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  • Soundwaves

    By on July 5, 2006

    POST-PRIDE OUT ANTHEMS... Gay Pride Month may have already come and gone, but gay anthems have a long shelf life, so you'll get at least...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 28, 2006

    ''PATIENCE'' AND ''FAITH''… George Michael's first tour in 15 years, scheduled for the fall across Europe, has been met with such high demand that his...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 21, 2006

    AND THIS YEAR'S SUMMER ANTHEM IS... Now that the season has officially begun, it's time to consider contenders for Song of Summer 2006. At this...

  • Heavy Pet

    By on June 21, 2006

    After mainstream success 20 years ago, the Pet Shop Boys remain one of Europe's most successful pop duos. On this side of the Atlantic, Neil...

  • Soundwaves

    By on June 14, 2006

    Aviance AVIANCE ATTACK... It's that time of year when you just may be at your gay-proudest. Maybe you're so confident and comfortable you're even starting...

  • Sound Basis

    By on June 7, 2006

    What's the first thing to comes to mind when you think of ''gay music''? Maybe the sound of a gay men's chorus, or the pounding...

  • Heart of Dixie

    By on June 7, 2006

    ''Forgive, sounds good. Forget, I'm not sure I could.'' Thus begins ''Not Ready to Make Nice,'' the defiant first single from the Dixie Chicks' new...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 17, 2006

    Belmares ALEGRIA BY ANOTHER NAME... Roland Belmares has spun for party promoter and former DC resident Ric Sena before, at Sena's Alegria in New York,...

  • Punky Brew

    By on May 3, 2006

    ''For all my life,'' Ariel Aparicio sings in a raspy voice, ''I wanted to be in a cool as fuck band.'' He's now fulfilled that...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 3, 2006

    REPLAY RIHANNA... Last summer, Rihanna, a native of the Caribbean island of Barbados, had a hit with ''Pon de Replay.'' It's not hard to understand...

  • Command Performance

    By on April 26, 2006

    The Mexican folk singer Chavela Vargas was Frida Kahlo's extramarital lover for some five years. That fact helped Vargas gain wide recognition and it has...

  • Propulsive Pop

    By on April 26, 2006

    With the Scissor Sisters taking its sweet time producing a second album, what are fans and followers of the half-gay and all-glammy disco-rock band to...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 19, 2006

    JANET'S NOT ''CRAZY IN LOVE''... We should hear a new single from Janet Jackson within the next month, or months in advance of Jackson's next...

  • Sturm and Twang

    By on April 12, 2006

    Andy Bell has one of the most underappreciated voices in pop music, and Erasure is one of pop's most underappreciated bands. Bell's big, theatrical, multi-octave...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 12, 2006

    ''PRECIOUS'' DANCE TRACKS... Every year in March dance music's leading movers and shakers go to party after party in Miami as part of the Winter...