Boy George is Playing a Show for Sanitation Workers

This kind of insider tip is only brought to you by Brooklynvegan.

“Boy George will help celebrate New York City’s Department of Sanitation Family Day this summer! George will be playing a free concert as a big thank you for the kindness shown to him by the DSNY. On August 17th he will play all his [...]

Pics From 1st Hercules & Love Affair Show Posted

While they are not touring the U.S. anytime soon, NYC was the host to Hercules & Love Affair’s first show ever. Antony was not there, but the pics at Brooklynvegan look really fun. Nomi and Kim sung Antony’s parts, Andy Butler looks sweaty and hot and I’m sure the live instrumentation made this one hell [...]

New CSS Song/Album

Not as dance ready but certainly as stage dive insisting as the well loved tracks from their first record, the first tack from CSS’s upcoming record Donkey, is making the rounds. “Rat is Dead (Rage).” After the amicable, noble loss of bassist Ira Trevisan, the sound of the band was going to shift at least [...]

Matmos is Coming

Longtime listeners/short term readers how freaky Think Pink Radio is about Matmos. With May 6th, the release date for their new record fast approaching, little trickles of mp3’s have been digitally making way for excitement and pants peeing. Supreme Balloon being an entire album made from synthesizers, it’s bound to be great headphones music, carnivals, [...]

Judas Priest is Still Alive (with Rob Halford)

It is safe to say that no one has gotten more queer visibility among heavy metal fans than Rob Halford and his veteran metal band Judas Priest. To say nothing of his status as a supreme leather daddy, Halford, you can’t knock a guy that has a 4.5 octave vocal range and came out in [...]

To Be Straight With You

All of you, listen UP! DV8 Physical Theatre have announced their 2008 tour in support of their new show, “To Be Straight With You.” According to the press release, it is a “poetic but unflinching exploration of tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality.” Doesn’t that sound really, um, cliché and uninteresting? Well, don’t be scared [...]

Scream Club On Tour

Oh man, expect lots of myspace bulletins soon!! Cindy Wonderful and her cohort Sarah Adorable are coming to your town this Spring for a full blown North American tour. You’ve already heard their collab with Peaches, the hysterical “Fine As Fuck” featuring some of Wonderful’s sexiest word slinging. Check out their show in a town [...]

Men Release Demos–Reveal Real Band Status

*Photo by Justin Hyte
MEN, aka JD Samson and Johanna Fateman have just released some demos on their myspace (it’s still good for something!!). So…I guess if we were thinking that the remnants of Le Tigre were just DJ’s, we were wrong. Fierce.
MEN–Shake Off
MEN–Make It Reverse
Tour Dates after the jump
–Stinky Pinky

Magnetic Fields’ Distortion Out Today

*Image from Stereogum
After a glowing review on Pitchfork and much anticipation from Stereogum and the gays, the new Magnetic Fields record will surely get some attention this year. In a recent interview with Merritt, he talks about his Jesus and Mary Chain fetish and we can see how the past four years experimenting in [...]

The Shondes

Taking their name from the Yiddish word for “shame” or “disgrace,” Brooklyn based The Shondes build a sound based in a love for early Sleater-Kinney and the need to incorporate strings. Their queer-core roots are buoyed by intentional additions of their heritage, namely being (self-described) loud Jews. It really works, and their combination of punk [...]