Hear Me Out: Janet Jackson, Patty Griffin
Janet Jackson, 'Unbreakable' With her nipple safely tucked away, Janet Jackson resurrects a bygone bondage-less sound that's more "Good Times" than straight [...]
Hear Me Out: Carly Rae Jepsen, Robyn
Carly Rae Jepsen, 'E*MO*TION' Carly Rae Jepsen came out of nowhere, seized radio, dug a hole in your head and planted a little song there named "Call Me [...]
Hear Me Out: Miguel, Kacey Musgraves
Miguel, 'Wildheart' Carnal sex is the gateway to bittersweet romanticism on Miguel's modern-lust-and-love odyssey, "Wildheart." And the pompadoured R&B [...]
Hear Me Out: Best of 2015 (...So Far)
Shamir, 'Ratchet' The latest wave of gender-defying youth just got wavier with Shamir, a 20-year-old cutie-patootie from Vegas who's tearing down rigid [...]
Garrett Miller Releases 'Gay Wedding,' Adaption Of Billy Idol's 'White Wedding'
Los Angeles – Wedding bells will be ringing this summer for many in the LGBT community and in singer Garrett Miller's first single off of his new album, [...]
Hear Me Out: 11 Songs To Pimp Your Pride Playlist
You don't have to part with your Madonna. You can keep your Diana Ross, your other divas and all the queer classics that stoke your Pride playlist. But is [...]
How I Learned To Love Tori Amos
"Tori Amos who?" My dear friend, then boyfriend, must have been dumbfounded when I – a gay man – uttered these words that, in retrospect, are among the most [...]
Sufjan Stevens Reviewed: 'From Life To Death To Life Again'
Sufjan Stevens, 'Carrie & Lowell' Grief guides Sufjan Stevens' muse on "Carrie & Lowell." It's a remarkably wrenching release from the indie darling. [...]
Why Kacey Musgraves Is Changing Country Music One Pissed Off Pun At A Time
Country music hasn't been fair to its underappreciated female populace, especially lately, as dudes increasingly dominate airplay with their beer-guzzling, [...]
Hear Me Out: Kelly Clarkson, Brandi Carlile
Kelly Clarkson, 'Piece by Piece' Kelly Clarkson's seventh studio album finds the "American Idol" champ at a crossroads. Does she fix what's not broken? And [...]
All Hail Fifth Harmony! Plus: Michelle Chamuel, B-52s' Kate Pierson
Fifth Harmony, 'Reflection' Raise your glass to girl-group power. It's returning thanks to music-maven Simon Cowell, who understands the need to resurrect [...]
Hear Me Out: Meghan Trainor, Belle and Sebastian
Meghan Trainor, 'Title' It's true: We weren't ready for this jelly. But Meghan Trainor plopped her booty down anyway and made a seat for herself with "All [...]
