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FRANKIE FEST 2025: SMASH PATRIARCHY - CELEBRATE LIFE
The 2nd Annual FRANKIE FEST is crashing into Our Wicked Lady, Brooklyn, May 9th, 2025 with eleven bands across two stages with drag, burlesque, and circus performers! This ain't your average gig – it's a full-blown punk rock explosion dedicated to the legendary Frankie Maddox Rex, who left us way too soon.
Frankie was a force – a trans icon, a hellraiser, and the voice behind The FMs and BOYS. We're keeping their spirit alive with a night of pure, unadulterated rock 'n' roll chaos.
Expect a sonic assault of trans/queer/femme-fronted rock, no-wave, synth-punk, shoegaze, indie, riot grrl, goth, and hardcore and all the other best genres….
LINEUP:
TURBO GOTH
IZZY TRUE
SUROOR
LATE CAMBRIAN
T@B GRRRL
VILLINS
CAT CRASH
MISS CHERRY DELIGHT
BAD STATIC
AND THE FMs (HELL YEAH!)
PLUS:
DRAG & BURLESQUE THAT'LL MAKE YOU QUESTION EVERYTHING:
Frankie Eleanor, Jackrabbit Slims, Aurora North, and more!
Hosted by the one and only Faux Pas Le Fae.
This is a night for the freaks, the rebels, and anyone who wants to scream their lungs out against the system. We're celebrating Frankie's legacy and building a community that refuses to be silenced.
MAY 9TH, 2025 | OUR WICKED LADY | 153 MORGAN AVE, BROOKLYN
DOORS: 7PM
MUSIC: 8PM - 2AM
$17 ADVANCE / $25 AT THE DOOR
NO BIGOTS, NO NON-CONSENSUAL TOUCH!
Taraneh
The rock-centered multi-genre project of Iranian New York-based singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and producer Taraneh Azar. “Taraneh,” meaning “melody” or “song” in Farsi is known for an intimate and haunting vocal style layered over a range of tracks from grunge, goth rock and lo-fi dream pop to industrial and experimental electronic compositions.
Villins
Jesyka ♱ Jesus are VILLINS: a gothic disco rock duo from New York City. Featuring the powerhouse rock vocals of lead singer Jesyka and the blazing guitar heroics and pop production prowess of Kareem 'Jesus' Devlin, Villins are a fearless musical duo that are in a league of their own.
Suroor
Lending genres as diverse as industrial hyperpop and sufi classical, pakistan-born/memphis-based creative suroor brings her listeners through a once in a lifetime multimedia odyssey that stuns at every turn
Bad Static
Female-fronted punk band based in New York City, formed in 2021. Its gritty sound is inspired by the Riot Grrrl movement of the 1990s.
Turbo Goth
Turbo Goth slams electronic and goth vibes into a danceable darkness. Driving beats, haunting melodies, and a stage presence that's pure electric. They make music to move in the shadows.
Miss Cherry Delight
NYC based shock-rock succubus Miss Cherry Delight is straight out of a pulpy horror flick, dripping blood, and on a mission for pleasure
Izzy True
Indie rock with a deeply personal touch. Their songs are known for their honest lyrics and catchy melodies.
Late Cambrian
Late Cambrian blends art rock with post punk and new wave influences. Their sound is both cerebral and danceable. Expect a set that is full of interesting textures and rhythms.
T@b Grrl
T@b Grrrl delivers a raw, unapologetic punk sound with a take-no-prisoners attitude. They’re here to make noise and they couldn't care less what you think
Cat Crash
Cat Crash is an all-queer riot grrrl/alternative rock band from Fairfield, Connecticut
The FMs
Subversive trans & queer synth rock founded by Matte Namer & Frankie Rex. Carrying Frankie's torch, they have a new all trans girl four piece lineup delivering a set that's both a tribute and a blast of pure energy of candy synth punk. It’s a reminder, and a celebration.
LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE FOR FRANKIE!
#FrankieFest #PunkRock #Brooklyn #DIY #RiotGrrrl #OurWickedLady #LiveMusic #Bushwick #Queer #Trans #Burlesque #Drag #OurWickedLady #LGBTQ #SupportLocalMusic
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The FMs Biography
The FMs are a bastion of queer music. Formed in 2017 by Matte Namer (they/them) and Frankie Rex (they/he), who met in high school in New York City, the Brooklyn-bred band exudes subversion with style (and of course, sex), rethinking long-standing societal programming, and the rebellion of simply being one’s authentic self all through their politically charged pop missives. With their name even being a play on the gender binary, that fluidity has always been front and center, showcased as much in the band's music as their evocative, seductive videos and stage performances. Whether it was through the self-curated immersive live performances that helped start their career (intimate and inclusive underground art performances that took place on a historic boat docked in Brooklyn) or via their 2017 debut album Machinacene Epoch (which took cues from glam, synth-pop, industrial, stoner rock, dance music, and beyond), The FMs have been long standing proponents of using one’s own unique voice to continue important conversations about topics like gun violence, toxic masculinity, selfie culture, and artificial intelligence.
Matte Namer (bass & vocals) and Frankie Rex (guitar & vocals) are two individuals whose respective journeys intertwined. "We realized our voices had this incredible synergy, and both didn’t identify as cis-gender,” Matte recounts. Their friendship, their desire for self-expression, and their mutual influences of A Perfect Circle, New Order, St. Vincent, and Elliott Smith form the foundation of The FMs. Frankie and Matte, like their musical heroes, look to subvert the societal perspective of “normality” to raise the voices of “the other.”
Though they spent years cutting their teeth across Brooklyn (including Namer helping start the new House of Yes in Bushwick — one of the bathrooms is even named after them!), the duo now each resides in Ithaca, NY, attracted to the vibrant, artistic queer community there.
With the forthcoming double-sided single release of “Song X” and “Bad Girl” (recorded at Greenpoint’s ADIM Studios with Grammy-winning engineer Brian Forbes and John Siket, whose credits include Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, and Fountains of Wayne), the duo address the unrealistic expectations put on anyone aspiring to femininity and the absurdity of needing to define someone by their gender. Unsurprisingly, The FMs' lyrical content is as forward-thinking and galvanizing as their music. Both “Song X” and “Bad Girl” are powerful reclamations of identity delivered through subversive future-pop.
"As our songwriting evolved, I think we allowed ourselves to be characters in our own stories," Matte explains. The FMs firmly believe the personal is political, doing so with zestful songwriting, irrepressible hooks and fierce intent. It's the kind of vital combination that's surprisingly rare and needed in the world now more than ever.
Read MoreMatte Namer (bass & vocals) and Frankie Rex (guitar & vocals) are two individuals whose respective journeys intertwined. "We realized our voices had this incredible synergy, and both didn’t identify as cis-gender,” Matte recounts. Their friendship, their desire for self-expression, and their mutual influences of A Perfect Circle, New Order, St. Vincent, and Elliott Smith form the foundation of The FMs. Frankie and Matte, like their musical heroes, look to subvert the societal perspective of “normality” to raise the voices of “the other.”
Though they spent years cutting their teeth across Brooklyn (including Namer helping start the new House of Yes in Bushwick — one of the bathrooms is even named after them!), the duo now each resides in Ithaca, NY, attracted to the vibrant, artistic queer community there.
With the forthcoming double-sided single release of “Song X” and “Bad Girl” (recorded at Greenpoint’s ADIM Studios with Grammy-winning engineer Brian Forbes and John Siket, whose credits include Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, and Fountains of Wayne), the duo address the unrealistic expectations put on anyone aspiring to femininity and the absurdity of needing to define someone by their gender. Unsurprisingly, The FMs' lyrical content is as forward-thinking and galvanizing as their music. Both “Song X” and “Bad Girl” are powerful reclamations of identity delivered through subversive future-pop.
"As our songwriting evolved, I think we allowed ourselves to be characters in our own stories," Matte explains. The FMs firmly believe the personal is political, doing so with zestful songwriting, irrepressible hooks and fierce intent. It's the kind of vital combination that's surprisingly rare and needed in the world now more than ever.
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