I’ve been working for Stereogum for something like two and a half years now, writing literally thousands of blog posts, and I’ll stand by nearly every one of them. But there’s one towering exception. When Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender, I was so totally shocked and taken aback &...

Transgender Dysphoria Blues, the new album from the great Florida punk band Against Me!, is their first in four years, and they’re a very different Against Me! from the one who released White Crosses in 2010. The new album is the first since the band left behind the major-label universe, the first since half the [...]

American punk band Against Me!’s long-awaited new album Transgender Dysphoria Blues finally lands next month, and hoo boy, this thing is a motherfucker; as it stands, it’s easily the best 2014 album that I’ve yet heard. We’ve already posted one song, “FUCKMYLIFE666,” and it rules. But t...

Singer first announced she was transgender in 2012    

After a long wait the great Florida punk band Against Me! is finally set to release the new album Transgender Dysphoria Blues, their first album since their frontman became a woman, early next year. They’ve just shared the first of the album’s songs, the hard-charging and anthemic “FUCKMYLIFE666.” Bandlead...