Queer Sounds

Join BBFs vocalist and songwriter @MissBabySol and stylist, DJ, drag queen and writer Aaron Francis Walker (@airysomething) as they chat growing up with god, finding queerness through music, queer-baiting pop princesses and their passion for all things soul and r'n'b, with music from Culture Club, Nina Simone, Meshell Ndegeocello and many, many more.  Miss Baby Sol is a vocalist and songwriter who’s worked with Prince, Paloma Faith, Laura Mvula, The Noisettes and Florence & The Machine. They’ve performed everywhere from dive bars to The Pyramid stage and The Royal Albert Hall. Baby currently has a single out called Everyday available on all platforms. Aaron Francis Walker is a Stylist, DJ, Drag Queen and writer. Styling clients include Haim, Alunageorge, Lianne La Havas, Tom Aspaul and Ariana Grande with work published in loads of major mags and newspapers. Baby and Aaron have a new music and chat show called THEM(ISH) currently airing on Soho Radio third Thursday of every month!missbabysol.co.uk Styling: aaronfranciswalker.comDJing: mixcloud.com/aaronfranciswalker

A hot date with South African avant-pop icon UMLILO aka Kwaai Diva of the universe this month, talking about friendship, heartbreak, Black femme power and alt-romance in the month of love. With tracks from Umlilo - including a track from their forthcoming album, along with Lebo Mathosa, Brenda Fassi, Nonku Phiri, Destiny's Child, Lil' Kim, SOPHIE and more.

Our latest takeover comes from director, activist  nightlife producer and founding member of Pan-Asian Cabaret Collective The Bitten Peach, ShayShay. Discover non-binary magic with music from Thigh High, Rina Sawayama, Shamir, SHINee, Kindness, Mulan (yes that Mulan) and more!  www.ShayShay.show (Picture by Jordan Rossi for Reform the Funk.)

UK pop sensation and GQ's #2 artist of 2020, Rhumba Club AKA Tom is in the guest host seat this month, with a selection of queer anthems old and new. Putting his Masters degree in Pop Music (seriously) to good use, he's exploring the queer canon with bender bangers from PSB, Sylvester, Christine, Blood Orange, The Blow Monkeys, Tyler, the creator and of course, Rhumba Club!

Legendary father of the UK House of Revlon and wearer of many hats, this month Jay Jay Revlon takes us on a journey into the contemporary ballroom scene, where everyone's welcome except Karen. With tracks from LSDXOXO, Whiskers Po, DJ Zinc, Sho Madjozi, Bamz and even Jay-Jay himself bringing it to you for the ball.  www.justjayjay.com

Our first invited hosts, trans club promoters Alex Creep and Camila Creep of London's legendary Ghost School are here to bring you some banging queer tracks from Cobrah, Macy Rodman, Only Fire, Special Interest and much, much more!

Your regular hour of atypical, mostly queer sounds is back, and this month it's music to be anti-racist to for Pride month. Hot tracks from LYZZA, TootArd, Klein, Marika Hackman, Jockstrap and more, another We Could Be Queeros icon and a current mood mix of protest perfection. 

Stumbling squinting and bleary-eyed out of lockdown, Queer Sounds brings you all bangers no clangers with a big queer disco episode featuring Okey Kaya, Liz Lawrence, Mykki Blanco, Arca, Yaeji, Erasure, Tami T and many more. Bring your lockdown hair and horn and get ready to come on out.

To commemorate day seventwentyeleventeen of isolation, we present an hour of atypical beats and bender bangers. Stay at home with Lyra Pramuk, Amnesia Scanner, Lido Pimienta, Joey LaBeija, Raveena and more, and broaden your mind to avant-queer art and music with Adam Kershaw.

Queering the quarantine with emergency aural relief for isolation mania this month, with a mindful mix featuring Sui Zhen and Katie Gately among others, plus hot and heavy new sounds from Billy Nomates, Zebra Katz, Austra, Yves Tumor and so many more for the horny at home!

Join us for a voyage through Queercore, Riot grrrl, Queer classics and brand new favourites as we explore queerness in 2020 with tracks from Pansy division, Bikini Kill, Desire Marea, Mykki Blanco and more.

Weird and wonderful queer music for your hearts and minds, with brand spanking new tracks from Moses Sumney, Pet Shop Boys and Tommy Genesis, plus favourites from Umlilo, Park Hye Jin, Nabihah Iqbal, Jehnny Beth and more, with Adam Kershaw. 

How's your head? It's a new year and we've got all the LGBTQ+ music you need to get through January. With music from Girl Ray, KAYTRANADA, The Internet, Ego Ella May, Dope Saint Jude, Deena Abdalwahed and many more.

Our big queer review of the decade is in, with our stand out tracks from 2010 to 2019. Join us, and come walk the road less travelled with music from Mica Levi, The XX, Jai Paul, Courtney Barnett, Anohni and many more.

This month Queer Sounds is set to get you tingling with a selection of songs that are totes emosh. With new music from 070 Shake, TR/ST, King Princess Lotic and Frank Ocean, plus some classics and a little chat with Chilean artist Me Llamo Sebastian.

The nights are getting longer and we all need a big warm aural hug. Queer Sounds has some brand new flavour for your ears in this show dedicated to largely LGBTQ+ new releases, with tracks from Angel Olsen, Jai Paul, Dizzy Fae, Kindness, CJ Run, Perfume Genius and more.

Queer sounds gets all ladylike this month with a host of new and classic female (ish) artists, fresh sounds and weird and wonderful stuff from the queer world. Open your heart and mind to some Girl Talk with tracks from Miya Follick, Lafawndah, Christeene, Hand Habits, Blood Orange and many more.

The pre-lash is done, and the club is calling. Join us for a wild night out packed with queer dance gold, old and new. Featuring tracks from Cakes da Killa, TR/ST, Faka, Pet Shop Boys and more.

Queer sexuality explored in all its glorious forms this month, with sexy tracks from Glasser, Bunny Michaels, Peaches and Sega Bodega getting you all hot under the collar. 

Forget femme fatales and macho men, and join us on a journey into gender. Hot tracks old and new, mixed with some chat, gently drizzling gender fluid in your earholes.