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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plus that Amandla Stenberg Twitter drama, and JoJo Siwa is back on the market

Plus Abbi Jacobson is engaged, Shea Couleé joins the MCU and Frank Ocean’s latest business venture

Jordan Currie programs a splendidly queer summer of music, just for you

Thirty-five years after launching her harrowing AIDS trilogy with the release of “The Divine Punishment,” Galás turns her unflinching gaze at the depravity of the First World War

REVIEW: The new documentary follows the Australian musician on the road

The recording artist calls their latest album “emotional, kind of dramatic … very honest”

Xtra readers voted and ABBA’s classic ran away with the final tally

The non-binary burlesque performer and “Slag Wars” winner gives Xtra a personal tour of LGBTQ+ London

From camp excess to sapphic joy, music columnist Jordan Currie has your summer playlist ready

Music

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

For queer Asians, community means family

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harry Styles’s opinions on gay sex in film come under social media fire

Get ready to plot Kehlani on your ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ chart

From bisexual R&B artist Steve Lacy’s trippy slow groove to trans rapper Mykki Blanco’s dreamy proclamation of new love

The thrilling horrors of singer Diamanda Galás

‘Anonymous Club’ finds Australian musician Courtney Barnett in flux

Speed Date with Irish musician SOAK

You have spoken: the most iconic queer anthem of all time is … ‘Dancing Queen’?

Cabaret star Tyreece is the toast of London—and the internet!

Singles from Lil Nas X, Perfume Genius and MUNA keep Pride alive