“We were touring in Portland and we played to homeless queer youth in the basement of a homeless shelter the day after the election,” says Merilou Salazar, half of “riot pop” duo WASI (We Are She Is).

Welcome to “You Oughta Know” where I introduce cool new bands to share them with the world. This band is WASI (which stands for We Are/She Is, more on that later), a trio of pop-punk musicians made up ...