The Trans Music Podcast - Kae Diaz on Creating DIY Spaces and Rejecting the Boys Club

Kae Diaz on Creating DIY Spaces and Rejecting the Boys Club

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01/13/19 • 22 min

The Trans Music Podcast

If you’ve been to any of Raleigh, North Carolina's queer venues, or a local punk show with more than two women in it, or any Girls Rock NC event in the last three years, you’ve probably come across Kae Diaz. Kae is a singer, a drummer, a ukulele player, a bartender, a photographer, and in general a pillar of the local queer DIY scene. They play the electric ukulele and drums in an indie rock project called Fruit Snack, and as it happens, we are actually currently both in a punk country band called Severed Fingers. I recently went to visit Kae and talk about finding collaborators, what the music scene is like in the Mojave desert where they grew up, and the challenges of creating a space for the art you want to see.

Just a warning, we do mention alcohol and some other, mostly fun, adult topics.

This profile is a collaboration with the Durham Beat. Read the full interview transcript and see photos that I took of Kae at home over on their website: https://durhambeat.com/2019/01/13/artist-profile-kae-diaz/

Just a warning, we do mention alcohol and some other, mostly fun, adult topics.

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Miira Cide talks Solo Death Metal in Rural North Carolina

Miira Cide is a death metal musician and producer originally from Wendell, North Carolina. If you’re wondering what the death metal scene is like in Wendell, North Carolina, it’s apparently so terrible that she had to teach herself every instrument in order to get a project going. Since 2012, she has released 19 albums and singles under her solo moniker Codex Obscura, screaming over tracks she produces all on her own.

Luckily, she moved to Raleigh last year and has been able to join other local metal projects like Birth the Wretched and Slipcast. Back in August, I visited her home in Raleigh to talk about her bands, her growth as an artist, and where all the anger comes from.

This profile is a collaboration with the Durham Beat. Read the interview, get streaming links, and see photos of Miira's home studio at: https://durhambeat.com/2019/01/06/artist-profile-miira-cide/

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A.W. Weiss on Living Room Tours, Their Deadname, and Still Being Emo

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Do you know that Robyn song, Call Your Girlfriend? Well for a long time, I thought it was written by this week’s guest, A.W. Weiss, because their cover of the song is just so great.

I’ve listened to A.W.’s music for a long time, so I was so excited that I had the opportunity to interview them when they stopped in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on their living room tour a couple months ago. We talked about their new sound, their new country music project, and transitioning as an already-famous person.

Read the transcript and see photos over on the website: https://transmusic.org/post/182176837817/aw-weiss-on-living-room-tours-their-dead-name