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Post subject: Queer Music
 Posted: Sep 10, 2006 - 05:57 AM
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| To celebrate the publication of 200 issues, GCN has posted 12 mp3 files of Irish queer bands. They're free. Give a listen. |
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Post subject: Big butch pop
Posted: Sep 14, 2006 - 06:17 AM
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Alt-rocker Bob Mould and electronica whiz Richard Morel join forces for a record that gets everyone's freak on
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Bob Mould first found renown as the singer-guitarist in punk trio Hüsker Dü, then fronting ’90s alt-rock faves Sugar. Richard Morel is a DJ-producer with A-list remix credits (New Order, Depeche Mode, Nelly Furtado). But putting either of these openly gay men in a neat little stylistic box? Impossible, especially after listening to the self-titled debut from their collaborative recording project, Blowoff.
The album kicks off with “Hormone Love,” a jolt of electric guitar and vocal harmonies reminiscent of ’60s acts like the Byrds, propelled by a sensual midtempo beat. From there, the dozen originals keep making twists and turns, moving through the slow and trippy “Lemonade” to the percolating “Saturday Night All the Time,” which layers husky singing over a low-slung, groovy melody that’s equal parts sinister and summery.
Now if, like me, you are quite old enough to know exactly what Hüsker Dü was, this is sufficient information. Otherwise, the Advocate's review of Blowoff is much longer.
Blowoff can be purchased direct from the artist here.
If you insist, you can purchase it from iTunes as well.
Should you demand to hear at least some of the record before you purchase it, Mr. Mould will oblige. |
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Post subject: Spoilsport + Peto
Posted: Oct 07, 2006 - 12:41 PM
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While I wasn't paying attention, Peto moved cross-country and has joined Spoilsport. For fans of Spoilsport (and I most certainly am one), this is what you might call A Very Good Thing. For fans of Peto-A-Go-Go (and I'm one of those, too) this is also A Very Good Thing.
Think of it as putting frosting on Pop Tarts, chocolate milk on your cocoa puffs, candy sprinkles on Krispy Kremes. |
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Post subject: Music With a Twist Announces First Two Signed Artists
Posted: Nov 02, 2006 - 12:54 AM
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GLBT Label Music With a Twist Announces First Two Signed Artists
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Sony Music Label Group U.S. / Columbia Records and Wilderness Media & Entertainment, the gay media and entertainment portfolio company owned by LOGO founder Matt Farber, have announced the first two signed artists as well as two compilation CDs to be released by Music With A Twist, the first major record label dedicated to identifying and developing lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) artists.
Music With A Twist's first two signed artists:
* The Gossip, a rock band based in Portland, Oregon, composed of lead singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine, and drummer Hannah Blilie. Their music is raw, punk-inspired rebellious rock and roll, but with catchy hooks and the incredible power of Beth Ditto's unique lead vocals. The Gossip have developed a huge following based on years of touring, and recently landed the opening slot on the Scissor Sisters European tour.
* Kirsten Price is a talented new singer-songwriter musician, originally from the U.K. but now making her home in Brooklyn. She has a soulful voice that sounds like it comes from a smoky room late at night. Her songs are a creative fusion of rock, soul, and blues. She is equally adept at playing her songs on a piano or guitar.
Both of these artists will be recording their debut CDs to street in 2007.
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Post subject: Music: "I'm gay and so are my mums"
Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 06:10 PM
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I'm gay and so are my mums
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DAN GILLESPIE, lead singer of THE FEELING, has come out of the closet in spectacular style.
And the group’s charismatic frontman has revealed he had a fascinating upbringing.
Dan explained: “I was brought up on the gay scene because my mum is gay and so is my uncle.
“I’ve been going to Pride marches since I was about four. We were a super right-on family.
“Not only did I have two lesbian mothers but my mum was in a wheelchair.
“We assumed the position of a kind of poster family for civil liberties organisations.
“There is a picture of me when I was six holding up a banner saying, ‘My mum’s a lesbian and I love her.’ It was at a Pride event and was used a lot in the newspapers.
“In the library at school there was a text book sociology students used that had the picture in it and a chapter on us.
“Most of the kids at school seemed to know I was gay a long time before I knew myself.
“I had a slightly effeminate air — and children are very intuitive, aren’t they? They spot things. It’s obvious, really. But none of my siblings are gay.”
Speaking of coming out, The Feeling’s single Love it When You Call is released on Monday — I think it’s got huge No1 potential.
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Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 03:23 AM
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How odd it is that whenever someone dares to say that they are gay, some tabloid insists that they have "come out of the closet." Dan Gillespie-Sells has said so before, just not to the Sun, I guess. Some reports have it that it would be rather difficult for Mr. Gillespie-Sells to come out at all, since he was never really "in".
In any case, The Feeling has a website and a MySpace page (what band doesn't these days?) should anyone care to hear them. It's pop... very old-fashioned, classic pop that might just get a lot of radio play.
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:16 AM
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Feral wrote:
Jay Brannon has two new tunes out. Both are featured on his web site, or you can watch them at YouTube here and here.
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:16 AM
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'berto wrote:
BTW, have you ever heard of Kids on TV?
They are Canadian, unabashedly queer, and apparently have a propensity to get nekkid on-stage.
Apparently they were just playing a CBC-sponsored concert the other night on the east coast, got nekkid and did "unmentionable things" on top of the CBC logo in the studio. LOL  I laffed when I heard that!
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:16 AM
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Feral wrote:
I had not, actually. Thanks for mentioning them. Experimental Punk Disco House Techno sounds just about right.
And a propensity for getting nekkid can't hurt.
http://www.kidsontv.biz/
http://www.myspace.com/kidsontv
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:17 AM
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'berto wrote:
LOL. I liked the hankie code.
(Hmmm... you've gotta click into the website first before you can see it though, I guess... the URL above doesn't take you directly to it.)
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:17 AM
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Feral wrote:
LOL
I remember that one. It's a re-invention of it though, not the original code from the 70s.
A benefit of Mozilla is that it will let you escape frames like that.
http://kidwithcamera.com/friends/kotv%2Dfinal/hankycode/content.html
PS... John Caffery, the bass player for KOTV, has a cameo in "Shortbus." I'm being stalked by musicians that appeared in "Shortbus."
Not that that's a BAD thing.
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:17 AM
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Feral wrote:
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Jay Brannon has two new tunes out.
Our boy has done it again.  New YouTubage. Jay's profile now has five clips in it. One of the new ones, "Soda Shop," appeared in the film Shortbus and is already starting to generate cover-versions.
Somebody needs to sign this boy up to a label.
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:18 AM
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'berto wrote:
Just ran across a good one. You might know it already, but it was new to me...
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Glad to be Gay
Tom Robinson
The British Police are the best in the world
I don't believe one of these stories I've heard
'Bout them raiding our pubs for no reason at all
Lining the customers up by the wall
Picking out people and knocking them down
Resisting arrest as they're kicked on the ground
Searching their houses and calling them queer
I don't believe that sort of thing happens here
Sing if you're glad to be gay
Sing if you're happy that way
Pictures of naked young women are fun
In Titbits and Playboy, page three of The Sun
There's no nudes in Gay News our last magazine
But they still find excuses to call it obscene
Read how disgusting we are in the press
The Telegraph, People and Sunday Express
Molesters of children, corruptors of youth
It's there in the paper, it must be the truth
Sing if you're glad to be gay
Sing if you're happy that way
Don't try to kid us that if you're discreet
You're perfectly safe as you walk down the street
You don't have to mince or make bitchy remarks
To get beaten unconscious and left in the dark
I had a friend who was gentle and short
He was lonely one evening and went for a walk
Queerbashers caught him and kicked in his teeth
He was only hospitalised for a week
Sing if you're glad to be gay
Sing if you're happy that way
And sit back and watch as they close all our clubs
Arrest us for meeting and raid all our pubs
Make sure your boyfriend's at least 21
So only your friends and your brothers get done
Lie to your workmates, lie to your folks
Put down the queens and tell anti-queer jokes
Gay Lib's ridiculous, join their laughter
'The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?'
Sing if you're glad to be gay
Sing if you're happy that way
Get your own copy...
(Just enter the 3-numbers at the bottom, click submit, it'll make you wait 31 seconds, then click on the green "Download File Now!" button to download it).
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:19 AM
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vanrozenheim wrote:
'berto wrote:
Just ran across a good one. You might know it already, but it was new to me...
New to me as well.
The homepage of the old band: http://www.tomrobinson.com/trb/index.htm.
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:20 AM
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'berto wrote:
Well then, I'm glad I posted it.
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Post subject: RE: Queer Music
Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 03:20 AM
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WShade wrote:
Hmmm...U Canuks have totally out-homoed us Yanks. Good Job. I love it when another country makes us feel stupid. Come to think of it, that's not all that difficult, is it?
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Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 10:06 PM
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Chris Garneau
Says Stylus Magazine:
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Garneau doesn’t completely shed his skin, though. The singer-songwriter is gay, but adamant about never using his sexuality as a marketing ploy for his music. Therefore, he only broods along the periphery of the subject, such as in “We Don’t Try,” where he could be describing the taciturn relationship that frequently exists between parents and a child struggling with their sexuality: “And we’ll work everything out / Even all the stuff we don’t talk about.”
Strawberry Fire says:
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Chris Garneau is not for the faint of heart. His work, though utterly brilliant, may drain out any remaining happiness from your already bleeding heart.
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If there were any justice in this world Chris would be named solo artist of the year. Sadly, we'll all have to wait as his debut album Music for Tourists (produced by Duncan Sheik) won't be released until January 27th, you can however, preorder a copy from Absolutely Kosher Records now, and I highly recommend you do so. Right now.
Absolutely Kosher Records will sell you Mr. Garneau's new album. I'm given to understand that you can get it on iTunes as well. Then there's always Mr. Garneau's MySpace page.
My two cents' -- like Rufus, only really sad, not acting sad. Or maybe like Jay Brannon with a piano instead of a guitar. If you have a leaky heart, it quite likely will drain any remaining happiness. If you are immune to happiness leakage, it's pretty sweet stuff. |
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Posted: Mar 24, 2007 - 03:51 AM
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| Jay Brannon is up for YouTube's Video awards. It rather looks like he's going to take third place in the Best Music category. Good for him. |
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Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 04:13 PM
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Proudly, loudly gay and on a major label? Sure!
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Beth Ditto is not fashion-model skinny. She is brashly witty, ferociously loud, radically feminist and proudly, openly gay. She is in many ways exactly what the music industry doesn't want to sell: a personality that rips up the mainstream's patronizing notions about female entertainers, how they should look, what they represent, and what opinions they can voice.
Yet after seven years of exuberant record-making and touring in the punk underworld, Ditto and her band Gossip find themselves newly signed to one of the biggest purveyors of mainstream music: Columbia Records.
Gossip's inaugural release will be on Columbia's Music With a Twist subsidiary, advertised as "the music industry's pioneering first LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender) record label."
"I'm very pig-headed and stubborn," Ditto says with a charming Southern twang and a laugh when reached at her Portland home. "I thought there's no way I would be able to butt heads with these people on major labels. But we got approached about being on this all-gay label, the first time it's ever been done on a clear major. The people we met there weren't that much different from the people we met running the indie labels, and they basically said, 'Do what you do. We don't want to change you.'"
It's easy to understand why Columbia wouldn't want to mess with Ditto and her bandmates, guitarist Nathan Howdeshell and drummer Hannah Blilie. The band scored a hit last year with "Standing on the Edge of Control," a self-empowerment punk manifesto that filtered into the dance clubs with its addictive disco groove and a stentorian Ditto vocal worthy of Gloria "I Will Survive" Gaynor.
The track will kick off the inaugural Music With a Twist release, "Twist Revolutions," a compilation coming out April 17. The band releases its own album for the label later this year.
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Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 05:08 PM
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I'm curious as to why all of a sudden the "Music with a Twist" label is being talked about as a Columbia project. Previously it had always been discussed in terms of the parent company, Sony. Anyhooo... as was noted elsewhere last November,
Feral wrote:
GLBT Label Music With a Twist Announces First Two Signed Artists
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Sony Music Label Group U.S. / Columbia Records and Wilderness Media & Entertainment, the gay media and entertainment portfolio company owned by LOGO founder Matt Farber, have announced the first two signed artists as well as two compilation CDs to be released by Music With A Twist, the first major record label dedicated to identifying and developing lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) artists.
Music With A Twist's first two signed artists:
* The Gossip, a rock band based in Portland, Oregon, composed of lead singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine, and drummer Hannah Blilie. Their music is raw, punk-inspired rebellious rock and roll, but with catchy hooks and the incredible power of Beth Ditto's unique lead vocals. The Gossip have developed a huge following based on years of touring, and recently landed the opening slot on the Scissor Sisters European tour.
* Kirsten Price is a talented new singer-songwriter musician, originally from the U.K. but now making her home in Brooklyn. She has a soulful voice that sounds like it comes from a smoky room late at night. Her songs are a creative fusion of rock, soul, and blues. She is equally adept at playing her songs on a piano or guitar.
Both of these artists will be recording their debut CDs to street in 2007.
So now four months later they are still flogging the same event? This "Music with a Twist" thing has been around for some time with very little to show. I question Sony's commitment to the project, as well as their ability to pull it off. Weird, considering they seem to have every imaginable apparatus necessary for the project to be a success. |
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