These Women Make Texas Rock!

The San Antonio rock trio Girl in a Coma recently played the famed lesbian bar Sue Ellen’s on after two earlier shows in Corpus Christi and Austin. But they’re not the only lesbian band in Texas, you know.

In fact, if you took a look at last year’s South by Southwest music lineup, you would have found five lesbian musicians all homegrown in the Lone Star State.

The San Antonio rock trio Girl in a Coma recently played the famed lesbian bar Sue Ellen’s on after two earlier shows in Corpus Christi and Austin. But they’re not the only lesbian band in Texas, you know.

In fact, if you took a look at last year’s South by Southwest music lineup, you would have found five lesbian musicians all homegrown in the Lone Star State.

As their collective stars rise nationwide and notoriety increases, Texans can take pride that such phenomenal talent first shone in their own backyard.

Agent Ribbons

The treehouse duo of Natalie Gordon and Naomi Cherie delight in making poetic collages out of whatever curios they find lying around, whether that’s birds nests, rusted playground equipment or Russian dolls.

In their song “Family Haircut” from their 2012 release  Let Them Talk, the band laments an unrequited love currently caught in a bad relationship by turning all sorts of junkyard material into beautiful metaphors:

“Heard you calling in the static of the night / A restless heart is like a satellite… How’d you like an arrow through the heart? / She asked / How’d you like some water in a tall tall glass?”

Admittedly, the Austin-based band originally hails from Sacramento, California. But their lyrical tunes about love and loss, wonder and wondering strike a timeless chord, making listeners feel like kids again; only kids with a bit more wisdom tinting their rose-colored world.

The video for their song “Family Haircut” is below. 

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