Rainbow Ruckus 8/26: Rennie Coleman, Weakened Friends, Mimi Gilbert, and More!

Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify and Tidal! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? TA Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured on this Spotify playlist.

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• Mimi Gilbert questions where we begin and end when we enter into a relationship. There's something both seductive and sinister about that special form of self-destruction, and Gilbert investigates both with a gentle touch on "whose language is this?"
• Weakened Friends comfortably straddles the space between Hole and Sleater-Kinney on "Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out)." The rock trio find an unabashed confidence in casting aside expectations on their upcoming album – and we'll talk all about that on the October episode of the Rainbow Rodeo podcast!
• Imitation is the best form of flattery, and it's not surprising that there are quite a few songs out there called "Rainbow Rodeo." Heather Littlefield's track takes us back in time to a moment when she dreamed of running free in the rainbow rodeo out there somewhere.
• If you're looking for some '90s country realness, Rennie Coleman lets it fly with "Some Will Say." When Coleman hits that high note in the bridge, we all reach the peak potential of what country could sound like if we let every cowboy crooner be himself.
• I guess I'm behind on TikTok trends, but when I came across Vinny Marchi's Irish folk song "The Tale of the Lesbian Hunter," I figured you'd all enjoy the peppy step, Marchi's beautiful voice, and ridiculous lyrics as much as I did.