Music
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Wiping out with OFF!
If you’re into this kind of ear-punishing hardcore, then you’re going to love this freshly-released video from OFF! The song is called Wipe Out and...
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Albums we can’t wait for: Melody Gardot’s The Absence
Melody Gardot will release her new album The Absence on May 29. It’s the follow-up to her 2009 critically-acclaimed best-seller, My One and Only. If...
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Norah Jones premieres her “Happy Pills” video
Here’s the music video for “Happy Pills,” the lead single from the forthcoming Norah Jones album, Little Broken Hearts. The album is produced by Danger...
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Bonnie Raitt video of Gerry Rafferty song features gays and lesbians in the mix
On her new album, Slipstream, the legendary blues rocker Bonnie Raitt covers Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty’s 1978 hit “Right Down the Line.” The video, by...
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Watch! New Rufus Wainwright video for single “Out of the Game”
Rufus Wainwright just released the video for “Out of the Game,” featuring Helena Bonham Carter in a most inventive manner. “Out of the Game” is...
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Orbo & The Longshots: Rootsy-rock Norwegian-style
The Norwegian quintet, Orbo & the Longshots, just released “Highway Tears,” their new single and video. The band, described as “rootsy rock,” will release its...
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Shock-Pop Diva: Madonna's 'MDNA'
Some fans might have paused on hearing the first single, ''Give Me All Your Lovin'.'' Others might have skidded on ''Gang Bang,'' the second track...
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The Sound of Music
Is Joe Bello Godzilla? ''Maybe,'' laughs the executive director of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Officially, Bello will just be the conductor of the Capitol Pride Symphonic...
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Idina Menzel's new album is a delightful escape into her songbook
Remember Idina Menzel's attempts at pop stardom? Just as well if you don't. She's released a total of three forgettable pop albums, though only her...
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Rhyme Time
''The only girl I'll ever love is Andrew in drag,'' Stephin Merritt sings on The Magnetic Fields' uproarious new single. The song sounds a bit...
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The Soprano
''When I first joined I was too shy to look up at the conductor,'' says Michele Kennedy of her early days in the San Francisco...
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Life as Cabaret
Early last year, Will Gartshore broke his wrist curling. ''A freak curling accident,'' he concedes. ''Very Canadian.'' Didn't know Gartshore was Canadian, eh? Since the...
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Divine Dance
LAST YEAR, JD SAMSON, of the feminist dance-punk trio Le Tigre, released Talk About Body with her queer dance collective MEN, which also sometimes includes...
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Musical Communion
Amy Ray takes listeners to church on her new solo album, Lung of Love. The church, that is, of rock music. ''Oh the rock is...
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Musical Theater Band
''She was certain that I was gay, because I was in New York to study musical theater and I was playing piano [at a gay...
