Metro Weekly

Music

  • The Good German

    It's hard to think of one without the other. Just as Microsoft often comes to mind when you think about Apple, so you wonder about...

  • Soundwaves

    HIT ONE MORE TIME... Oops, she did it again. But Britney Spears didn't just goof again. Though clearly she did that, with her sloppy and...

  • Diva Dude

    What happens when a dedicated scene idolizes female vocal pyrotechnics a tad too much? In today's gay club scene, you could say Jason Walker is...

  • Soundwaves

    From YouTubeAnnie Lennox: Little Bird ANNIE LENNOX'S 'MASS' APPEAL... Annie Lennox will finally return this fall after a four-year absence. This time out, Lennox has...

  • Hey Hey So So

    It's a corny enough album title, but you'll certainly be laughing within seconds as Hey Hey My My Yo Yo opens. After two measures of...

  • Soundwaves

    New Order with Bernard Sumner (center left) and Peter Hook (center right) NEW (OUT OF) ORDER... ''My lawyers told me to shut up till we...

  • Out of Date

    Thelma Houston had one big hit, ''Don't Leave Me This Way.'' The song is not only one of the disco era's biggest and best, it's...

  • Soundwaves

    LADY DAY AIN'T MOMMA NIGHT... Billie Holiday has never been part of the diva dynasty that still holds court on gay dance floors. Even at...

  • Saving Grace

    Mandy Moore intuitively understands why you probably don't think of her as much of a pop musician. She doesn't think of herself as much of...

  • Cute Sister Act

    ''Remember when I was so strange and likeable?'' ''Remember when I was sweet and unexplainable?'' Actually, identical twins Tegan and Sara Quinn are still so...

  • Soundwaves

    SECOND CHANCE TO D-D-D-DANCE... Junior Senior is coming back-back jack-jack! Yes, we're talking those same silly, stuttering Scandinavians who four years ago made ''everybody feel...

  • Transcendental Rock

    ''I remember being as a dyke or a bitch for liking loud, aggressive music,'' says Lucas Silveira, about his days as a teenage metal...

  • Gay Guitar Slingers

    When folk-rock singer-songwriter Eric Himan first started performing at gay clubs six years ago, people thought it was an act. ''You know how strippers dress...

  • Heartbreakers

    Don't ask the girls in Lez Zeppelin if they're lesbians -- they won't dish. ''Keeping a little bit of mystery to a group is very...

  • Chemical Reaction

    The Chemical Brothers hit it big a decade ago, with the duo's monster balls-to-the-wall hit ''Block Rockin' Beats.'' Since then, the Brothers have released a...