Lilia (8)

Lilia Silveira aka Lucas Silveira before her physical transition, of The Cliks, Toronto-based band. Since she began playing at age 12, the singer, songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire has also mastered bass, drums and keys, and as LiLia, has demanded critical attention with two CDs, Radio Friendly and Perhaps (1998), and gigs like NXNE in 1999 and the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival in 2002. The Cliks’ garage rock is a far cry from LiLia’s folky strummings, and Silveira says the transformation was necessary. “The Cliks has allowed me to do what I’ve wanted to all of my life – play loud electric guitar and not give a fuck that someone might say, ‘Oh dear! You sound angry.’ Guess, what? I am angry. So what?"