Chris Azzopardi
He, himself ... and her?
It takes a lot to be Beyonce. More than frilly thigh-high dresses. More than hip gyrating. More than Jay-Z. It takes Neal Medlyn, a New York performance artist who's staging a by-the-numbers reenactment of the bootylicious belter's 2007 concert DVD, [...]
Team Perry
The Perry Twins' grooves almost contradict the duo themselves. Their dance-floor jams – "Activate Your Body" and "Bad, Bad Boy" – seem as ambiguous as a "Shrek" film; kids might not get the adult undertones, but gutter-minded folks will find [...]
The Sounds make beautiful ones, Jason Antone does Dr. Seuss
Hear Me Out The Sounds, 'Crossing the Rubicon' The Swedish quintet's crossing the Rubicon … into the '80s? "Underground" and Beatbox," with their mad-crazy synths – and the rap-tastic latter cut featuring a delectably cheesy "let's-go-roller [...]
Letting It Out
Paul Lekakis might be the biggest tease you know, but sex-talk, ambiguity and big, superhero arms were the stud's recipe for late '80s success. As long as you'd come back to his place he'd "love you" – like he vowed on "Come on Over to My House," [...]
Living the 'Dream'
Sometimes out artists won't give interviews to LGBT press like us because they don't want the "gay" or "lesbian" label to interfere with their art. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert, who still won't confirm or deny the gay rumors, probably [...]
She ... Amanda Lepore
Amanda Lepore is pretty. Really pretty. And she has no qualms about pouting her lips or pouring out her cleavage enough times so you know it. The "My Pussy" singer's been plasticized into something of a caricature – she'd probably be the first to [...]
The 'Real' Deal
Some of Vanessa Williams' sweetest days were spent on top of the Billboard charts. Her trademark tune, "Save the Best for Last," was released 17 years ago, showing that the do-it-all diva was more than a beauty pageant queen and pin-up babe. But [...]
Tori Amos is attracted to sin, Eminem roasts and relapses
Hear Me Out Tori Amos, 'Abnormally Attracted to Sin' Tori Amos is a mommy to millions on her 10th studio LP, attempting to quench all her kids – the cultish clique (formally Toriphiles) that worship her like she's Mother Teresa – by making another [...]
Good to be LaKisha
LaKisha Jones made us believe her when she enraptured those watching "American Idol" with a hair-tossing, bug-eyed, effing-ferocious take on "And I Am Telling You, I'm Not Going." But then, she did. "Too soon," says Jones, who lives in Houston with [...]
Quentin, crazy?
Half muttering – hey, it's early – Quentin Harris confesses his schedule is go-go-go crazy. Whirlwind traveling, which brings the native here at 4 p.m. May 25 for Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival. Several projects, including Ultra [...]
A queer 'Idol'?
Maybe Adam Lambert's already packed his bags – and eyeliner – last night (at press time he was still chugging along in the competition), leaving Kris Allen and Danny Gokey to duke it out on the eight season of "American Idol." That means I was [...]
Hear Me Out
Peaches, 'I Feel Cream' Who said getting older meant a lower libido? At 40, Peaches' is inflated to the point of being one balloon away from a kid's birthday party. "I Feel Cream," the Toronto singer's pleasuring fifth disc (and that's meant in [...]