Queer Music News is a smattering of what’s going on in music by LGBTQ artists and the artists we love.
Here’s a wrap-up of music we’ve received in recent days for your new music Monday.
Perfume Genius released his new album Glory
At the very end of March, Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) released his newest album Glory via Matador Records. This album explores recurring themes that examine the body and its decay, of domesticity and love, and of inescapable history and damage. Fun!
In the lead-up to the album release, Perfume Genius unveiled three singles including the most recent track “Clean Heart.” He earlier shared “No Front Teeth (feat. Aldous Harding),” accompanied by a video and “It’s a Mirror.”
Perfume Genius will support Glory with an extensive North American tour. He will perform in Dallas on June 3 at The Studio at The Bomb Factory. Tickets are on sale here.
Listen to “Clean Heart” below:
Elton John & Brandi Carlile dropped an album and premiered a short film over the weekend
On Friday, the queer music icons released the collaborative studio album Who Believes In Angels? The concept for the albume was devised by John, Carlile and GRAMMY Award-winning producer and songwriter Andrew Watt. The album would songs, with long term collaborator Bernie Taupin and Carlile both contributing lyrics. The team wrote and recorded an album completely from scratch in just 20 days.
Capturing that experience is the short film Who Believes In Angels? Stories From The Edge Of Creation, a candid, 30-minute film series that highlights the talent of all the musicians who worked on the record. The insight into the turbulent creative process — breakdowns, breakthroughs, tears, torn up lyric sheets — marks the first time that John has allowed cameras to film his writing and recording sessions while creating an album.
Watch the entire film below:
Queer singer-songwriter Allison Russell collabs with Annie Lennox for new single
The GRAMMY-winning artist released the new single “Superlover” which features the iconic Annie Lennox and features Wendy & Lisa and Russell’s Rainbow Coalition band.
As part of her ongoing advocacy, Russell is partnering with Propeller to support the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Fans who take a “Superlover” action to support HRC — which works to ensure every LGBTQ person is free to live their truth without fear and with equality under the law — will have the chance to win a flyaway to meet Russell at the final show of her All Returners Tour at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on May 28. Russell stops in Fort Worth on May 24 at Tannahill’s Tavern and Music Hall.
Fans can also unlock exclusive prizes at shows by supporting HRC throughout the tour.
Enter the contest here.
Watch “Superlover” below:
Concert calendar
Friday: Tanya Tucker at Longhorn Ballroom.
April 22: Diana Krall at the Winspear Opera House.
April 24: Japanese Breakfast at South Side Ballroom.
April 24: Kraftwerk at Majestic Theatre.
April 25: Sasami at Deep Ellum Art Company.
April 26: Amy Poehler andTina Fey at Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie.
April 26: Ubbi Dubbi Festival at Panther Island Pavilion
April 29: Michael Feinstein at the Winspear.
May 1: Patti LaBelle at Majestic Theatre.
May 2: Trisha Yearwood at Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie.
May 4: Willow Pill at House Of Blues.
May 6: Torres + Julien Baker at Longhorn Ballroom.
May 17: Shawn Colvin at The Kessler Theater.
May 17: Halsey at Dos Equis Pavilion.
May 21: Katy Perry at American Airlines Center.
May 21: zzzahara at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.
May 23 and 24: Tiësto at SILO Dallas.
May 24: Alyssa Edwards at House Of Blues.
May 24: Patti Lupone at the Winspear Opera House.
May 24: Allison Russell at Tannahill’s Tavern and Music Hall.
June 3: Perfume Genius at The Studio at The Bomb Factory.
June 20: Allison Ponthier at Club Dada.
– Rich Lopez
