Metro Weekly

Music

  • Gay and Yiddish

    By on May 30, 2007

    ''For me to sing a standard Yiddish love song would kind of ring false. Pretending that I'm some straight loverboy -- it just doesn't work...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 23, 2007

    RENEWING OUR PRIDE... We had wandered so long in the dark, we thought we were lost forever. We kept stumbling on promising new dance compilations,...

  • Popera

    By on May 23, 2007

    Rufus Wainwright poses a loaded question as his new album begins: ''Do I disappoint you?'' On the rambunctious song of that title, he is rhetorically...

  • Listen Up

    By on May 16, 2007

    It's been too long since we heard anything good from the Cranberries. Remember them? Think back to the '90s and some of the Irish band's...

  • Soundwaves

    By on May 9, 2007

    Charmed city... At least two gay club tours traveling around the country will stop at Baltimore's Hippo nightclub. First up: DJ Seth Gold's Black Out...

  • Looney Tunes

    By on April 11, 2007

    He may sing ''I've gone identity mad!'' on his debut album's opening tune and single, ''Grace Kelly,'' but Mika doesn't actually sound as confused about...

  • Soul Provider

    By on March 28, 2007

    It's hard to believe that Amy Winehouse, a 23-year-old white girl from London, is the voice behind the 11 soulful tracks that comprise her second...

  • Femme Virtuosos

    By on March 14, 2007

    Lucinda Williams put her faith in a lover who ''looked right into my eyes, said I'm not like the other guys.'' But her lover lied...

  • Harmonic Convergence

    By on March 14, 2007

    You might be a girly man if... you spent a recent morning at work listening to the Dixie Chicks. ''We were just listening to them...

  • Soundwaves

    By on March 7, 2007

    EVOLVE-ING INTO IRRELEVANCE... Victor Calderone waxes nostalgic about clubbing days past on his just-released compilation, Evolve. ''When I look back into the days, the better...

  • Mister Sister

    By on February 28, 2007

    You may have heard that a Scissor Sisters show is exercise in energy -- if you're not ready to dance in the aisles, why bother?...

  • Modern Makeovers

    By on February 21, 2007

    Erin McKeown's latest album launches a bit ominously, with her shouting, ''Hallelujah, all you sinners gather round...just follow me.'' It becomes easy enough to do,...

  • Grand Ole Boys

    By on February 14, 2007

    If the Dixie Chicks can't get time on country radio these days, then there's no hope for Erasure. But if the Dixie Chicks can sweep...

  • Funny Valentine

    By on February 7, 2007

    Sure, you could reserve a candlelit table at one of D.C.'s finest restaurants, or prepare your own seductively sumptuous feast at home next Wednesday. But...

  • Soundwaves

    By on January 31, 2007

    MAMMA MIA! MERYL... Is there anything Meryl Streep can't do? Well, she's not likely to get the four members of dance-pop pioneers ABBA to perform...