Sticky Jazz

Logan Lynn is a queer multi media artist, a film maker, visual artist and musician. All of these seem to bleed into each other, so it is hard to distinguish how he is telling the story. Which makes his work so interesting.  Having just released an album last week called "SOFTCORE"  along with some short film segments as the videos, there is a lot to watch, and enjoy, just don't expect the point of...

A woman who has done it all, worked with the Scissor Sisters, toured with Lady Gaga, worked with Baz Lurhmann, taught "Music Connections" at Carnegie Hall, well, you would be hard pressed to find someone as talented and giving as Bridget Barkan.  She has been involved in so many musical and artistic projects, having just released a song about the extremes in life "Good Things", she is also a very...

Every kid who ever doubted themself needs to hear this, every gay person trying to hide it, needs to hear this, every fat kid ashamed of their body, needs to hear this.  Kate Yeager is all of that and more, with no shame, or filter. So, if she is going live without a filter, I guess, I should put this live without any editing. I had the most delightful conversation with this wonderful spitfire. We...

In my travels, my friend Eli Quintero (Eliquint) another music journalist, lined up an interview with an amazing queer female vocalist in Germany. I got a text saying "We are interviewing her tomorrow, give  her a listen". I did once over, and had fallen in love with this woman's music overnight.  This whole experience went really fast, and the next day I was blown away with this incredible musici...

"I'm gazing at faces staring blankly at me"  or "A Becher's Brook is love, a hurdle at which greater men have fallen", or so many other opening lines to hit you right in the skull and take you on a musical ride through historical literature, and the thoughts of Mark Burgess, the frontman for the Manchester band "The Chameleons".  If you like Interpol, The Killers, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, th...

If you have listened to any Rock & Roll over the last 35 years, then you have heard the work of Danny Saber. Having played and produced for everyone from The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, U2, and then his own work in the bands "Black Grape" and so many others.  This episode is for hardcore music fans.  During Michael Hutchence's "Wilderness Years" from INXS, Danny worked with him on some tracks, on...

Welcome Back everyone. Picking up from being away for a while, I got to interview "Walt Disco" a band that I saw supporting OMD in Germany.  They are a flamboyant incredibly talented act from Glasgow, that I describe as "If David Bowie sang for Sparks, in the Great Gatsby, with a little Tindersticks in the mix".  I LOVED their performance, since became quite a fan of theirs.  I got to talk to them...

A Finish / Swedish ethereal popstar Lxandra has been described as having an Amy Winehouse spirit in her music, I got into her because of some of the music, and then the visuals in her videos.  A rather deep themed EP recently released called "Might Not Want To Wake Up" caught my ear, and the accompanying film with it caught my eye.  There was so much to unpack in the music and visuals, I had to go...

Named after a hill in Spain, two incredibly talented collaborating musicians from Glasgow decided to give us a perfect clash of both of their previous bands.  James Hackett from the Scottish band "The Orchids" and long time friend and producer Ian Carmichael  from the Scottish Electronica band "One Dove" have released new music that seems to be the best of both worlds.  The just released single "Y...

Imagine a fantasy film, sci fi geek who also makes horror film videos to her music. Yeah that sets your mind in motion as to Maisy Kay, and what she does.  Maisy Kay is an English songwriter who has incredible vision and creativity, and a very morbid sense of humor. Her music might sound fun and bubbly, but under the hood, she is really unloading a lot of thought, deep in dark spaces of the univer...

Kaelen Ohm is a Canadian born singer, singwriter, filmaker and actor.  She has had her finger in many pies, staring in the Isreali TV- Series "Hit and Run" and several other films "Taken" etc, she has made an outstanding career in music.   I found AMAARA to be one of those trance inducing acts, that once you push play, you just let the music take you on an adventure.  The most recent album "Child...

GAYC/DC, yeah, the band name says it all. As a collaborative band of a bunch of friends who are gay musicians that LOVE heavy metal doing AC/DC covers, somehow this had to happen. If only for the fact that the LGBTQ community needs more Punk and Metal in their diet. GayC/DC are exactly that. As the drummer Brian Welch explained it "We wanted to take the most "hetero-normal " band and turn it on it...

SWANS is an experimental rock band, who have been making unconventional music since 1982. Their music requires somewhat of an investment to appreciate.  SWANS music will often take you to the far reaches of the human condition and the human psyche, always leaving the door open to interpretation, even when the lyrics seem clear about the idea, after listening to it enough the music can often change...

IF 1999 was meant to suddenly be "Nostalgic" Bailey Spinn was born for that moment. She is a DIY musician who mucked about on tiktok for a while then she started to record and is now releasing her own music.  Her music sound, and her video elements capture the "Zeitgeist" of 1999, with the imagery of Paula Cole, but with a hard indie rock sound.  She grew up in country, and hip hip, and caught on...

A quick 20 minute banter with Roddy and Joey of the beaudacious rock band "Man on Man" a gay couple who made a great record during the pandemic, and are back with a sophomore album "Provincetown" that will showcase the talent of these guys. Roddy is the guitarist and keyboardist for Faith No More, and Imperial Teen, so, you know you are starting with some top notch talent here.  For Pride month 20...

This is the second hour of the conversation we had, I decided to do the entire interview, because we had so much to cover in his 40 years in the business. He tells some more great stories, and we cover more from the new album. I highly recommend you going through the first segment before this one.  We covered Fleetwood Mac, The Stranglers, more Bunnymen stories, and even Bounty Hunting. No stone u...

In what I would call the better part of my life, I have had the companionship of the music of Ian McNabb, I got into his band "The Icicle Works" at age 13, diving into "New Wave" coming from the UK. Ian McNabb has had incredible longevity with his solo career, producing some of the best work over the last 30+ years since he went solo.  Ian McNabb is from Liverpool England, and we talked at length...

A German Dream-pop band with some great 60s pop overtones making you wonder if you are in the 60s, while listening to Camera Obscura or a not so dreary version of "Tindersticks".  I talked to Nick from his flat in Berlin about his songwriting, the influencing ideas, writing songs in English, and how they do it. Suzie (June) is who I would describe as "The New NICO" (Yes I did say that) who has a v...

MIIRRORS (Spelled with two "I"s is a Chicago based band that was formed from veteran musicians, who had been friends for 20 years and decided to make an album. The talent on this album "Motion and Picture" is immeasurable.  Shawn Rios, and Brian McSweeney can put so much into each song, that throughout the album, each song sounds often like it is from a totally different band.  Some of their stuff...

Having gone back and forth for over a decade to finish this album "The Moth, the Lizard, and The Secret Machines" we finally get to hear it.  I got to speak to Brandon and Josh about this album, and the space and time between starting this effort, and it's release. We covered the headspace they were in, and the issues behind why the started it in the first place. (And how they came about finishing...

A fabulous collective of musicians from Hoboken New Jersey, "Wild Carnation" got together and made two incredible albums in the early 1990s. Professional musicians, had a great time with this project, the music was outstanding when first released, and they have now remastered the album "Tricycle" for Record Store Day 2023, with some demos, and a live set.  We talked about the music as it happened,...

Of all the bad things to say Rock & Roll gives us, Glitter Wizard celebrate all of it. Imagine everything the Christian Right had against Rock & Roll in 1982, and these guys remind us of all that was great, bad, campy, loud, tasteless, and pure genius of GLAM METAL.  I got to talk to Doug Graves the keyboardist for this EPIC project (In his week of jury duty ) where we covered every topic known to...

Hailing from Mancester England, and just as much of the "Manchester Movement" as all the big names at the same time, A Certain Ratio formed in the late 70s. A Certain Ratio has undergone several changes in membership and each album has delivered a new sound, but they are still the great "Jazz/Funk/Punk/New Wave" act who lived on Factory Records with so many other greats.  This new Album 1982 is an...

Jen Cloher is an indigenous Maori living in Australia. She champions the causes of the Aboriginal and native peoples all around the world.  She is one amazing musican and songwriter, channeling her anger, hope, guilt, and strength into bringing awareness to queer rights, inigenous peoples rights, treaties, and holding things sacred, and respect. She is one of the most wonderful people I have ever...

Breaking into the American Music Scene, French Queer Europop band "Hyphen Hyphen" have a lot to deliver.  They were a couple of art school nerds who found themselves making music as friends, then they kept making it. From their first DIY project to thier new album "C'est la vie" with veteran producer Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrisette).  They have a French passion behind a sound mixed with London Gra...