Tran Mag's Favorite Music Artists of 2026
Meet Tran Magazine’s top 10 favorite TGNC musicians in New York! Our criteria for this list include musicians who identify as Trans or Gender-Non Conforming, musicians who are based in NYC, and those who regularly perform or have released tracks or albums this year! Our list is in reverse order of streams, rather than a ranking and serves as an acknowledgment that these artists have made significant contributions to New York City’s queer music scene. Make sure to follow these artists on streaming services and check out Tran Magazine’s “New Queer Artists to Watch” in our Linktree to catch all of their latest tracks and album releases!
Musicians:
Colette March
Colette March makes music that’s relatable to the everyday experiences of trans women. Whether it be hot and annoying chasers, unrealized fame, or missed trade, March is going to be making dance-pop that connects to the struggles that we face. We’re featuring her most recent single, “SUV.”
Jayse Vegas
Jayse Vegas is a party producer and entertainment master extraordinaire, but did you also know that they’re a pop star? Vegas has been making their own music for a decade, creating a catalogue of music that’s as cunt as it is deep. For our first issue we’re featuring their second most recent single, “Hero,” a cover of the Enrique Iglesias track that takes inspiration from High-NRG and Eurodance tracks from the 1980s and 1990s.
Julz Romell
Julz Romell is one of the most talented ballroom commentators, dancers, and performers active today. He also just happens to make ballroom music himself. Listening to any of his music makes you want to dive, dip, and duckwalk in your bedroom or on the subway platform. We’re featuring an Akesha Lux remix of his most recent track, “F.I.V.E.”
Robert Garcia
Robert Garcia, also known as Beauty Androgyny, is a singer-songwriter and MC from the greatest city in the world. They have a decade of experience in the music industry, releasing music since 2015. Still making music in addition to their hosting roles, we’ve chosen their most recent single, “Best Friend,” which is a soul ballad.
Emily Tressa
Emily Tressa’s life is a microcosm of the newfound success of trans women in public life since the so-called “trans tipping point.” Originally from New Hampshire, Tressa was one of the youngest trans women ever to fully medically transition, and used her platform to advocate for trans youth worldwide. She has parlayed that activism into a successful music career where she makes cunty dance bops with a transsexual edge. We’re featuring her second most recent single, “DO THE DJ,” a true club banger.
Ty Evans
Ty Evans reclaims the music of the American South for the dolls. She combines the downhome country music of Nashville with a Brooklyn club flair that separates it from the bro and neo-trad country dominating the charts today. We’re featuring her most recent single, “BUCKWILD,” which emphasizes this “honky-tonk with decks” fusion.
Dolliana
Dolliana’s music draws upon her Dominican heritage, combining the dembow of the eastern half of Hispaniola and the NYC club beats that so many of us in the TGNC community know so well. Her debut album, Myrtle Broadway, compiles numerous singles that she has released over the past couple years, along with some new tracks released for the first time on this album. We’re featuring one of those tracks, “Basement,” which is an industrial hip-hop track.
Macy Rodman
Macy Rodman is a Brooklyn nightlife legend and a larger than life comedienne extraordinaire, hosting the podcast Nymphowars with the hilarious Theda Hammel. She is also a musician who has released four albums, with her most recent, Scald, drawing upon the indie sleaze revival associated with the resurgence of popularity of electroclash. We’re featuring the third single from that album, “Stairwell,” a grimy and guttural electropop song that is sure to make you shake your ass.
Angel Money
Angel Money is the undle queen of Brooklyn and a damn good rapper to boot. Drawing upon her hedonistic jet-setting club lifestyle, Angel Money’s music combines techno, electro-industrial, and trap to create a fierce, danceable beat that also calls to mind the buzzsaw laced 808s of Kanye West’s Yeezus. We’re featuring “Trannies in Paris,” the third track from her debut mixtape, Contractually Blonde, which samples the Kanye West and Jay-Z track from Watch the Throne of a similar name.
Infinite Coles
Infinite Coles, the estranged son of Ghostface Killah of the Wu Tang Clan, has set out a musical path for himself apart from the legacy of his father. Coles’ draws upon R&B and ballroom to create a musical language that relates to his queerness and unique experience growing up in the shadow of his father. We’re featuring the title track from his debut album, SweetFace Killah, “SweetFaceKillah.”
