The Top 5 Songs of Summer 2012
Summer Music Issue 2012
Submitted by Area DJs
June 27, 2012
DJ Steve Henderson
- Florence and the Machine – Spectrum (Calvin Harris Mix)
- Maroon 5 – Payphone (Cosmic Funk Mix)
- Karmin – Brokenhearted (Razor and Guido Mix)
- Madonna – Turn Up the Radio (George M Mis)
- Cobra Starship – Middle Finger (DJs from Mars)
DJ Drew G
- Katy Perry – Wide Awake (Dirty Pop Mix)
- Niki Minaj – Starships
- Goyte – Somebody That I Used to Know
- Calvin Harris – Let’s Go
- Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
DJ Chord
- Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
- Niki Minaj – Starships
- Scissor Sisters – Let’s Have a Kiki
- Fun – We Are Young
- Madonna – Turn Up the Radio
DJ Bil Todd
- The 2 Bears – Take a Look Around
- Jessica Williams – Sunset People (Dub Mix)
- Sweet Talks – Do The Beat
- Jimmy Edgar – Let Yrself Be
- DJ Ali – Make It Hot feat. Lady Precise (Seelie Dub)
DJ BacK2bACK
- Rita Ora – How We Do (Party & BS)
- Nicki Minaj – Pound The Alarm
- Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo – Let’s Go
- Chris Brown – Don’t Wake Me Up
- Kylie Minogue – Timebomb
DJ Shea Van Horn
- Kylie Minogue – Timebomb
- Scissor Sisters – Let’s Have a Kiki
- Die Antwoord – Baby’s On Fire
- Gossip – Move In The Right Direction
- Rye Rye – Drop
DJ Wess
- Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay – 212
- Rihanna – Where Have You Been
- Kylie Minogue – Timebomb
- Scissor Sisters – Let’s Have a Kiki
- Madonna – Turn Up the Radio
Cher is among a group of musicians named as inductees to he Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The Grammy Award-winning artist was one of four artists -- along with Foreigner, Peter Frampton, and Kool & the Gang -- who were on the ballot for the first time.
Cher -- the only artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past six decades -- and fellow inductee Mary J. Blige, a nine-time Grammy Award winner with eight multi-platinum albums -- will boost the Hall of Fame's number of females, which previously stood at 65, constituting about 8% of the total number of inductees.
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The D.C. area is on track to be graced by two visits from the Indigo Girls this year, including a stint with the Fairfax Symphony at Capital One Hall and a remarkable double-bill pairing with fellow lesbian vanguard Melissa Etheridge at Wolf Trap. Wolf Trap is also the place to go for a second edition of the venue's Out & About Festival, this year offering a new cohort of LGBTQ musical acts.
Queer artists are really, truly just about everywhere, coming to nearly every music venue in the region this season. A quick scan of the listings bears this out: There's Donna Missal at The Atlantis, BOOMscat at Blues Alley, CMAT at DC9, XOMG Pop! at the Fillmore, Billy Gilman at Jammin Java, Mary Gauthier at Rams Head on Stage, and Mx Mundy at Songbyrd. And that's just a quick and easy seven, with several times that number waiting in the wings for your discovery.
David Archuleta has been through a lot in the past several years.
He came out as gay and left the Mormon church, which had been a huge part of his life. As an artist, he’s now looking to mine his past experiences – and even his trauma – to make something beautiful out of an experience that must have been incredibly difficult. That's exactly what he's managed to do with “Hell Together,” his latest single.
The former American Idol star dropped “Hell Together” last week after teasing new music was coming. The track is a gospel-tinged affair, a nod to his past and the story he tells in the song.