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  • Uncovering Ivri

    Ivri Lider kissed a girl -- and people liked it. ''Yeah, it was like it was written by a gay man,'' Lider laughs, referring to...

  • A la Mode

    Has Depeche Mode, pioneers of dark electronica, seen the light? ''Just look at me,'' lead singer Dave Gahan sings on ''Peace,'' from the band's new...

  • Being Boring

    Neil Tennant wants to rekindle the romance. ''I'd survive with only memories, if I could change the way I feel,'' the Pet Shop Boys frontman...

  • Strangely Enough

    Patsy Cline's is the first voice heard on the debut, solo-artist album from Sharam Tayebi, one-half of the celebrated D.C. dance duo Deep Dish. Doesn't...

  • Life and Love

    Bob Mould (Photo by Noah Kalina) Bob Mould sounded like he had all but given up on his last album, District Line. ''It's the same...

  • SONiA's Splash

    Sonia Rutstein was as disheartened as every other gay person by the passage last fall of California's Propositon 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative. ''We move...

  • Wanted Woman

    Some four and a half years ago, the original American Idol vowed in song to ''take a risk, take a chance, make a change and...

  • Limited Horizon

    Several songs on U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon (), clock in at over five minutes, featuring long instrumental passages. It's as if...

  • Up from Down Under

    Missy Higgins became a pop star in her native Australia with her first hit, the piano-churned ''Scar.'' Five years later, she's finally starting to catch...

  • Creature Feature

    Montreal-based musicians Jean-Phi Goncalves and Betty Bonifassi each had their own careers going before they teamed up to experiment as Beast. Among other things, Goncalves...

  • Mystery Man

    Morrissey (Photo by Travis Shin) Why is Morrissey (barely) holding a contented little boy on the cover of his new album? And what is the...

  • Something Wicked

    Pauline Anson-Dross of Wicked Jezabel (Photo by Todd Franson ) Pauline Anson-Dross is ready for Cupid this year. ''Oh yeah, we're feeling the love...

  • Soundwaves

    Tracy Young D.C.'S YOUNG VALENTINE... Last fall, DJ Tracy Young spun in her hometown of Washington for the first time in way too many years,...

  • Enigmatic Pop

    Antony Hegarty has a voice you won't forget - and a presence you just might not remember. More than probably any other singer-songwriter you've ever...

  • Smart Dance

    Who you calling a bimbo: Bimbo Jones Katherine Ellis is a powerhouse vocalist, as self-assured and larger-than-life as if ripped straight out of a gay...