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Emily Nokes is a writer, artist, music critic and musician. [1] She has been the singer of the feminist pop-punk band Tacocat since 2007. [2] She is also the music editor for Bust Magazine, and the former music editor at The Stranger [3] from 2012 to 2015.
Nokes is from Butte, Montana [4] [2] and started writing songs when she was a child. [5]
She moved to Seattle when she was 19 to become a graphic designer. [4] She attended The Seattle Art Institute where she met the bandmates who would later form Tacocat. [4]
Nokes is the lead singer, tambourine player and a songwriter for Tacocat. Her creative process involves writing down snippets of ideas in a notebook and workshopping them with other bandmates into full songs. [5]
When it’s time to start making new music, my bandmates usually get together and hash together instrumental ideas that they’ll show me via phone recording or practice jam. I then just start thinking about melodies and seeing if any of the lyrics fit, keeping the feeling of the music versus the feeling of the lyrics in mind, though I don’t mind (and sometimes prefer) sad-sounding music paired with silly lyrics or upbeat music paired with darker lyrics. It’s a fun little jigsaw puzzle for each song! Sometimes it snaps together right away, sometimes you have to tinker with it for weeks. [5]
As part of Tacocat, Nokes has received recognition from peers and critics alike, including The Seattle Times, Pitchfork and the AV Club. [6] [7] [8] La Sera's Katy Goodman has called Tacocat "the best band in the world." [9]
Nokes identifies as a feminist [3] [10] and her songs address topics from catcalling to menstruation. [11] She is an activist for queer, anti-racist, and anti-transphobic causes, especially with regards to art:
We need to demand more from everything all the time — for women, for queer folks, for trans folks, for people of color, and for everyone else who lives outside of the standard-issue, mostly-white/mostly-male representation across all platforms of expression. [3]
She is a Libra, [1] has a grey cat named Tinsel, [1] and lives on Capitol Hill, [2] a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. [12]
She has said that if she weren't in a band, she would want to be a candy taster. [13]
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Emily Nokes is a writer, artist, music critic and musician. [1] She has been the singer of the feminist pop-punk band Tacocat since 2007. [2] She is also the music editor for Bust Magazine, and the former music editor at The Stranger [3] from 2012 to 2015.
Nokes is from Butte, Montana [4] [2] and started writing songs when she was a child. [5]
She moved to Seattle when she was 19 to become a graphic designer. [4] She attended The Seattle Art Institute where she met the bandmates who would later form Tacocat. [4]
Nokes is the lead singer, tambourine player and a songwriter for Tacocat. Her creative process involves writing down snippets of ideas in a notebook and workshopping them with other bandmates into full songs. [5]
When it’s time to start making new music, my bandmates usually get together and hash together instrumental ideas that they’ll show me via phone recording or practice jam. I then just start thinking about melodies and seeing if any of the lyrics fit, keeping the feeling of the music versus the feeling of the lyrics in mind, though I don’t mind (and sometimes prefer) sad-sounding music paired with silly lyrics or upbeat music paired with darker lyrics. It’s a fun little jigsaw puzzle for each song! Sometimes it snaps together right away, sometimes you have to tinker with it for weeks. [5]
As part of Tacocat, Nokes has received recognition from peers and critics alike, including The Seattle Times, Pitchfork and the AV Club. [6] [7] [8] La Sera's Katy Goodman has called Tacocat "the best band in the world." [9]
Nokes identifies as a feminist [3] [10] and her songs address topics from catcalling to menstruation. [11] She is an activist for queer, anti-racist, and anti-transphobic causes, especially with regards to art:
We need to demand more from everything all the time — for women, for queer folks, for trans folks, for people of color, and for everyone else who lives outside of the standard-issue, mostly-white/mostly-male representation across all platforms of expression. [3]
She is a Libra, [1] has a grey cat named Tinsel, [1] and lives on Capitol Hill, [2] a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. [12]
She has said that if she weren't in a band, she would want to be a candy taster. [13]