shonalika

lateposting: trip to the bizarre cuboid city of milton keynes w @rosa_sweet_thing to see @vespermorningstar incredible new band @zenarchistofficial , go follow them if you like metal they’re insane big music news of my own coming soon, stay tuned 👀 P.S insta rots my brain and I only use it to post now. if you don’t know me and wanna make sure I see your message please *email*, if you do know me and need an urgent react to your photograph of a tree that looks like a guy or whatever use whatsapp/signal 🙏🏼

@she_her_records Transgender Day of Visibility Compilation 2 is out NOW!! 🏳️‍⚧️🔥📀 listen to our new single 'Gargoyles' plus 16 other bangers from transfeminine musicians around the world link in she/her's bio ✨ 📸 @vladvonkitsch

First meeting location and date TBA 🖤

@kvllcolonisers gave me the most intense glittercrash of my life omfg I’m only just starting to recover 😵‍💫 thank you for the most amazing night 🖤🖤🖤 even with new speed-up methods in place the fastest I can usually release songs after writing is 6 months minimum. but I can perform them much faster!! so if you wanna hear new stuff come see me sometime ^^ p.s we’ll need people for the music video for this one!! stay tuned if you wanna be in that that 👀👀👀

aaaaaaa @kvllcolonisers was INSANE the most incredible lineup w Dust and @floralis_lc and @dei_genetrix and the AUDIENCE holy sh*t your energy and enthusiasm was EVERYTHING 😭😭😭 making videos is nice but there is NOTHING like the living breathing response from actual real people ❤️‍🔥 thank you to my pet clown @vespermorningstar for performing with me, and to @floralis_lc for putting on this amazing and extremely necessary event. it’s rare that I have the opportunity not just to perform live but to speak without fear of repercussions, I got very emotional about it 🖤 finally for anyone wondering about the thing @vladvonkitsch and I were speaking about the account is @daywalkers_network !! go follow and pass along to your weird brown friends 🙏🏼 videos of me taken by @vladvonkitsch and @envgen 🖤

@dieverletzt_ in London last week 🖤 thank you @nixipixikeets and @tomkenny99 for looking after me as per performing my goth nonsense in one week at Waterbear Music Bar (Kemp Town, Brighton) for @floralis_lc next KVLL COLONISERS event tickets have sold out!! v excited to see you there 🖤✨🖤

holy SHIT what a beautiful night celebrating @floralis_lc ’s birthday 💕🖤💕 never been to a surprise party before (don’t those only happen in films??) never mind a surprise GIG. WE didn’t even know it was a gig well done @somehowitshoney for organising this genuinely euphoric event, I don’t remember the last time I felt this happy 💕 also look at us showing up in matching black + pink print lmfao happy birthday to @floralis_lc one of the kindest, funniest, most hardworking and musically brilliant people I’m lucky enough to call a friend. your compassion, courage and integrity have been an inspiration to me ever since we met. it made my heart so full to celebrate you with so many others who clearly feel the same in other Rose-related news, we will both be performing at the next Kvll Colonisers Feb 12 in Brighton, supporting the amazing @dei_genetrix , plus Dust who I’m told is incredible I’ll be bringing my degenerate mouth and hardest beats to this absolutely insane lineup raising money for Anti Raids groups tickets going FAST so grab yours quick if you haven’t already: /event/32301/kvll-colonisers-vol-3-anti-imperialist-music-night-with-girls-r

was going to be an off-the-cuff rant but ended up scripting it. this issue is so complex and subtle AND so enormous and traumatic that it’s almost impossible to articulate at all, let alone concisely - which is how it works 🫠 likely a full YouTube essay at some point but wanted to make something for IG bc I want people in *my* community to see this. these issues are HERE between US, not just in some systemic hypothetical you can easily disavow not all poc can afford to speak as openly as this. we tend to only talk like this *to each other* because those are the only circumstances where it’s safe to do so so ⚪️ viewers please just. just LISTEN to us. at *bare minimum* just LISTEN to poc when they’re trying to talk to you. you have no idea what it even takes to do that

Happy new year 🖤🖤 quite happy with this fit but friends decided it needed extra apparently considering 25 was mostly recovering from 24 I’m p happy with what I managed to achieve anyway, ESPECIALLY getting back together with @powderpaintband and the killer music video we made 🎵 so much more cool stuff coming 🦇 thank you everyone who worked with me or reminded me to stop working this year you’re all amazing

Next KVLL COLONISERS announced, and it's with the amazing @dei_genetrix , @_shonalika_ , @floralis_lc and Dust! Let's celebrate the death of James Cook! Victory to the colonised world! KVLL COLONISERS is a Brighton gig night aimed at all marginalised people and anti imperialists, uniting local action groups with live music, raffles, etc. in order to get more people mobilised and empower our communities. We try to host every show around the time of a famous coloniser's death. All of our shows have a minimum of 50% POC lineup. We would like all shows in Brighton and Hove to have a minimum of one POC per bill, and we believe in leading by example. As a recent addition, we have added free tickets for refugees, asylum seekers and low income migrants. Please share these with anyone that you believe would like them. Our next event, on February 12th, will be headlined by Girls Rituals: one of the projects of Devi McCallion, who is one of the most influential trans electronic musicians of the last 15 years. Also on the lineup is gothic hip hop artist Shonalika, anarchist art pop musician Floralis, and atmospheric performance artist Dust. It will be hosted in Waterbear Music Bar, which is in Kemp Town on Manchester Street (not to be confused by their seafront venue). Please note that this venue is down a flight of stairs. Sadly, we weren't able to get a wheelchair friendly venue for this show, but the show in London on 13th February is at a venue with a step free access! Girls Rituals will be playing several other shows across this tour, organised largely in conjunction with T4Tunes as well as some other promoters such as Simulacracatfight. Loads of planning was done by T4Tunes to help pull this tour off, and you can catch Girls Rituals at the following shows: - 13th February: @ Signature Brew, Blackhorse Lane (London). With support from htmljones, Space Candy and Thunderska. - 15th February: @ Night and Day Cafe (Manchester). With support from Maple, DJ Girlfag, Videocults -16th February: @ Audio Lounge (Glasgow) With support from mango mango mango and Gals Against Lawnmowers - 17th February: @ McDowells (Dublin) With support from Lainxoxo, Pronoun Circle.

brief was dress as @envgen for her birthday felt SO WEIRD at first but I got into it autistic gf who recognises people almost entirely by eyes did not, commenting ‘too different’ ‘it’s okay from the neck down’ and ‘would have swiped left’ 🤭 happy birthday to all the hazels 🎂🧡🎂

it’s bandcamp Friday!! if you haven’t grabbed our new single ‘Wait’ grab it now as a Christmas present for you or us 🎁🎄✨ couldn’t get as much bts as we wanted bc van broke down and one crew literally got stranded (mad we even managed to make the video) so instead here’s @vespermorningstar yelling at us for 2 minutes. thanks for shooting this you daft angel we 🩷 you thanks again to @vladvonkitsch , @rosa_sweet_thing and @egodeathbdaygirl for joining us, and @willfoxworld and @hbhayesfisher for their assistance takes so much work and care to do anything when you’re a pair of disabled neurodivergent queers rn, thank you for all your support 🩷🤍🩵 currently working to finish the next EP!! finally a reminder we’re no longer on Spotify but every other streaming platform and of course bandcamp 🎶🎹🎶