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Exclusive single premiere: queer electro pop artist Joel Christian’s gritty dance track Hell Raiser “this song should make you forget your fears”

Today The Queer Review exclusively premieres Hell Raiser by emerging queer electo-pop artist, Joel Christian. The energetic dance track is filled with gritty synths, heavy drops and mysterious glitches that characterise LA based Christian's niche brand of dark-pop. The first single from his debut album, releasing later this year, Hell Raiser is a dirty night club... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: pop artist VNCE on his new album Queer “I was never open & transparent about my sexuality…I felt I couldn’t live my life authentically”

LA-based pop singer/songwriter, VNCE (pronounced Vince) launches his honest, sexually charged new album Queer today, Friday May 8th. Working with his longtime collaborator Joe Pepe, pop multi-hyphenate z a c k y and fellow singer/songwriter Brooke Day, he's produced some sizzling autobiographical summer anthems about his WeHo days and nights and getting over an unrequited... Continue Reading →

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Billy Porter releases stirring For What It’s Worth cover “it’s a song about unifying & coming together to make a change”

The Grammy, Emmy and Tony-winning Billy Porter has just released a soul-stirring cover of Stephen Stills’ For What It’s Worth, as performed by Buffalo Springfield. “I decided to record For What It’s Worth because I wanted to have my art and my music matter, make a difference,” Porter said. “I’ve always been a political person.... Continue Reading →

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Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between to support The Actors Fund “music has always had the unique power to bring us closer together & spark joy in even the darkest of moments”

Many performers and artists are suffering with the worldwide lockdown, so the team behind the new musical theatre concept album Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between have announced that the first week of proceeds from the release through April 27th, will be donated to The Actors Fund. Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between is a... Continue Reading →

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Bright Light Bright Light releases ‘This Was My House’ Single & Video

Bright Light Bright Light’s (Rod Thomas) new single and video, directed by Tyler Jensen, This Was My House are wildly prescient during our current quarantined global existence. Scenes of Rod (and his strategically placed disco ball) in his apartment juxtapose with a veritable rainbow of out-of-doors’ liberation scenes culminating in some very ‘non-social distancing’ dancing... Continue Reading →

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On Repeat: Malia Civetz’s debut single Broke Boy

Here at The Queer Review towers we've had one track on repeat the past few days, rising songstress and vocal powerhouse Malia Civetz's debut single Broke Boy. Backed by a bold piano and hard-hitting handclaps, Malia’s traffic-stopping voice takes centre stage as she declares her lover is “not a billionaire baller or dough boy" but "he know how... Continue Reading →

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Sam Smith’s new single is To Die For

Sam Smith has marked Valentine's Day by releasing the title track from their forthcoming third album To Die For. Opening with a sample from the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko, the new track pairs soaring strings and evocative piano with Smith’s distinctive vocals and the plaintive confession, “I just want somebody to die for.” Smith recorded the song with Jimmy Napes and Stargate, who... Continue Reading →

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