Since coming out as transgender in 2012, Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace has been living in a kind of whirlwind, having not only spent the past two years navigating her new identity under the watchful gaze of the public, but also touring nonstop in support of one of the year’s best albums Transgender Dysphoria Blues, [...]

Laura Jane Grace has responded to rumors that ex-Against Me! member Jay Weinberg has joined Slipknot as their newest drummer. “Dear Slipknot, good luck with that. #shitbag,” she said, kicking off a series of tweets about the former drummer. Weinberg announced that he was leaving the band in a tweet during the 2012 recording s...

I didn’t write about Against Me!’s set at the SPIN party at Stubb’s — because obviously Against Me! are great live, duh — but it was the best set I saw during all of SXSW. And now they’ve come out with a video for “Black Me Out,” the furious closer of their wonderful...

Last week, Against Me! released Transgender Dysphoria Blues, the greatest and most purposeful rock album I’m heard in some time. Last night, the band played the Late Show With David Letterman, giving an absolutely driven rendition of the album track “Fuckmylife666” and giving many of us our first glimpse of the band...

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 &...