Pride Showcase: June 2014

Friday, June 27, 2014

Emma's Revolution - Love Reaches Out

Emma's Revolution's new song for the 2014 Unitarian Universalist General Assembly theme, "Love Reaches Out"

Baker - The Band:The Daughter (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Richard Cortez's new band Baker.

You can get the new EP "Prologue: The Farmers Daughter" on Bandcamp.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Mary Lambert - Body Love (Part 1 & 2)

Mary Lambert, the "She Keeps Me Warm" singer, who also collaborated with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on "Same Love" has released a new single from her album "Welcome To The Age Of My Body".

Available on iTunes & Amazon.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Adam Joseph - What's A Lover To Do

Adam Joseph - What's A Lover To Do Debut single from the album "Love Philosophy".

Single available on iTunes & Amazon.

Saturn - We (Lyrics Video)

New single by Saturn "We". Available exclusively on his website.

Queen + Adam Lambert Live Full Concert & Interview

Queen & Adam Lambert live at iHeartRadio theatre, Los Angeles June 16,2014. Part of their upcoming 17-city U.S. summer tour.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

After Long Illness, Brady Earnhart Is Making A New Album

A neurological disease left Brady half-blind and unemployed. But a mysterious recovery has brought him a great new collection of songs.

Watch the video below to learn more.

He is working on his new album "Last Time I Promise"

If you would like to help in funding this new album go to his Kickstarter page.

Brooklyn Backstories: Mike Furey (Dangerous Muse)

Watch the Dangerous Muse documentary “Brooklyn Backstories – Furey” which aired on NYC television.

Dangerous Muse are due to release a new EP very soon.

Adam Tyler - Knew You Better

The re-release of Adam Tyler’s incredible debut album ‘Shattered Ice’ as a new deluxe edition with a staggering thirty-one tracks (yes, 31!) – a definite pop explosion! With 13 new studio tracks levelling-up the original debut album alongside heart-felt and never-before-released bonus acoustic versions of his signature songs, the deluxe edition is sure to delight Adam’s growing and dedicated worldwide fan base whilst marking a new era for new pop music fanatics to jump on-board.

Adam’s new single called ‘Knew You Better' is the lead single from Shattered Ice (Deluxe Edition), out June 10th on all digital music retailers.

Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix (Austria) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest Winner

Drag performer Conchita Wurst (aka Thomas Neuwirth) has revealed the music video, "Rise Like A Phoenix," which is the Eurovision Song Contest winner for 2014.

A fashion student graduate who lives in Vienna, Neuwirth first appeared as Conchita in the Austrian show Starmania.

Neon Trees Tyler Glenn Comes Out As Gay

Neon Trees lead singer Tyler Glenn comes out as gay in a recent issue of Rolling Stone:

Glenn says he's known he was gay since he was a young child, but kept his sexuality a secret — until now. "I had my crushes on guys throughout high school, but it was never an overwhelming thing until my twenties," he admits. "Then I'd be dating girls and in love with my straight friend and it was the worst feeling in the world."

"We were always taught, and I hate this word, 'tolerance,'" he says, regarding his church's stance on homosexuality, which is notoriously fraught. "The only time that felt different was when the Prop 8 thing came up," he says, referring to when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent an estimated $22 million fighting same-sex marriage in California in 2008.

"Yes. I am a happy and healthy Mormon gay pop star. I don't know what it all means, but I'm ok with it. "

Pop Psychology’s first single, the chiming "Sleeping With a Friend," is indeed about getting with a straight man. The doo-wop-flavored "Teenager in Love" was inspired by the guy Glenn pined after for three years, while maintaining a two-year relationship with a woman he'd resolved to marry. "She broke up with me in a half-page note that was like, 'I love you, but you'll never love me the way I need to be loved,'" Glenn says, taking a breath at the memory. "At the time, I was really crushed, but it was a relief. The last thing I want to do is be that guy that gets married and lives the double life. There's so many of those people in Utah."

Glenn says that he has not told the man alluded to in “Sleeping With A Friend” that he’s gay: “We're not really as close as we used to be, so I don't know if I'll hear from him." The song itself does not mention any specific gender, although the video shows Glenn sleeping with a woman.

Sam Smith Comes Out Of Closet

Sam Smith comes out of the closet in an interview.

Sam Smith:

"In the Lonely Hour" is about a guy that I fell in love with last year, and he didn’t love me back. I think I’m over it now, but I was in a very dark place. I kept feeling lonely in the fact that I hadn’t felt love before. I’ve felt the bad things. And what’s a more powerful emotion: pain or happiness?

I told him about it recently, and obviously it was never going to go the way I wanted it to go, because he doesn’t love me. But it was good as a form of closure, to get it off my chest and tell him. I feel better for it. I feel almost like I signed off this part of my life where I keep giving myself to guys who are never going to love me back. It feels good to have interviews like this, to chat about it and put stuff to bed. It’s all there now, and I can move on and hopefully find a guy who can love me the way I love him.

Smith says that he's comfortable in speaking out about his sexuality:

I am comfortable with myself, and my life is amazing in that respect. I’m very comfortable and happy with everything. I just wanted to talk about him and have it out there. It’s about a guy and that’s what I wanted people to know—I want to be clear that that’s what it’s about. I’ve been treated as normal as anyone in my life; I’ve had no issues. I do know that some people have issues in life, but I haven’t, and it’s as normal as my right arm. I want to make it a normality because this is a non-issue. People wouldn’t ask a straight person these questions.

Smith says he writes his music for everybody and doesn't believe that people should subscribe to it based on whether they're gay or straight:

In the short time I’ve lived on this Earth, all I’ve seen are boxes. People put things in boxes; it makes it easier to digest information. People say I’m the new Adele. Why is [gender] a talking point? I’m singing, I’m making music, I’m performing my music—that’s what should be the talking point.

British singer-songwriter Sam Smith released the music video for his new single "Leave Your Lover". It's a haunting, moody clip that appears to deal with sexuality amid a bisexual love triangle but then seems to make a choice at the end.