008 & 2009, IFP Project Involve Fellow 2007.

Her first feature-length documentary, SHAKEDOWN will premiere early in 2013. SHAKEDOWN is the story of Los Angeles' black lesbian strip club scene and its genesis. Owned and operated by women, underground and illegal in nature, the club Shakedown is the bolder, faster, younger iteration of this dance culture.

The film is a window into this world.

Leilah Weinraub OPENING SEQUENCE 2012 HD Video, 7:38 min

New Song from Agent Ribbons!!

2012-07-26T12:53:00.000-05:00

This blog has been pretty stagnant for quite some time, but the new Agent Ribbons song has prompted a post! I'm not gonna get all long winded talking about how Agent Ribbons are my favorite band in town, or how they craft perfect pop songs, or how they are generally just magical ladies...there's no reason to get long winded because I've said it all right there. Their new song "Family Haircut" is a real gem of a song. Slightly dark, great harmonies, a driving drum beat, a gem. So anyways, enjoy the song and look for this song on the upcoming "Let Them Talk" 7" on Antenna Farm Records (09.11.12) and on a limited edition cassette due out on Portland's Cassingle and Loving It label. SO.GOOD.

Get Off The Internet!

2012-03-01T12:32:00.006-06:00

Hey! It's been a minute, huh? Yeah, well, "life happens" and leaves little time for blogging. Anyways, one of the things that has been happening (or at the least the planning for the happening) is an awesome SXSW showcase I'm helping to put together. Myself along with Homoground, Feminist Music Geek, International Girl Gang Underground, and Soul Ponies have put together a great lineup of feminist and/or queer and/or awesome ally-filled bands and performers to hit the stage Wednesday, March 14 at Cheer Up Charlie's - right here in beautiful Austin, TX!! I'm super stoked on this event and am so excited that this idea that we had years ago is becoming a reality! If you are going to be in Austin for SXSW please come to the event and say hi!!

Anyways, check out some tunes from some of the awesome bands and performers playing our show!

Agent Ribbons - Birds and Bees

Chainbow - Dreamy

Christeene - Fix My Dick

No Mas Bodas - Carousel (demo)

The Back Pockets - LoveLike

The Shondes - Nothing Glows

TacocaT - Spring Break-Up

African Mayonnaise

2011-12-29T16:10:00.005-06:00

Brand new video from Christeene!!! Words cannot accurately describe the amazingness.

CHRISTEENE "African Mayonnaise" from PJ Raval on Vimeo.

BONUS:

Christeene - Fix My Dick

Hey Girl

2011-12-08T12:53:00.001-06:00

KStew needed a 'Hey Girl' meme too, dammit.

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Free Smith Westerns Show in Chicago!

2011-11-29T12:17:00.005-06:00

Hey Chicago friends!

So, in these "tough economic times" what is better than a free show? Pretty much nothing. What's even better? A free show featuring some awesome bands & DJs all brought to you by the best event website in town - Do312. Also, if you do a good deed and bring an unwrapped gift for kids in need, you could win a bunch of awesome swag from Vitamin Water!

Anyways...RSVP NOW to catch Smith Westerns, Franki Chan, Black Light Saints, Windy City Soul Club and Kirby Kaiser FREE at the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago.

If I still lived in Chicago, I would FOR SURE be there this Friday!

Deets:

vitaminwater® and do312 have teamed up once again this year to bring you a night of killer entertainment and is giving you a reason to get out of your house during the frosty weather. did we mention it is free? we are very excited to announce the lineup for vitaminwater® winter escape, friday, december 2nd at the hard rock hotel fender ballroom. smith westerns, franki chan, black light saints, windy city soul club, and kirby kaiser. hosted by 'chicago's wingman' ernest wilkins of redeye chicago.

(UM....YES....) hosted bar from 9pm-11pm and it's all FREE with rsvp on do312!

be sure to bring an unwrapped gift for kids in need to receive a raffle ticket for great swag from vitaminwater®!!

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AND Here's a Smith Westerns track from me to you to get you excited!

Smith Westerns - All Die Young

KiNK & Neville Watson featuring Kim Ann Foxman

2011-09-08T11:37:00.001-05:00

A few days back the internet was hit with a new track from house duo KiNK & Neville Watson. That's cool, but what's really cool is that it features vocals from Hercules & Love Affair's Kim Ann Foxman!! Love her.

Anyways, this is a perfect jam to start your Saturday...even if it's only September.

BONUS:

Kim Ann Foxman - What You Need

Kim Ann Foxman - What You Need (James Curd RMX)

Romance

2011-09-06T10:41:00.005-05:00

Wild Flag have released the video for the first single "Romance" from their upcoming S/T record. The video features animal masks, super-herione masks, buckets of coffee, yard sales and more! Wild Flag loves comedy.

Buy Wild Flag's debut album September 13th on Merge Records and check them out on tour this fall! (I think their live show is WAY more dynamic than their recordings...so even if you aren't a fan of the recordings, see them live!)

Wild Flag - Romance from Merge Records on Vimeo.

DEEP SUMMER // SPARKLE CUTS

2011-08-30T12:59:00.006-05:00

Hey friends,

It's been a while, huh? Yeah, well, "life happens". Anyways, even though I'm SUPER busy, I wanted to make sure to share a new mix from Bruce LaBruiser! Our favorite queer lady bringer of indie electro pop put together a mix for the deep end of Summer featuring Pictureplane, Azari & III, MEN, and lots of other good stuff!

SO...check out this mix AND go hear Bruce LaBruiser kick out the jams at the Not Enough! Festival in Portland on September 16!!

TTYL

DEEP SUMMER / / SPARKLE CUTS by Bruce LaBruiser

Bonus tracks from the mix!

Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (Plastic Plates Remix)

Lykke Li - Sadness is a Blessing (Gold Panda Remix)

Japanese Gays Rejoice

2011-08-13T13:06:00.005-05:00

Your Nubian Princess has arrived and his name is Jonte Moaning. He has danced for Janet Jackson. He is 9'6". He can juggle up to 8 switchblades at once.

Do I really need to explain why this is gay?

You can purchase Jonte's "High Kick Pow" single and sample other tracks on iTunes.

Lovers Lane

2011-08-03T14:48:00.005-05:00

Hey there! There's a brand new video from Hunx and His Punx on the ol' interwebs. It's for "Lovers Lane", which (to be quite honest) is the only Hunx song I really, genuinely wanna listen to on repeat. I'm a big fan of Shannon Shaw's (from Shannon & The Clams) vocals on this one, it kind of makes the song for me. And when I say "kind of" I mean, definitely.

Anyways - Check out the video!!

Hunx and His Punx - Lovers Lane

Beth Ditto covers Vogue

2011-08-01T17:34:00.001-05:00

It's amazing, that's all.

Wish I could hear it better! (Let's get a recorded version Beth!)

Painted Eyes

2011-07-13T14:33:00.005-05:00

New video from Hercules & Love Affair!

I recently realized that H&LA's "Blind" kind of changed my life...well, at least my mind about disco. It opened up a whole new world of amazingness that I'd never bothered to pay attention to before. AND their live show is one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Check out the new video!

BONUS: Hercules & Love Affair - Painted Eyes (Wolfram Remix)

Wild Flag Announce Record, Tour

2011-06-17T15:05:00.007-05:00

Everyone's favorite teenage dream super-group, Wild Flag, have announced details on their upcoming debut album. The record will be self titled and released by Merge Records on September 13. The band will then embark on a 2 month North American tour.

Full disclosure, I don't really like Wild Flag's music that much - however, I saw them at SXSW and their live show was great. BUT - in my old(er) and wiser age, I've learned that my mind can be changed, so maybe the record will surprise me and/or grow on me. Either way, you can bet I'll be going to see them in October. There's no way I could miss Carrie Brownstein in my town.

If you somehow haven't heard Wild Flag yet, check out "Future Crimes" below. I like that one. Oh, and their tour dates too.

Wild Flag - Future Crimes

Wild Flag:

06-24-25 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island
07-22 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
07-23 Chicago, IL - Wicker Park Festival
08-12 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront *
10-03 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre
10-04 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
10-05 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
10-07 Champaign, IL - High Dive
10-09 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10-10 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10-11 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
10-14 Boston, MA - Paradise
10-15 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House
10-16 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
10-18 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-19 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
10-20 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10-21 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-22 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
10-24 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
10-26 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
10-29 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-31 Tempe, AZ - Rhythm Room
11-01 San Diego, CA - Casbah
11-02-03 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
11-04-05 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
11-07 Arcata, CA - Humboldt State
11-09-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
11-11 Seattle, WA - Neumo's
11-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret
12-09 Minehead, England - ATP

Post Physical

2011-06-15T15:13:00.004-05:00

It's probably like once a week I post about Pictureplane. Well, maybe not that often, but pretty much anytime there's new stuff from Travis Egedy, you'll see it here. Even when it's not real like on April Fool's (even his jokes have good qualities). Anyways, the song released earlier today from his upcoming record Thee Physical is no joke. It's next age pop. New age dance. Future love.

As a related side note, I'm generally not a fan of male voices (or men in general, to be perfectly honest), but Pictureplane is totally my dude crush with that breathy voice. I'm feeling him post physical.

Post Physical by PICTUREPLANE

Thee Physical will be out July 19 on Lovepump United. Pre-order HERE.

SALEM x Light Asylum

2011-06-15T10:50:00.004-05:00

If you weren't aware that this version of "Shallow Tears" from Light Asylum was a remix, you might just think it's a new SALEM song. There's not much that's recognizable from the original version, but that doesn't take away from it's greatness. Shannon Funchess' voice is pitch shifted, echoed and stuttered all over the place creating a wobbly, foggy, and spooky new tune. SALEM's signatures are all over this, so it's more like a new SALEM track that features a loose and warped Light Asylum sample, but either way, I'm feeling it.

Check it out!

Light Asylum - Shallow Tears (SALEM Remix)

Buy Light Asylum's recently rereleased EP In Tension on Mexican Summer

Mix for Homoground

2011-06-13T13:51:00.005-05:00

Hey all, I made a mix for this rad queer music podcast called Homoground! If you haven't checked it out, now is probably a great time to start.

The tracklist is below and you can listen to my mixtape (along with a bunch of others) over on the Homoground website.

Grimes - darkheart (karnheartrevisit)
Austra - Beat and the Pulse
Arthur Russell - Walk on the Moon (Labyrinth Ear Rework)
Azari & III - Manhooker
Sleep Over - Casual Diamond (Physical Therapy Remix)
True Womanhood - Dark Rift (Pictureplane cover)
Gang Gang Dance - Thru and Thru
Creep f. Nina Sky - You
Holy Other - Yr Love
Lady Gaga - Judas (Goldfrapp Remix)
Light Asylum - Knights and Weekends
Alexis Blair Penney - Lonely Sea (Teen Witch Remix)
Telepathe - Destroyer

Agent Ribbons

2011-06-10T12:20:00.006-05:00

I first became acquainted with the magnificent Agent Ribbons during the blurry week that was SXSW. Since then, it seems like they've been popping up on my radar kind of everywhere. Playing shows at anarchist-y thrift stores, showing up on mixtapes, on my news feeds (and by "news" I mean Facebook) ...pretty much everywhere. And that's ok with me, it's actually great. They've got that sort of vaudevillian spook thing mixed with a dash of Mirah with a smidge of girl group going on, and it's a joy for the ears.

Check out their new video for "That's Not Edgar's Heart" and a track from their last record below!

Agent Ribbons - "That's Not Edgar's Heart" from Ryan McCoy on Vimeo.

Agent Ribbons - I Was Born to Sing Sad Songs

Buy Agent Ribbons' Chateau Crone HERE!

Buy Agent Ribbons' Agent Ribbons and the Star Crossed Doppelganger HERE!

AND!!!!

Catch Agent Ribbons' drummer Lauren (AKA DJ Personal Best) playing records with us Saturday, July 2nd at ALIEN SHE (our brand new queer dance party in Austin!)

Punk Start My Heart

2011-06-08T18:54:00.005-05:00

Photo: Forever (An awesome band on Punk Start My Heart Records)

There are a lot of things I waste money on. Beer, sparkling water, coconut water, fruit smoothies (I'm a fan of drinks, what can I say?) but there's one thing I've spent money on recently that is definitely NOT a waste. That thing is the Kickstarter campaign for Punk Start My Heart records. These folks are filling a very necessary void and as one of my friends said, "What if Punk Start My Heart becomes the next Chainsaw?" Yeah, what if. We NEED Punk Start My Heart, just like we needed Chainsaw. So read the little blurb and watch the video below and DONATE!!!!

About Punk Start My Heart:

In the summer of 2010, out of a collective need to create safer spaces for shows, we started a small feminist booking service for women, people of color, and queer identified musicians called Punk Start My Heart. Almost immediately, emails started flooding in from bands and other collectives from all over the country. It was like everyone had the same idea at the same time. It was really amazing.

Punk Start My Heart continues to be a feminist booking collective, but has branched out to include a record label to showcase the wonderful creativity coming out of our community. But alas, this shit is expensive! Isn’t money always the thing? In an effort to continue paying rent, we started a Kickstarter page in the hopes of raising some money to help us with our first releases!

Punk Start My Heart were nice enough to send over some tracks to share, so enjoy them! And go donate some cash for this great project!!

Forever - Suicide

No/Ho/Mo - Sloppy Secs

<a href="http://fuckinglesbianbitches.bandcamp.com/track/scorn">scorn by fucking lesbian bitches</a>

Bruce LaBruiser

2011-05-26T16:39:00.005-05:00

Here's something you don't see enough of in the world: queer femme djs. So we were pretty stoked when we got a couple of mixes from PDX's Bruce LaBruiser. The first mix is full of a lot of our favorite sort of recent jams (will I ever get enough of "Beam Me Up"?) and the second is again chock full o' quality tracks.

A femme DJ with great taste in music? I think we are collectively in love.

Check 'em out!

Bad girls feel so free in my house by Bruce LaBruiser

throw backs, pop tracks, handclaps and gutter glamour forever! by Bruce LaBruiser

Real is a Feeling

2011-05-19T11:38:00.009-05:00

So, this song came out about 10 days ago, which in internet time is an entire lifetime - but I'm gonna post about it anyways. What is "time" anyways? A temporal experience? A perception? A system to measure events? Who am I to say what time is or isn't, but Pictureplane says "Real is a Feeling", and I agree.

In case you didn't already know, I'm a huge fan of Pictureplane. I love the music Travis Egedy makes and he seems like an overall real cool dude. I'm super excited for his upcoming record Thee Physical (July 19 on Lovepump United) and am still pretty much in love with 2009's Dark Rift. If you haven't heard that record, please do yourself a favor and check it out.

Anyways.

I've been totally feeling "Real is a Feeling", maybe you will too?

Pictureplane - Real is a Feeling

(AND jump over to iTunes to pick up the B-side "Power Exchange"!)

BONUS:

CREEP - Days (Pictureplane's Black Mesh Edit)

Telepathe - Throw Away This

2011-05-18T12:53:00.003-05:00

OMG. NEW TELEPATHE!!!! I love them SO SO SO much. The new song "Throw Away This", debuted today on Stereogum, and it's everything I've always wanted and more. A little more uptempo and a little less weird than the stuff from Dance Mother or their earlier releases, but if this is the direction their new record is taking...I'm totally fine with that.

Less talk, more "rock"?

Telepathe - Throw Away This

Pre-order the 7" from Insound and receive bonus track "Hybrid Moments" NOW!

BONUS:

Telepathe - Chrome's On It (Kingdom Remix)

CREEP ft. Nina Sky "You"

2011-05-16T14:30:00.006-05:00

Brand new video from CREEP! The duo of Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard have really outdone themselves with this one. I'm pretty sure this is my favorite CREEP track so far. I mean, I love "Days" too, but this one just has a great vibe and Nina Sky's vocals are hot. Such a big fan of CREEP. Really some of the best stuff out there right now.

Check out the video and some remixes below!

CREEP: You [ft. Nina Sky] from Thalia Mavros on Vimeo.

CREEP - Days (Azari & III Remix)

Memory Tapes - Green Knight (CREEP Remix)

Planningtorock - Doorway (CREEP Remix)

Hey YOU!
BUY THE "DAYS" 12" PICTUREDISC ON YOUNG TURKS!!!

Black Hole

2011-05-14T11:11:00.000-05:00

Hey, remember way back to 2007 or 2009 or whenever it was when you loved Fagget Fairys? Well, now it's 2011 and your love can be properly renewed. About a month ago Palms Out Sounds released the Fairys' new EP "Black Hole". The EP is 2 new songs: the titular track and a song called "Turkish Delight". Both songs definitely has a similar vibe to some of the older FF stuff but "Black Hole" is a bit more smoothed out. Maybe a little more house-y instead of electro-y? "Turkish Delight" has the kind sound that you might be used to from the Fairys, along with lyrics in a language I don't speak and some apparently Turkish influences. Both songs are pretty good, but I think "Black Hole" is a little more likely to find it's way into one of my DJ sets soon. (Whenever I DJ again...which is hopefully soon)

Anyways, check them out (and listen to remixes too) right here! Or jump over HERE for links to buy the songs.

POS026 - FAGGET FAIRYS - BLACK HOLE by Palms Out Sounds

Discodromo on Discaire!

2011-05-13T13:01:00.007-05:00

If you follow this blog, you'll know that we're big fans of San Francisco's Honey Soundsystem. They've hosted some of the best DJs around for their parties and put out some super sweet mixes already, and have released music from Alexis Blair Penney (and others) under the HNYTRX label. But now, some of the folks involved have launched a brand new label called Discaire, that promises to be equally awesome.

The first release from Discaire is from the amazing Discodromo and is a total jam. It's called "Mercurio" and it's a spacey, lazer beam filled, new disco future classic. "Mercurio" is currently available as a 12" single and I recommend you pick it up before they're all gone. This is the kind of track you'll wanna have in your collection for years to come.

Check out the song below and jump over HERE to learn more about Discaire.

Discodromo - Mercurio [DSC 001] by discaire-records

BONUS:

Street Hero - End Of The World (Honey Soundsystem Remix)

Loverde - Iko Iko (Pee Play and C.L.A.W.S Edit)