posted Monday, May 3, 2021
The line up for the 40th anniversary edition of Pride Toronto has been announced, and includes over 70 events showcasing more than 130 2SLGBTQ+ artists, 14 party collectives, and seven community committee programs. The full month of programming begins on June 1, concluding with two Festival Weekends on June 18-20 and June 25-27, 2021, with […]
posted Friday, April 30, 2021
There’s no shortage of music documentaries at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Here’s your chance to catch world premiere screenings before anyone else, and this year the festival is streaming online across all of Canada! From the obscure sounds of Fanny and Sparks, and the female punk pioneer Poly Styrene, to the […]
posted Friday, April 30, 2021
GRAMMY®-winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores music’s intersection with artistry and technology. This docuseries dives deep into the tools and techniques that revolutionized music, like Auto-Tune, sampling, and reverb. Mark and a who’s who of hitmakers&mash;including Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Questlove, King Princess, Adrock and Mike D from the Beastie Boys, and Charli XCX—revisit […]
posted Friday, April 30, 2021
How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely influential and criminally overlooked all at the same time? A band that has been in the background of almost every art form across the last 50 years, Sparks is your favourite band’s favourite band, and soon to be yours too. THE SPARKS BROTHERS features commentary from […]
posted Friday, April 30, 2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, is based around the death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene, that sends her daughter on a journey across the world and through her mother’s archives to reconcile their fraught relationship. The film opens at Toronto’s Hot Docs virtual cinema on April 29, 2021. Some people […]
posted Thursday, April 29, 2021
FANNY: The Right to Rock, the story of ferocious female rockers Fanny who, after shattering glass ceilings in the ’70s and amassing fans worldwide, reunite with a new record deal and a chance to rewrite history. Sometime in the 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two Filipina-American sisters got together to play music. Little did they know […]
posted Thursday, April 29, 2021
Here’s our weekly roundup of what we think you should tap into today. Enjoy! PRONOUN – I Wanna Die But I Can’t (Cuz I Gotta Keep Living) Everything about this track from Brooklyn indie artist PRONOUN – aka Alyse Vellturo – is boptastic (It’s a word, don’t judge me!). From beat to vocal distortion to […]
posted Thursday, April 15, 2021
Each week LGBTQ artists from around the world release new music only to have it go unheard, unplayed, and unknown. As members of a community who are often under-represented, it is vital that we know and support our artists as they write their place in history. Music is universal and can be a support and […]
posted Thursday, April 8, 2021
A Whole New World: Discover the Best in LGBTQ Music! Hello queer music fans, supporters and junkies! Are you ready to have your life changed? I hope so. We all know that when it comes to LGBTQ representation in music, things are far from firing on all cylinders. “A” cylinder would be a start. But […]
posted Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Marq Evans groundbreaking music LGBTQ documentary “The Glamour and the Squalor,” follows the life of Seattle DJ Marco Collins, who worked at alternative radio station 107.7 FM “The End”. Before the Internet made sourcing new music and rising bands a simple matter of keystrokes and RSS feeds, there was the radio DJ. No one epitomized […]
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