Monthly Tune-Up

Big Joanie, Yves Tumor and other artists who dropped fire November tracks

With one month to go, 2022 is shaping up to be full of great queer music

By Jordan Currie

Playlist Q

‘SOFTMETAL’ is forged musical perfection: a track-by-track review of Bronze Avery’s debut album

The multi-hyphenate Billboard NXT winner formally introduces fans to his sonic diary

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Queer Culture Catch-Up

A lesbian holiday rom-com, Brian Falduto’s queer country and Nick Cave art

A selection of cultural concoctions to get you through this heavy week

By S. Bear Bergman

Music

Kim Petras and Sam Smith just made Grammy nominations history

The 2023 Grammy nominations include Bad Bunny, “A Strange Loop,” Lady Gaga and more

By Mel Woods

TV & Film

Meet the queer creators behind the new Jackie Shane Heritage Minute

BIPOC queer and trans people were behind and in front of the camera for the Historica Canada short film

By Silas Le Blanc

Music

The pitch-black hyperpop of Devours’ Jeff Cancade

The B.C. artist talks depression, escapism and the grind of being an indie artist in Vancouver

By Jesse Locke

Theatre

John-Andrew Morrison on ‘A Strange Loop’ as the show enters its final stretch

The star of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical celebrates the love and tragedy of all our mothers

By Mikelle Street

Monthly Tune-Up

Tegan and Sara, Fever Ray and PVA highlight new October music

The best, spookiest and most daring new queer tracks from the past month

By Jordan Currie

Music

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights,’ ranked by queer subtext

“Midnights” may not be explicitly queer, but trust that the gays will mine our own meanings

By Lindsay Lee Wallace

TV & Film

Tegan Quin talks ‘High School,’ new album and discovering TikTok twins

With “Crybaby” and “High School” dropping this month, Tegan and Sara are booked and busy

By Mel Woods

Identity

For queer Asians, community means family

After pandemic lockdowns and anti-Asian violence, LGBTQ2S+ Asians across Canada are coming together with a vengeance

By Diamond Yao

Monthly Tune-Up

Rina Sawayama, The Paranoyds and more queer artists with new September tracks

The days are getting shorter, but these queer and trans artists will lift your spirits

By Jordan Currie

Playlist Q

Kezra Leon’s ‘Pink Moon’ is a club banger in the making

Florida rapper and drag performer Kezra Leon’s new EP is an homage to club culture

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Music

June Jones’s ‘Pop Music for Normal Women’ is full of emotionally devastating earworms

REVIEW: Jones deftly knits together cheeky humour and emotional vulnerability on her third album

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Books

Inside the mind of the ‘Encyclopedia Madonnica’ author who can’t stop adding entries (Madge was great in ‘Evita’!?)

The latest version of Matthew Rettenmund’s “Encyclopedia Madonnica” is a testament to the power of the Queen of Pop—and a fan’s obsession

By Matthew Hays

Music

Meet the queer voices taking the Canadian Country Music Awards by storm

Slowly but surely, things are improving for queer Canadians in country music

By Dan Clapson

Monthly Tune-Up

August’s best queer music includes punk rock bangers from WILLOW and Pussy Riot

Soundtrack the end of your summer with smooth electropop and buoyant punk

By Jordan Currie

Music

Rachika Nayar’s sophomore album ‘Heaven Come Crashing’ is a layered exploration of sound

REVIEW: The Brooklyn-based electronic artist expands on her deeply felt electronic soundscape

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul