VULTURE: The Best and Most Spectacular of Queen, According to Brian May
SOURCE “There are a lot of facets to Queen’s music. We entered into so many areas believing we could innovate.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photo: Roy Wells/Mirrorpix/Getty Images Few rockers possess this crazy little thing called crowd awareness quite like Queen. After the band’s founding in the early ’70s, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon were more […]
KTLA-TV: Aqua talks new ‘Barbie’ Movie and US Tour
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SPIN: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Ben Christo Of The Sisters Of Mercy
SOURCE Name Ben Christo Best known for Guitars and backing vocals in The Sisters Of Mercy, lead vocalist in Diamond Black. Current city Liverpool. Really want to be in Anywhere playing board games with my brother. Excited about The Sisters of Mercy’s upcoming US tour and the recent release of Diamond Black’s new single, Through the Misery. My […]
FORBES: Guitarist Carlos Alomar Talks About David Bowie Ahead Of Fan Convention Celebrating The Icon
SOURCE When asked about one particular memory that stands out about his friend and collaborator, the late David Bowie, guitarist Carlos Alomar brings up a personal one that occurred almost 45 years ago involving someone they had both worked with. “David was living next to me,” he says. “We were having a large time. Our families were […]
SPIN: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: David J Of Bauhaus/ Love And Rockets
SOURCE Name David J Best known for Being a founding member of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets as well as a solo artist. Current city The city of tarnished angels a.k.a. Los Angeles, California. Really want to be in The world that is evoked by playing music and fortunately I can go there whenever I play. At least […]
HOLLYWOOD LIFE: Pansy Division’s Jon Ginoli Reflects On ‘Undressed’ Turning 30: It Showed ‘The Joyful Side’ Of Being Gay (Exclusive)
By: Jason Brow Reading Time: 9 minutes June 2, 2023 12:00PM ED SOURCE In some ways, the world has drastically changed since Pansy Division, the first openly gay rock band featuring predominantly gay musicians, released Undressed in 1993. “At the time we were forming the band and doing that first album,” says Jon Ginoli, Pansy Divison’s co-founder, when talking […]
STEREOGUM: We’ve Got A File On You: Daniel Ash
APRIL 27, 2023 12:45 PM BY MICHAEL TEDDER SOURCE On the Mount Rushmore of Goth, Bauhaus shine darkly right along their colleagues in black the Cure, Joy Division, and Siouxsie And The Banshees. Few bands have ever debuted with their aesthetic so perfectly locked-in as Bauhaus did with their 1979 debut single “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” a bubbling […]
ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER (cover): The Sisters of Mercy
SOURCE By Tom Lanham Like many of us over the past three COVID-constricted years, I — as both a journalist and a human being, in general — spent a great deal of time looking back, reflecting on past decisions, discoveries, and early drug-related derailments, and not always comfortably. I’ve made a few mistakes over my […]
KCRW: The Church: Live from HQ
SOURCE Mar. 25, 2023 Australian dream-pop legends The Church bless an intimate audience at KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio with the first-ever American performance of new material from their 26th album, The Hypnogogue. The band’s unmistakable blend of lush atmospherics and diamond-edged rock ’n’ roll remains as intoxicating as ever. And frontman Steve Kilbey remains as audacious as ever, […]
ROLLING STONE: Queen Kwong Teases a Dirty Rat in ‘The Mourning Song’ Video
BY KORY GROW SOURCE QUEEN KWONG PERFORMS a pole dance for a dirty rat in a new video for “The Mourning Song,” a track off her recent Couples Only album. “I’ve only ever loved one man and you weren’t that guy,” she sings over deceptively gentle indie-rock guitars. “But I tried and I tried.” As she describes the breakdown of […]