Bright Light Bright Light aka Rod Thomas' latest album Fun City is a slick, heartfelt dancefloor masterpiece that wears its purple influences as proudly as its star-studded features. An LGBTQ+ who’s who with the likes of Sam Sparro, Jake Shears, Caveboy, Justin Vivian Bond and Andy Bell all dropping in on tracks that buzz with... Continue Reading →
EP Review: Show Pony by Orville Peck ★★★★
Enigmatic gay country star Orville Peck released his debut album Pony last year. Peck famously wears a showy, fringed mask in all of his public appearances. Sometimes it’s glittery and bedazzled; sometimes it’s made of leather, and paired with the right pair of chaps, works almost like a kink object. He refuses to say why,... Continue Reading →
Kylie Says Something – Single Review: Say Something by Kylie Minogue ★★★★
At first blush, a shimmery new Kylie Minogue dance anthem would seem wasted during a pandemic in which we are unable to dance together or even get together. Ten years ago she debuted All the Lovers with a video featuring a writhing human pyramid that epically exaggerated a carefree socializing we just can't imagine right here,... Continue Reading →
Album Review: modern anxiety by Josef Salvat ★★★★★
I was a few weeks late discovering Australian pop singer Josef Salvat's sophomore album modern anxiety, which dropped on May 15th. While Salvat's first album Night Swim (2015) was a critical hit in the UK and Europe, it didn't make much of a splash in the US. But now, with everyone stuck at home and... Continue Reading →
MUNA Saves the World Live Review: ★★★★★ Album Review: ★★★★★
Dusk burnishes a blur of glass and metal high-rises as I hurtle through East London on the overground train. I’m curiously scanning the faces of strangers illuminated by the ghoulish, blue light of their smartphones, each one immersed in a digital universe of their own. A squat, middle-aged man sitting next to me in an... Continue Reading →