When You’re Black and Queer but Masquerading as Straight While Listening to the Music of White Lesbians
Everybody knew.
VIDEO PLAYLIST: These Bangers from Rhythm + Flow’s Lesbian Rapper Londynn B
Londynn B is a lesbian Cardi B by way of Grace Jones — all charisma, swagger, and sex. With the bars to back it up.
Queer Your Ears October 2019: New Music From Queer & Trans Musicians
It’s fall, so #feelingsfall continues — Claud has some baby gay angst anthems, Heather Mae has all the feelings if you want to cry, and Big Thief gets raw and vulnerable.
PHOTOESSAY: K. Flay Performs at Brooklyn Steel on her ‘Solutions’ Tour
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to photograph Flay’s show in Brooklyn, and – I don’t say this lightly – it was one of the best concerts I’ve been to this year.
A Weaver of Unique Variety: The Magic and Legacy of Debbie Friedman
In her life, Debbie Friedman did not want to be defined by her sexuality, but there’s something that feels queer about her music. The hidden history, the lyrics about liberation and joy, and, yes, a whole lot about women dancing with timbrels.
Two Spooky Playlists For ALL Your Gay Halloween Music Needs
Some people just want a nice casual playlist for their Halloween party! So, I decided to split all of the song spooky suggestions into two playlists.
Were We Ever So Young: A Retro High School Deep Dive with Tegan and Sara
Inspired by their vulnerability and the powerful throwback energy of high-school-age Sara and Tegan, we’ve cracked open our own high school diaries to show you our deepest, darkest, gayest secrets and send a little love and perspective back through time on who we’ve been.
Tegan and Sara are Just Like You on Their Excellent New Album
Tegan and Sara have mined through their pasts, found the gems, and put together a poignant ode to their past selves. We can live vicariously through their public vulnerability and imagine — without evidence — that if we did the same, we’d be charmed, rather than horrified, by what we found.
Hayley Kiyoko’s “Demons” Is Out Today, The Perfect Excuse To Make A Gay Halloween Playlist
It seems like Halloween songs – or, just, spooky, creepy pop songs in general – are having a comeback! What’s your favorite?
Tegan and Sara’s “High School” Will Fill You With ’90s Nostalgia, Heal Your Teenage Heart
There’s something extra special about the High School audiobook, and not just because it features the rough cassette recordings of the songs that make up their new album, or because they read their own chapters with their own voices, or because they interview each other for maybe the first time ever. It just feels real and ever so soft.
PHOTOESSAY: Tove Lo’s New Album “Sunshine Kitty” and its Bisexual Heartbreak Anthem
Singer-songwriter Tove Lo dropped her newest album, Sunshine Kitty, on September 20th, and celebrated with an intimate album release show on New York City’s Lower East Side.
MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE: Lafemmebear’s “If” Embraces Black Queer Self-Love
“Many of Lafemmebear’s songs are full of righteous anger. This one is full of righteous caring, righteous love, righteous affection.”
Julia Nunes Is Relentlessly Personal: On New Music, Big Changes, and Community Being Crucial
Julia Nunes has been self-producing her music for almost ten years, and her newest album “Ughwow” is a drastic change from her old sound in the best way possible. We talk about the work of being a human and how that’s showing up in her creative work lately.
The Best 45 Bars From Young M.A’s New Album “Herstory In The Making”
Young M.A finally dropped her debut album, and babyyyy, it’s got flavor. This is the soundtrack to my black queer love story.
Queer Your Ears September 2019: New Releases from Queer & Trans Musicians
Whether you had a #hotgirlsummer or not, it’s time for #feelingsfall.
Queer Your Ears August 2019: New Releases from Queer & Trans Artists
I was surprised by some really inventive indie pop this month!
Why Is It So Damn Hard to Build a Good Lesbian Breakup Playlist?
I don’t want to put any songs on my breakup playlist that any of my exes have used, or are using, to woo their new girlfriends.
Meet Cutting Room Floor, Your New Favorite Self-Described Sad Gay Band
If you’re looking for Cutting Room Floor on social media, you’ll find them under the moniker “Sad Gay Band.” It’s sort of a joke, it’s also not an exaggeration – it might even be an understatement, both with regard to being gay and to being sad. Sink/Swim is their latest album, and it’s been over three years in the making.
Queer Your Ears July 2019: New & Upcoming Releases from Queer & Trans Artists
I’m rediscovering how much I love simple, catchy, fun pop music. There’s some other solid rock, folk, and R&B this month, though, too!
VIDEO! Hayley Kiyoko Casts a Spell On Our Summer Crush Blues With “I Wish”
Ah summer. When the melancholy heartbreak of the cooler seasons is replaced with frantic lust and desperation. But you can stop crying over whoever it is you’re crying over. Because only one person matters now. Lesbian Jesus herself. Hayley Kiyoko.