FULL SET FROM THE ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT COMMONWEALTH SKATEPARK
LINK IS IN MY BIO YA LIL GOOFY
THANK YOU KYA AND ZOË FOR CAPTURING THE MOMENT
QUEERS 2 DA FUCKIN FRUNT
📸: @kya.qvale
📣: RECORDED, AND MIXED BY ZOË TRICOCHE
#diy #punk #queer #portland #trans
if u knew me before I found myself, I’m so sorry OUT NOW!!!!!
~FOR THE QUEERS, THE OUTCASTS, BIPOC, IMMIGRANTS, AND THOSE WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD~
Five years ago I had the riff written for “yer lil waste of time.” Five years ago was the same time that I lost my grandpa, Terry Driver, my best friend in the world and the man who helped raise me alongside a community of family, as well as two important friendships in my life that just needed to be done. I was going thru so much pain. Yer lil waste of time was the song that got me out of the rut. Kya and I had to move to Iowa to save our money to get out here to Portland, something we didn’t want to do but literally had to bc we had no choice, so I just kept writing. Had to move from what i knew best type shit. We lived in a basement, no walls to separate anything, just us,our cats, and my music equipment inside of what was practically our bedroom, and I just kept writing. Before I knew it I had the whole album written and recorded. I sat recording myself playin every damn instrument, mixed, mastered, spent hours of my life just making sure it was as good as it could be to me. It finally turned out. I couldn’t be happier with what I got out of it. You can do this too. Shit started in 2014 with a rocksmith guitar cable, and Kya’s church-donated laptop with garage band.
I started to medically transition thru during this time, as well as learned to cope with pain n shit in healthier ways besides just drankin and smokin all day. I started makin new friends, family, moved to Portland finally, and found my footing. This album being there with me to watch me grow the whole time.
I hope that this album can provide you the same sense of hope, comfort, and happiness, as it gave to me. Something we all so desperately need rn. Stick together, watch out for ya people, fuck the law fuck the police and fuck ICE. Fuck trump and the White House. Fuck this state of the world.
We’re better than all that shit, let’s do somethin bout it.
Be safe, stay dangerous type shit
In the words of the coolest fuckin venue ever, “COMPLACENCY KEEPS RACISTS IN POWER.”
So do something about it.
Peace
Juno
Weed
/// our trip to Spokane was so fucking rad thank yall so much for everything can’t wait to come back!!!!!! ///
Also hey I’m fully DIY again so like no label no booking person except for me and the homies as it fuckin should be !!!! — the tldr is shit just didn’t work out. Shits wack but whatevssss it’s okay bc ima jus keep doin what I do
DIY made me who I am and this is the universes way of bein like yo bitch and I’m like yeah okay
thank yall for the support, watch out for us on the road this summer/ and fall
If ya got any connects on bookin us type shit for tour hit me up I wanna go all over the place let’s make it happen
CDs are being made by me in my fuckin home type shit what’s good
Queers to the fuckin frunt
#acab #queer #trans #portland
PHOTOS FROM SPOKANE COURTSEY OF @poundingthenail
NEXT SHOW IN PORTLAND IS 4/29, NEXT WEDNESDAY, AT THE OFF BEAT
QUEERS 2 DA FUCKIN FRUNT
#punk #trans #diy #queer
LEGENDS RECOGNIZE LEGENDS. FRIEND IS BACK. GRAMMA IS IN THE HOUSE. BE THERE.
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@keddiesresort.usa@friend.phl (Philly)
@grammaband (Minneapolis)
@juno.driver
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Wednesday, April 29th
The Off Beat - 8440 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR
$10 adv, $13 dos - tickets in bio!!!
6:30 doors, 7:00 show
All Ages
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photographers tagged
LIVE VERSION OF MOES SONG AT COMMONWEALTH ON YOUTUBE— LINK IN MY BIO
QUEERS 2 DA FUCKIN FRUNT
📣: mixed by @apespit888
📸: @kya.qvale
#punk #diy #portland #trans #hardcorepunk
Portland’s Juno Driver brings her DIY punk noise pop to session 3 of Spring Reverb Bash on Saturday April 18! The two day event will feature 21 of our favorites from across the PNW! Tickets are $15 per session or $30 for the whole weekend and can be purchased in advance or at the door. Students can purchase a weekend pass at the door for $25 with student ID. Ticket link and fest details in bio!
#allagesshow #musicfest #washingtonmusic #spokanemusic #thisisspokane
I am so fucking proud to be a trans woman from the south
Im proud that im still here today and that i made it to where i am now. being from Alabama, what can be an incredibly conservative/ bigoted environment, i felt that i to stay closeted. growing up i was never fully comfortable to be my self. I knew it wouldn’t end well on my end, so i just hid.
It wasn’t until i got involved with diy in Birmingham that i finally realized i could be me for real. The people involved there know how the fuck to be themselves regardless of what anyone thinks of them. I wanted so badly for that to be my story, and by being around that scene as much as I could, it’s safe to say It is my story too.
I miss Alabamas queer community so much, and I know yall are holding it the fuck down.
I’m in Portland now, I’m doing as ok as possible. Younger me would be happy. I’m proud to be me
Thank you so much to all of the other trans women that have inspired me to be me. I hope I can return that energy as much as humanly possible
Happy trans day of visibility
Queers 2 da fuckin frunt
#transpride #portland #punk #alabama #diy
PHOTOS FROM 3/13/25 by @kya.qvale
LIVE PERFORMANCE OF MOES SONG FROM THE COMMONWEALTH SHOW UP NOW!! Link in bio
NEXT SHOW IS 4/7/26 IN CORVALLIS, OREGON at @bombs_away_cafe with: @pyroceneband , and @the_unbridled_music . ALL AGES TIL 10. $5 NOTAFLOF. STARTS AT 8.
THEN LATER THIS MONTH, CATCH US IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ON APRIL 18th for @221press ‘s SPRING REVERB BASH. WE PLAY AT 8p >:00000000000000000
F*CK ICE, F*CK TRUMP, F*CK WAR, F*CK THIS F*CKIN GENOCIDE. FREE PALESTINE, FREE IRAN TYPE SH*T. THIS WHOLE SYSTEM NEEDS TO F*CKING URGENTLY CHANGE. WE NEED CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. BURN THIS BROKEN SYSTEM AND PLANT TREES IN ITS ASHES.
QUEERS 2 DA F*CKIN FRUNT.
LIL PHOTO FROM THE LAST HLR SHOW- YA BISH PLAYED SOLO-LIVE-FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS
Nah but fr that shit was cool as fuck, I think the last time I played that guitar (grandpas geetar/aka geetar) and sang in front a folks in this kinda context was in high school ten years ago haha this shits was real special/ TERRIFYING/ but I’m so thankful to have had the opportunity to get to open for such a cool show. So thankful for yall for the support and being there for me for it. Gettin to meet yall, hearing ya stories, and relating to each other—I’ll cherish that shit forever. I got all yalls lil gifts ya gave me up in the studio walls, yall are so fucking sweet. 💜
IM SO THANKFUL FOR YALL LIL MAFUCKAS
QUEERS 2 DA FUCKIN FRUNT
Next show is in Corvallis on 4/7, flier soon c:
Stay tuned for another clip of one of the songs from the Commonwealth Set prob this weekend 😈😈😈
OKIE BYE LUV YA BE SAFE STAY DANGEROUS
📸: @kya.qvale
#punk #portland #queer #trans #diy
MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN BUGGING OUT FOR THESE TIX! ARRANGED IN APRIL ON MARCH 8th! ON SALE NOW ON HIGH LIMIT ROOM WEBSITE - ALSO ITS @sorrows.faith LAST SHOW EVER!!!! WE ARE GONNA MISS THEM HELLA! PROBABLY GONNA SELL OUT PRESALE SO GET EM WHILE U CAN!!
#portlandshows #pdxshows #portlandmusicscene #pdxmusic #screamo